Now this is cool--albeit scary: The noise as sunspot 1158 flared

Now this is cool--albeit scary: The noise as sunspot 1158 flared

The strong solar flare may charge up the Northern Lights tonight

The strong solar flare may charge up the Northern Lights tonight

Strange events part three

First the sunspot..then the quakes.. now a meteor over the MidAtlantic states giving me Valentine’s Day shakes..

Two quakes: Mount St Helens..

Two quakes: Mount St Helens..

No love: All eyes on space as sunspot 1158 unleashes mega solar flare..

Breathtaking sunrise today. It knows it’s Valentine’s Day

The sky looks like it knows something we don’t

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Happy Valentine’s Day to all.. At least all who celebrate it.

Billy Joel — She’s got a Way

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Barbra Streisand had to have messed that up..

Who is Arcade Fire. And how did they beat Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Eminen?

Summing up a weekend

Obama’s change is bringing big cuts in Pell Grants over the next several years.. Egypt’s government toppled but is now being ruled by the military, and we are being told that’s best.. Lady Gaga showed up to the Grammy Awards in a large egg, and hatched.. Cee-Lo Green also seemingly hatched, but in his case in a tribute to Elton John.

And other than that, the dollar is collapsing, the Obama Administration doesn’t think the FBI needs much of any reason to search phone records, and budget deficits from the federal juggernaut all the way to state governments is set to slam into us like freight trains.

But on the lighter side, it’s going to get warm this week. Spring-like, in a way. That’s ok.

Love is in the air..

BUT THE

LOVE THAT’S IN THE AIR ISN’T TRAVELING EVERYWHERE

Interesting: US starts Farsi Twitter account aimed at Iranians

Interesting: US starts Farsi Twitter account aimed at Iranians

Yea.. Esperanza Spalding.. yea.. that came out of no where.

 And now Ms. Spalding did her part in ending the Bieber Fever of terror

Cee-Lo Green’s tribute to Elton John.. except Cee-Lo Green looked like he had a hell of a lot more fun dressing like this than Elton ..

Norah Jones.. Nice to see her and hear her on here

I think Cee-lo Green should be the new peacock emblem for NBC

Cee-lo Green may be dressed better than Lady Gaga

Love the giant peacock outfit.. along with the F you muppets.

zainyk:

EAT IT GAGA.

Bums from Britain: Women taking pills for fattening chickens in hope for bigger booties

Bums from Britain: Women taking pills for fattening chickens in hope for bigger booties

I moved on from Bieber fever to Bieber diarrhea

Although I think we’re seeing him go through puberty live on stage

If I would have written GRENADE

Sure Bruno Mars is famous and makes 1000% more than I do, but I think his song GRENADE would have been better if, at the end, he would have said he would even do ‘something’ (add your own word) ‘to David Spade for you’ ..

My TV just went black and white..

And suddenly Bruno Mars may have become the second best performance of the night over Muse..

Although the words to his song GRENADE are absolutely ridiculous.

Second best of the night: Muse

And I forgot how much I liked the meaning of UPRISING until I heard it again

I think I noticed live bloggers and tweets stopped for 4 minutes tonight and resoundingly resumed after Lady Gaga completed her performance..

Yep. Gaga was the performance of the night

The egg is hatched: Gaga rocking out the Grammys

I have a feeling it will be the performance of the night.

Just like 1999 all over again!

Train wins.

….ugh.

Nifty camera work

And thank goodness for a delay.. otherwise a lot more people right now would be talking about how Christina Aguilera fell during the Grammys..

I hope the world understands how lucky it is to have had Aretha Franklin live on this planet.. And to that end have her still with us

Like a cover of a horror film.. the Lady Gagas in her egg as she waits to hatch..

Christina remembered the words!?

“SHOULD HAVE WORN AN EGG”

When I saw Nicki Minaj arrive at the Grammy Awards, I thought someone was being knighted. Then I realized instead someone drove over her …hat? wig? …new head?

