October 2023
October 31, 2023
Trick or Treat! It’s the Police!
"Detectives John Simpson and Curtis McFee model their monster and a devil costumes."
Tampa Bay Times - Nov 2, 1985
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1980s, Halloween
Happy Halloween 2023!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 31, 2023 -
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Category: Holidays, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Candy
October 30, 2023
How to read (and finish) Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake is a notoriously difficult book to read. But Gerry Fialka and his book group figured out a way to do it. They read it very slowly. Very, very slowly. They read two pages a month, and then would meet to discuss those pages.They started doing this in 1995, and a few weeks ago (Oct 2023) they reached the end. So it took them 28 years, but they finished the book. Now they're starting over.
More info: Orange County Register
Related post: The coach with the six insides
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 30, 2023 -
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Category: Literature, Books
Mental Magnetism
Read it here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 30, 2023 -
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Category: New Age, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Books, 1920s
October 28, 2023
No Posts on Sunday Oct 29
We're shutting the site down temporarily on Sunday so that we can move to a new server that has a more up-to-date OS. Hopefully the move will go without a hitch, and we'll be back up and running on Monday.Update: Finished the move. Seems like everything is working. Let us know if you notice anything amiss.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 28, 2023 -
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Category: Weird Universe
The Association of Angry Young Women
Nov 1957: Anita Nock announced her intention to form an "Association of Angry Young Women."
Melbourne Age - Nov 26, 1957
Later reports indicated that her association didn't attract a lot of members.
Vancouver Sun - Feb 25, 1958
However, a news report from a few months later suggested that the Association did exist, in some form. The "Monaco incident" referred to involved Lady Docker tearing up a paper flag of Monaco after she learned that her son wasn't invited to attend the wedding of Prince Rainier of Monaco and Grace Kelly. Hearing about this, Prince Rainer had her banned from the entire French Riviera.
London Sunday People - May 11, 1958
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 28, 2023 -
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Category: Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, 1950s, Women
Skull Snaps, “I’m Your Pimp”
[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
[Verse 1]
Babe, I don't just have to do
You better believe I don't don't don't
'Cause I cheat, scheme and connive now baby
And got everything I want
And oh, don't you talk back to me
You better listen when I speak, yeah
If I wanna curse, slap or hurt you
Just turn the other cheek, because
[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
[Verse 2]
My main purpose in life is winning and cheating
You you you, wow
I don't care what race you are
Just as long as I'm beating you you you you you
Let me have all the diamonds and the riches, girl
While I'm alive, yeah
And I guarantee, as soon as you're dead
These things for you will arrive, remember
[Chorus]
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
I'm your pimp
I wear my hat to the side, and walk with a limp
[Outro]
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp, I'm your pimp
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 28, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Scary Criminals, 1970s, Sex
October 27, 2023
The Vibrators
A Pittsburgh pop-rock group from the 1970s. Not to be confused with the British punk rock band also known as The Vibrators.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan 21, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 27, 2023 -
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Category: Music, Odd Names, 1970s
Recc Queens: 1957-1991
What does RECC stand for? "Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation." Bringing electricity to the sticks.Read a short history here.
And what would any self-respecting organization be without crowning a queen? The photos here start in 1957 and go to 1991.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 27, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Technology, Twentieth Century
October 26, 2023
Unreasonable suspicion
Does a police officer have the right to search your car if you don't laugh when he asks you if you have any "firearms, drugs, cats, dogs, alligators, and weapons" in your car? The court said no.United States v. Holloway, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 187752 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 18, 2023):
While courts "do give considerable deference to police officers' determinations of reasonable suspicion, … courts do not owe them blind deference." United States v. Alvin, 701 F. App'x 151, 156 (3d Cir. 2017) (internal quotations omitted). The Court does not find that laughing at a law enforcement officer while being questioned about drugs and weapons would be an appropriate response. Moreover, failing to laugh at a bizarre question while being questioned about drugs and weapons does not create reasonable suspicion to remove an individual from a car after a traffic violation.
via Fourth Amendment.com
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 26, 2023 -
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Category: Law, Police and Other Law Enforcement
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