Mark Morford: Adam Sandler, eater of worlds (SF Gate)
Grateful! For Adam Sandler! How wonderful is that? How fantastic that we have someone who can so loudly and vividly reveal, to anyone who will listen, the thing you must, at all costs, never become!
Angie Schmitt: Seattle Makes Guerrilla Bike Lane Permanent (Streets Blog Network)
How about a round of applause for Seattle? This spring, a group of activists calling themselves "Reasonably Polite Seattleites" installed a protected bike lane on Cherry Street. How did Seattle officials react? Well, this week the city made it permanent.
Froma Harrop: The Pitfalls of Public Exercise (Creators Syndicate)
The most memorable scene in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" is Eva Marie Saint hanging from the side of Mount Rushmore in a perfectly tailored red suit, sheer stockings and pumps. The character hadn't planned for that situation, but her dress was nonetheless deemed proper, circa 1959, for touring South Dakota's Black Hills. In the previous Chicago and New York City shots, she, Cary Grant and most everyone else wore business or evening attire. No shorts, no flip-flops, not even jeans without rips.
"May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" is a 1965 novelty song performed by Little Jimmy Dickens. It was Dickens' most successful single on the U.S. country music chart. "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" went to number one for two weeks and stayed on the chart for a total of eighteen weeks. On the U.S. pop chart, "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" peaked at number fifteen.
Neal Merritt, who wrote the song, said it was inspired by one of the many comic putdowns uttered by host Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show."
The distinctive guitar work was done by Grady Martin, using the brand new Echoplex unit which had just been released.
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Leo in Maryland was first, and correct, with:
Little Jimmy sang, "May the bird of paradise fly up your nose."
Sally said:
I guess I'm running a day late and a dollar short! Mighty hot here, I think I have brain fry and THOUGHT I'd been here yesterday...
IAC, Jimmy Dickens wished, "May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose.
I never heard of him...
Oh well.
I know other states are getting heat, but mine is the worse! Grumble, mumble, whine, wine...
mj wrote:
Feathered friend
Should wing it's up the nasal passage of the person to whom the song is addressed. Said person should also be gently stroked by pachyderm tarsi, and the female spousal unit of said person (person is apparently male) should suffer with multiple knit failures in her sheer leg apparel.
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.
May an elephant caress you with his toes.
May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose.
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.
Charlie responded:
Up your nose.
Planner in a prairie province replied:
Up your nose?
Adam answered:
Up your nose.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
Alan J responded:
Fly up your nose.
John I from Hawai`i says,
"Up your nose."
Marian is on an adventure.
Dale of Hot Diamond Springs, Norcali, replied:
He wanted the bird of paradise to fly up your nose! All 4'11" of him. He's still alive! Check out the Shit Kicker Attires, especially Reese Witherspoon's!!! At least he used to hang with Hank and discovered Marty Robbins!!!
Tom answered:
Answer: "Up your nose."
This sort of thing fascinates and baffles me. I'm sixty-one years old; that bit of trivia has been resident in my head for decades. Why? How? I haven't a clue.
Consider -- could there possibly be a more useless bit of information for a mind to retain? NO! Yet I've retained it. WTF!!??
BttbBob said:
"Up your nose", as I remember... Ouch... They're kinda big, dontcha know?
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"What Inquiring Minds Want To Know" Moment - Okay, as there are 41 different species (in 14 genera) of the Bird-of-Paradise, which one did "Little Jimmy" mean?
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"Did you know?" Moment - The closest evolutionary relatives of the Bird-of-Paradise are those of the 'Corvidae' family of oscine passerine birds (crows, ravens, rooks, jays, magpies et al). Furthermore, those birds are considered to be the most intelligent of all birds, indeed amongst of all animals, demonstrating tool-making ability (crows, rooks) to self-awareness in mirror tests (European Magpies). Their total brain-to-body mass ratio is equal to that of the great apes and cetaceans (whales, Orcas, porpoises, dolphins) and only slightly lower than humans...
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"Can you tell?" Moment - I am fascinated by birds. Probably more than any other animal. Not to the zealousness of "Bird watchers" (or, "birders" as they prefer), but I feed and photograph them at my feeders. I specialize in Cardinals, Gold and House Finches, Chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers (the smallest woodpecker in N. America). Blue Jays are beautiful, but the sumbitches are such dagnab bullies, ya know? Seriously... Nuthatches are way cool, too, but they are 'snatch-and-grab' artists and are there and gone in an instant. I've yet to snap one of those little feathered rockets...