Tonight: Eminem is the favorite to win the album of the year award, the event's top prize, for "Recovery," the biggest selling album in the United States last year

Tonight: Eminem is the favorite to win the album of the year award, the event's top prize, for "Recovery," the biggest selling album in the United States last year

Grammy 2011: Egghead approves.

Eggland

Two random thoughts..

1. One has to admit that it is most likely very hot in Lady Gaga’s egg


2. Schools will be banning egg-entrances this May for high school proms.

Lady Gaga is incubating

And Ryan Seacrest is left to take it seriously..

Too funny..

And now here is Lady Gaga entering the Grammys! ..oh wait, still the wrong photo..

So she's arriving in an egg..

What are we thinking on an outfit? Egg shells..? Feathers..? Perhaps green eggs? Maybe at this point, nothing. Because it’s only now “nothing” that will shock more than the somethings she’s been giving us

And here she is now!! Lady Gaga coming out of her shell at the Grammy Awards! …wait.. wrong photo.

And one more news bit of importance for Sunday night: A King Tut statue among missing Egypt treasures...

And one more news bit of importance for Sunday night: A King Tut statue among missing Egypt treasures...

Before everyone goes Grammy crazy and crashing Tumblr, here's one important real news event: The Obama Administration asserts that the FBI can get phone records without oversight

Before everyone goes Grammy crazy and crashing Tumblr, here's one important real news event: The Obama Administration asserts that the FBI can get phone records without oversight

Guinness declares world record

E! broadcasting the largest collection of Lady Gaga impersonators ever. Really..? Never been to one of her concerts apparently..

Lady Gaga arrives at the Grammy Awards inside an egg.

And here I thought it was a giant deer tick..

2011 Grammy performances tonight include: Eminem, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Barbara Streisand, Usher, Justin Bieber and Mick Jagger

Miley Cyrus raises eyebrows at the pre Grammy parties..

Image: Grammy 2011 performer Rihanna at the Gucci and Roc Nation pre-Grammy party at Soho House on Saturday

With all that red Rihanna is set to make a statement..

Grammy 2011: The nominees

The notables:

1. Record Of The Year

Nothin’ On You vs Love The Way You Lie  vs F*** You vs Empire State Of Mind vs Need You Now

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The Fame Monster takes on Teenage Dream (and others) for album of the year..Song of the year: Beg Steal or Borrow vs F*** You vs The House that Built Me vs Love the way You Lie vs Need You Now..

The best new artist of the year nominees:

Justin Bieber

Drake

Florence & The Machine

Mumford & Sons

Esperanza Spalding

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Grammy 2011: The nominees

Would you live here?

Was this the change we were supposed to believe in? Obama is planning to cut $100 billion over a decade from the Pell Grant program

Was this the change we were supposed to believe in? Obama is planning to cut $100 billion over a decade from the Pell Grant program

The Nebraska boy who says that 'heaven is real' ..

A book details Colton Burpo’s NDE

The Nebraska boy who says that 'heaven is real' ..

Seeing a lot of JC PENNEY links on Google lately? The New York TIMES tells us why

How is JC PENNEY able to get its store site to come up on Google when a user does a search for practically anything? It’s actually quite fascinating.. David Segal of the TIMES reports:

If you own a Web site, for instance, about Chinese cooking, your site’s Google ranking will improve as other sites link to it. The more links to your site, especially those from other Chinese cooking-related sites, the higher your ranking. In a way, what Google is measuring is your site’s popularity by polling the best-informed online fans of Chinese cooking and counting their links to your site as votes of approval.

But even links that have nothing to do with Chinese cooking can bolster your profile if your site is barnacled with enough of them. And here’s where the strategy that aided Penney comes in. Someone paid to have thousands of links placed on hundreds of sites scattered around the Web, all of which lead directly to JCPenney.com.

