Joshuah Bearman

Just Plain Stunning Photos of Ice

By Nick Cobbing, who also took many pictures while sailing on a restored Dutch schooner to the remote, seldom-visited eastern coast of Greenland.

But what if I believe in Bigfoot AND werewolves?

Science Daily says that British historian Brian Regal says that Darwinian evolution killed werewolves, replacing that myth with another sylvan mystery, our old friend Bigfoot. Not sure I'm entirely buying, since the humanoid half-man is not exactly a nineteenth century construct; Europeans made wood-cuts of Wild Men in medieval times. Also, the headline makes the grabby statement, Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf, although it sounds like it was really Bigfoot. Which leads one inevitably the idea of Bigfoot versus The Wolfman, and that is something I'd life to see. 

Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson!

There many incredible points made by Quincy Jones in this article:

1. Quincy Jones refers to Michael Jackson plainly, but non-judgmentally, as a "man-child."
2. Beat It was devised as a "black My Sharona."
3. Michael Jackson, like Bill (or was it Ted?) thought Socrates was pronounced "So-crates" long before he ever met George Carlin.

Also I re-discovered, if I ever even know it in the first place, that Sidney Lumet directed The Wiz!

"Well, Isn't This a Thriller?"

Reagan and Michael Jackson:

Viva Sanford!

Hypocrisy aside, I like the guy now that I've read his deeply captivating love letter emails. Finally, one of those Republicans seems to feel genuine emotion, like their distant cousins, the humans.

Who would have thought we'd ever see the head of the GOP Governor Association pen the words: "Please sleep soundly knowing that despite the best efforts of my head my heart cries out for you"? I mean, the dude quoted Corinthians -- and the Thorn Birds! Good for him.

Although when Sanford tenderly reveals that he relaxes on island idylls by curling up with Alan Greenspan's "The Age of Turbulence" and then takes a break from his romantic break to recommend it to his mistress, you remember that, Oh right, this is also the guy who took a stand against the "tyranny" of Obama's economic stimulus by refusing to accept money for poor people in his state. Maybe that's what happens when are you so in love the rest of the world just doesn't matter...

iRony

Michael Bay's Special Keyboard

For working on his scripts:

Like Rabbi Akiva said

"It only takes one man." Or one shirtless stoner:

Not Sure Why It Took This Long

To make a movie about undead Nazis:

From The History File -- A Mad Hatter!

It's true: the mercury made Boston Corbett crazy. But not before he shot the man who shot Lincoln. On April 26th, 1865, he was among the 16th New York Cavalrymen sent to track down John Wilkes Booth. Corbett got a shot through a crack in the barn and took it. Secretary of War (as the used to more honestly call the office) Henry Stanton wanted Booth live, but Corbett said he shot Booth because either A) Booth was armed and dangerous, or B) God told him to do so.

God talked to Corbett often. A few years earlier, Corbett had grown his hair long to emulate Jesus. Oh, and he also castrated himself with a pair of scissors. Yup. So as to not succumb to the temptations of prostitutes. Seems like finding a ladyfriend would have been a simpler solution. Or maybe he just REALLY liked prostitutes. Years later, Corbett dug a hole in a hillside and lived in it. And yet, he was still able to get a job at the Kansas state house. That lasted until he brandished a revolver and started charging around like a bull because someone made a joke about prayer. He died in a fire.