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Happy Birthday this day to:
(65)
[ SANTANA: ABRAXAS (1970) - full album HQ audio - YouTube ]
(Oh, man... fer some 'shrooms now like I had in San Antonio... Sigh...)
[ Michelle Branch & Santana "The Game of Love" Official Video - YouTube ]
(Threw this in only cuz it's a great tune to dance to... Yeah, I'm a dancer...)
(74) Emma was a fox... Pure vixen... Had my adolescent hormones pumpin'...
And, Joe S replied:
Poem
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose,
May an elephant caress you with his toes,
May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose,
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.
I didn't write my own poem, who could top that?
Swear I saw a coyote skulking down 27th Street about 3:30 last night. Yikes.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Unforgettable', followed by '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'American Ninja Warriors', followed by a RERUN'Crossing Line', then a FRESH'Do No Harm'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN, with Kirsten Wiig hosting, music by Vampire Weekend.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Zero Hour', followed by the movie 'The Game Plan'.
The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.
Faux has 'Cops', followed by another 'Cops', then a RERUN'Bones'.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Cowboys', followed by the movie 'The Sons Of Katie Elder'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Bonapartes
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 5 - Ep 2 - The Dovecote
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 11 - Oceana
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 12 - Casa Roma
[10:00AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 4
[10:40AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 5
[11:20AM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 4 - Episode 6
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 06-07 - Episode5
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 06-07 - Episode 6
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 2
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 08-09 - Episode 1
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 08-09 - Episode 2
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 12 - Ship in a Bottle
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 13 - Aquiel
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 14 - Face of the Enemy
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 15 - Tapestry
[9:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 16 - Birthright, Part 1
[10:00PM] BEING HUMAN - Season 5 - Ep 2 - Sticks and Rope NEW
[11:15PM] STARGATE
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 13 - Aquiel
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 14 - Face of the Enemy
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 15 - Tapestry
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 6 - Ep 16 - Birthright, Part 1 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Million Dollar Listing New York', another 'Million Dollar Listing New York', followed by the movie 'Quantum Of Solace'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Mr. Deeds', followed by the movie '50 First Dates', and 'Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Not Fat ... I'm Fluffy'.
FX has the movie 'xXx', followed by the movie 'Transformers'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Andy Samberg Wears a Plaid Shirt and Glasses
[6:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer
[7:00AM] Pan's Labyrinth
[9:30AM] The Three Stooges-Booty and the Beast
[9:55AM] The Three Stooges-Bubble Trouble
[10:20AM] The Three Stooges-Fling in the Ring
[10:45AM] The Three Stooges-Goof on the Roof
[11:10AM] The Three Stooges-Income-Tax Sappy
[11:35AM] The Three Stooges-Knutzy Knights
[12:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Krelboyne Girl
[12:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-New Neighbors
[1:00PM] Maron-Internet Troll
[1:30PM] Maron-Dead Possum
[2:00PM] Maron-Marc's Dad
[2:30PM] Maron-Dominatrix
[3:00PM] Maron-A Real Woman
[3:30PM] Maron-The Sponsor
[4:00PM] Maron-Sexfest
[4:30PM] Maron-Jen Moves to LA
[5:00PM] Maron-Projections
[5:30PM] Maron-Mexican Angel
[6:00PM] Team America: World Police
[8:00PM] Broken Lizard's Club Dread
[10:15PM] Turistas
[12:15AM] Strangeland
[2:00AM] Turistas
[4:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Aziz Ansari Wears a Charcoal Blazer
[4:30AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!-Andy Samberg Wears a Plaid Shirt and Glasses
[5:00AM] Comedy Bang! Bang!
[5:30AM] Bunk (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Monsieur Hubert De Givenchy
[7:00AM] Rectify-Always There
[8:00AM] Rectify-Sexual Peeling
[9:00AM] Rectify-Modern Times
[10:00AM] Rectify-Plato's Cave
[11:00AM] Rectify-Drip, Drip
[12:00PM] Rectify-Jacob's Ladder
[1:00PM] The Dirty Dozen
[3:45PM] MASH
[5:45PM] Dog Day Afternoon
[8:00PM] The Professional
[9:45PM] King of New York
[11:45PM] The Business Trip
[12:00AM] X
[1:45AM] Identity
[3:15AM] The Dirty Dozen (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Blade II', 'Sinbad', followed by a FRESH'Sinbad', then a FRESH'Primeval: New World'.