Seeing a lot of JC PENNEY links on Google lately? The New York TIMES tells us why

Normally people wish they would be in a position high enough to be invited to the PLAYBOY mansion

But today they, and me, are quite happy to acknowledge our lowness of the pedestal of life.. For we do NOT have respiratory problems that about 100 guests of a weekend party now have..

Various sources update us:

Strange mystery illness strikes the PLAYBOY mansion..
PLAYBOY breakout..
Health investigators probe the mansion..
Mystery illness..
TMZ: A hundred people may have contracted a respiratory disease similar to Legionnaires’..

Eggcelent Gaga

Supposedly tonight, Lady Gaga’s Grammy performance is going to somehow, someway, involve a giant egg. Perhaps she’ll wear ham for the occassion..

Eggcelent Gaga

Mini crisis as people watch in horror! However.. Don’t worry: Justin Bieber still has hair..

Is it a link? US researchers said Friday they have found that people who used two specific varieties of pesticide were 2.5 times as likely to develop Parkinson's disease!!

Is it a link? US researchers said Friday they have found that people who used two specific varieties of pesticide were 2.5 times as likely to develop Parkinson's disease!!

The Logical Song — Supertramp

Update..

A mystery illness hits the PLAYBOY mansion..

Report: NY Dept. of Labor issues safety violations against #’Spider-Man’ Broadway musical: More..

Bad night at the PLAYBOY mansion..

Bad night at the PLAYBOY mansion..

Win one for the libertarian? Ron Paul wins at CPAC

Win one for the libertarian? Ron Paul wins at CPAC

I’ve said it before and will say it again: Any Saturday night you’re waiting for a pregnant wife to pop is made better by famed British cooks of the 90s TWO FAT LADIES.

It’s not the 4th of July, but it’s Saturday. Go to the park.

Have fun.

Chicago — Saturday

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Happy Saturday. Or something.

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Dramatic image: There is a hole in the sun, and it’s leaking plasma into space.. NASA ready to keep a close eye on coronal holes as they are right at the start of the space weather chain that is expecting to begin soon..

The New York POST encapsulates the dramatic conversion of power from Mubarak to the ‘no one yet’ in a cover of Hosni in a mummy wrap. Good pun. Got to love the New York POST..

Stay off the crack, drink chocolate milk and enjoy every moment - that’s all I’ve got

Charlie Sheen’s advice to students as reported here: Charlie Sheen warns students off drugs and to stick to chocolate milkshake

I think we all can agree with Charlie Sheen’s milk advice. Although I don’t expect to see him on a milk ad any time soon, unless they let him put the white around his nose rather than his upper lip.

It’s been a long day.. Longer night.

Heavy-minded events took place after the 8pm hour this evening.. a death in the family and a potential death for a family pet. Friday night lights a bit dimmer this evening.

Here’s hoping everyone in Tumblrland and the rest of the world too had a fantastic day and has an even more fantastic night..

And until this website should happen to update again, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.

RIP family member Richie.. Time for rest after a trying life.

And I hope Bailey the dog gets better soon, too.

Some other news bits of interest from the day

So much for that: Kill switch given to “DO NOT TRACK” internet privacy bill in the House despite support from key players in Congress.

Foot bone shows: We walked 3.2 million years ago.. MORE.. A foot bone from a species made famous by the 1974 discovery of the specimen called Lucy had arched feet like modern humans

"Hoax" in the Holy Land: "Proven fake"

Chandra Levy’s killer sentenced: 60 years..

6.8 quake: Chile..

Governator returning to acting..

Video infant baby monitors being recalled after death of two children..

Science works on a modern approach to finding an ET..

The new Madonna song Lady Gaga song released BORN THIS WAY..
Does Gaga owe debt to Madonna?
Our Lady of Gaga?

She’s just being Miley: Cyrus to host Saturday Night Live..

UPI: Billy Joel is shrugging off remarks made by his old touring buddy, Elton John, who called him an alcoholic coasting on fear and laziness

The upcoming CELEBRITY APPRENTICE looks like an absolute train wreck..

