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Ok, I’m now definitely north of 60. Geez, it’s the 23rd anniversary of my 39th Birthday (Thank you Mr. Benny). As some of you may remember, this was a rather strange year for me (it may have been for you as well, I don’t know? You don’t call. You don’t write.) ACME’s in-house law firm,Continue reading “It’s just a rumor that was spread around town”

July 11, 1979 –The derelict space station Skylab finally returned to Earth, ignominiously breaking into 500 separate fragments which are swallowed by the Indian Ocean. That was, except for the ones which crashed into Woorlba Sheep Station, near Balladonia in Western Australia. Shortly thereafter, President Jimmy Carter telephoned the prime minister of that country toContinue reading “Skylab crashed back to Earth”

July 11, 1969 –The Rolling Stones released Honky Tonk Women on this date. The Stones started recording this as a country song based on Hank Williams’ Honky Tonk Blues. They made it into a rocker for release as a single and released the country version, Country Honk, a few months later on Let It Bleed.Continue reading “A bonanza of music hits released today”

July 11, 1533 –This story of its origins is shrouded in sex and therefore important. Henry VIII assumed the English throne in 1509, an energetic young man of seventeen. He immediately decided to have a male heir. This became the enduring theme of his reign and he consequently came to be known as The SonContinue reading “The Church of England came into being on this date.”

ACME would like to issue this public service announcement concerning Brain Freeze (also known as sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia) – Now to the point at hand – Why bring this up? The date today is 7/11 (at least in this country. Foreigners and other degenerates refer to the day as 11/7 but that’s another story…) The convenienceContinue reading “The Brain you save may be your own”

It was great foresight on the part of our beloved city forefathers to lay out the city in such a way that this happens every year just around my birthday. Once again, the sun will be perfectly lined up with the east-west streets of New York. So get outside to catch the ‘Full Sun onContinue reading “Today’s Manhattanhenge news –”

July 11, 1942 – A classic 40s Merrie Melodies cartoon, Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid was released on this date. Bugs asks Beaky “Why don’t we do this more often?” and Beaky replies, “You mean just what we’re doing tonight?” This refers to the 1941 Kay Kyser song Why Don’t We Do This More Often?

Tomorrow the sun will be perfectly lined up with the east-west streets of New York. (If you miss it on the 11th, you get another shot the next day on the 12th.) Demand Euphoria!

July 10, 1958 –The first parking meter was installed in London, England on this date in 1958, along with the second through 625th. It took nearly two dozen years for the parking meter to travel across the Atlantic: the first American parking meter had been installed in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1935. It wasContinue reading “Times ticking away on this old parking meter”

July 10, 1976 –Starland Vocal Band’s song about afternoon nooky – Afternoon Delights topping the Billboard Pop charts on this date. Despite having only this one hit, the Starland Vocal Band were given their own summer replacement TV series on CBS called The Starland Vocal Band in 1977. An unknown comic named David Letterman appearedContinue reading “Afternoon Delights went to No. 1 on the charts”