Gillian Anderson, left, and David Duchovny, attend the "The X Files" 20th Anniversary panel on Day 2 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in San Diego, Calif.
Photo by Chris Pizzello
The Griffins and the Simpsons will finally meet face to face in fall 2014, in a special crossover episode of the two Fox "Animation Domination" cartoons. While Homer, Marge and the gang will have homefield advantage, the crossover will occur on an episode of Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy."
"Fox hasn't spent this much money since they took Simon Cowell tight t-shirt shopping," said "Family Guy" patriarch Peter Griffin in a statement from Fox.
In "The Simpsons Guy" episode of "Family Guy," Peter (Seth MacFarlane) and the Griffins end up in Springfield, where they are greeted by a friendly stranger named Homer Simpson (guest voice Dan Castellaneta), who welcomes his new "albino" friends with open arms.
The families get along famously: Stewie (MacFarlane) becomes obsessed with Bart (guest voice Nancy Cartwright) and his old-fashioned pranks; Lisa (guest voice Yeardley Smith) takes Meg (Mila Kunis) under her wing and is determined to find something - anything - at which she excels; Marge (guest voice Julie Kavner) and Lois (Alex Borstein) ditch housework for a little bonding; and Peter and Homer fight over the best beer in town - Pawtucket vs. Duff.
Actor Harrison Ford answers a question at the "Ender's Game" panel on Day 2 of the 2013 Comic-Con International Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in San Diego.
Photo by Denis Poroy
Oskar Schindler kept a list, and now you can have it ... for $3 million-plus.
One of four original copies of Schindler's famous list, which the eponymous Steven Spielberg-directed 1993 movie was based on, has been placed up for auction on eEbay.
A German industrialist and member of the Nazi party, Schindler is credited with rescuing some 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. He managed to save them from death in the concentration camps by saying they were necessary for work in his factory.
Schinder's accountant, Izhak Stern - played by Ben Kingsley in the movie - typed up the 14-page list on onion-skin paper, and his nephew sold it to its current owner. The document - which comes with a signed affidavit from the nephew - is dated in pencil on the front page, April 18, 1945.
The one up for auction is the only original version that is not locked away in a museum and the only one to have ever hit the open market. Stored in Israel, it's being sold by a collector with a reserve price of $3 million - but its sellers, California collectors Gary Zimet and Eric Gazin, are hoping it will go for as high as $5 million, according to the New York Post.
Actor Michael C. Hall pumps his fist as he walks onto stage start of the "Dexter" panel on Day 2 of the 2013 Comic-Con International Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in San Diego.
Photo by Denis Poroy
Three years ago, then-Gov. Mitch Daniels directed his education advisers to "disqualify the propaganda" from courses used for licensing teachers in Indiana. But his concern wasn't focused only on a controversial history book by Howard Zinn that Daniels mentioned to the officials, and which has thrust him into an uncomfortable discussion about academic freedom in his new job as Purdue University's president.
Daniels' directive, contained in emails obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request, was part of a broader conservative push to move the training of school teachers out of the nation's teaching colleges.
At the core of the effort are two beliefs: that traditional teacher training produces bad teachers and that schools have been churning out political liberals and undercutting conservative beliefs, in part by using books like Zinn's "A People's History of the United States," which emphasizes violence against Native Americans and on class inequality.
"If one goes looking for a part of the university where ... you're most likely to find teachers who throw caution to the wind and propagandize their students in favor of some ideological point of view, the school of education is at the top of the list," said Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, a group representing conservative university professors.
Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of Indiana University School of Education, said the effort "was clearly an unprecedented attempt by government to interfere with the university curriculum."
From left, Chris Parnell, Aisha Tyler and Lucky Yates attend the FX "Archer" booth signing on Day 2 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in San Diego, Calif.
Photo by Alan Hess
Russia unexpectedly freed opposition leader Alexei Navalny on bail on Friday, bending to the will of thousands of protesters who denounced his five-year jail sentence as a crude attempt by President Vladimir Putin to silence him.