…and the Donald wants to run for president..?

Any news on the baby!??!!?

Thank you for asking, friend..

We’re entering into crunch time.. Any time within the next two weeks..

Tonight, I literally felt a hand, or foot, pushing through my wife’s stomach.. It amazed me at how strong this kid is.

We’re in for it.

Maybe there'll be an app for that? Scientists Work on Plan to Call ETs

Maybe there'll be an app for that? Scientists Work on Plan to Call ETs

WORLD REACTS ON TWITTER: WELCOME BACK EGYPT

WORLD REACTS ON TWITTER: WELCOME BACK EGYPT

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A blast from the past! So happy I came across this little memory of the late 90s glory of LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN and the guy who had bullet proof legs..

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

zainyk:

This Happened

 The Michelle is too damn Bachmann

The Patriot Act is literally the destruction of the 4th Amendment. That’s what it’s all about.

Ron Paul CPAC 2011 (via evilteabagger)

My range of emotions after listening to BORN THIS WAY, Lady Gaga’s new song released today

1. Is she saying “I’m a donut with Jay” or “I a bonus with hay” ?? .. Oh BORN this way.. got it..


2. I wonder if Madonna knows she took her 1980s style..?


3. Eh.. not the best song..

Within minutes.. I’m whistling BORN THIS WAY and saying, “Damn you Stephanie, you have a song stuck in my head again! Damn you!”

That's all folks?

Vice President Suleiman says Mubarak has stepped down from presidency

Good Friday morning

It's not just humans that have regional accents.. Apes do too

It's not just humans that have regional accents.. Apes do too

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Be at peace throughout the long night.. Goodnight all.

Three Little Birds — Tracy Chapman

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Your head may hurt trying to understand the situation in Egypt

Mine does. But as the best I can describe, this is what occurred today:

News from Egypt was instantly interesting today when rumors surfaced that Hosni Mubarak would resign as President.. confimed later by Leon Panetta of the CIA.. Later in the day, Mubarak did NOT resign but instead, the Vice President of Egypt told protesters to go home.. Nothing to see here. Keep moving. Until Friday, when protesters in Egypt plan a large demonstration on Hosni’s palace. The ball is in the military’s court now..
Now.. why? Well that’s anyone’s guess.

News from 2011 (not 1911, as they didn't have cars. But apparently the same mentality as some do in 2011)

A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan..

Trump America..? He's thinkin...

Donald Trump hints that he may run for president!
The hair to decide by June..

JUSTIN BIEBER IS READY FOR BOX OFFICE FAME..IS THE BOX OFFICE READY FOR BIEBER LAME?

Lady .. Gaga. .. what were you thinking!?

We seem to be caught off guard on this one..

NBC: Intelligence officials ‘scrambling to try to determine exactly what this all means’…

THE MARCH OF THE PROTESTERS

THE MARCH OF THE PROTESTERS

The chess match goes awry as US officials are taken by surprise at developments in Egypt tonight

The chess match goes awry as US officials are taken by surprise at developments in Egypt tonight

Egyptians in Tahrir Square hold up shoes in protest as a response to Mubarak’s speech, February 10th 2011

Photo via NPR

The gloves—in this case shoes—come off

Full transcript of Mubarak's speech

Full transcript of Mubarak's speech

CNN's John King reporting said White House was not expecting Mubarak to stay

Congressman: Mubarak just 'lit the final fuse'

Congressman: Mubarak just 'lit the final fuse'

AFP URGENT Obama will meet with his national security team at the White House Thursday after Mubarak speech, Robert Gibbs said

The ball’s in Barry’s court

Insult to injury!

Egypt’s vice president tells protesters to go home!!!

Reaction..

As expected, major anger building in Egypt as protesters digest Mubarak’s decision to stay

Mubarak to the world: To hell with what you think

HE'S NOT RESIGNING..

HE'S NOT RESIGNING..