In a highly unusual ruling that points to Kremlin uncertainty over how to handle Navalny's case, a judge approved the prosecution request to free him pending his appeal so that he can run in a Moscow mayor election on September 8.
The anti-corruption blogger will be unable to leave Moscow but hailed the decision, a day after he was convicted of theft, as a victory for people power.
Experts said it was unprecedented for the prosecution to seek bail on such terms after sentencing.
Navalny led anti-Putin protests in Moscow which attracted tens of thousands of people at their peak last year. But they did not take off in the provinces, Putin's traditional power base, and faded after the former KGB spy was elected to a six-year third term as president in March 2012.
A federal judge in Mississippi has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Woody Allen's 2011 film "Midnight in Paris" improperly used one of William Faulkner's most famous lines.
Faulkner Literary Rights LLC sued Sony Pictures Classics Inc. in October in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss., Faulkner's hometown.
The lawsuit said a character in the movie took a line from Faulkner's book, "Requiem for a Nun."
"The past is never dead. It's not even past," Faulkner wrote in the book.
In the movie, actor Owen Wilson, says: "The past is not dead. Actually, it's not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. I met him too. I ran into him at a dinner party."
Dixieland jazz musician Lionel Ferbos performs at his 102nd birthday party at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe in New Orleans, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Ferbos, who bought his first cornet at Rampart Street pawn shop when he was 15, is believed to be the oldest actively working musician in the city. His body isn't without signs of age. He's been in and out of the hospital in recent years and had a pacemaker implanted last year. He sometimes uses a wheelchair to get around, but he remains determined to sing and blow.
Photo by Gerald Herbert
Three associates of Silvio Berlusconi were sentenced to jail terms on Friday by an Italian court that found them guilty of aiding and abetting prostitution by procuring girls for paid sex with the former prime minister.
Berlusconi has already been sentenced to seven years with a lifetime ban on holding public office in a related trial for paying for sex with former nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, alias Ruby the Heartstealer, when she was a minor.
Friday's verdict adds to Berlusconi's legal woes and complicates matters for Prime Minister Enrico Letta's fragile left-right coalition, whose survival depends on Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom (PDL) party.
The court sentenced show business agent Lele Mora and Emilio Fede, a former newscaster on one of Berlusconi's television stations, to seven years in jail each for helping recruit young women, including Ruby.
Nicole Minetti, Berlusconi's former dental hygienist who later became a PDL regional councilor, was sentenced to five years in jail.
Singer Marc Bolan's son is suing a music publisher for more than $2 million, alleging the company didn't renew its contract to use the British glam rocker's hits, including "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" and "Jeepster."
Roland Seymour Feld filed the lawsuit against Westminster Music Limited in Los Angeles court last week, alleging copyright violations.
Feld alleges the copyrights to his father's songs expired at the end of 1999, making him the sole owner and administrator of the songs, as the rocker's sole heir.
Bolan, whose real name was Mark Feld, was best known as front man of glam rock group T. Rex. He died in a car accident in 1977.
People play in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, about 190 km (118 miles) southwest of Seoul, July 19, 2013. About 2 to 3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the annual mud festival, according to the festival organisers.
Photo by Lee Jae-Won
The daughter of kung fu legend Bruce Lee spoke fondly on Friday of her father's powerful presence and energy at a preview of an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of his death.
Fans are gathering in the former British colony of Hong Kong for a series of commemorative events, including art gallery shows, exhibitions and even street graffiti. Many fans are urging the Hong Kong government to do more to honor the star of movies such as Enter The Dragon and Game Of Death.
Shannon Lee was just four years old when her father died in Hong Kong from acute swelling of the brain at the age of 32, at the height of his career.
She is chairwoman of the Bruce Lee Foundation, one of the organizers of the exhibition, which will run for five years.
Les was American-born but raised in Hong Kong. His most popular film, Enter the Dragon, was released just six days after his death in 1973.
An elderly woman who walked into a Wisconsin drum shop and stunned staff with her rock 'n roll percussion is gaining recognition, though anonymously, in an online video showing her skills.
Indeed, the retiree in jeans and a pink T-shirt doesn't look like the type of drummer you'd see on a concert stage. But don't let her white hair fool you; she looks right at home with the rhythm.
A two-day old unnamed hippopotamus swims beside its 22-year old mother Helvetia at an enclosure at the Zoo in Basel July 19, 2013.
Photo by Arnd Wiegmann
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