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– ALMANAC SAYS –
China’s giant pandas added to the endangered species list, 1984.

– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“Majority rule only works if you’re also considering individual rights. Because you can’t have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.”

[Yes, the year is randomly determined.]

Ah, 2000. 1999 – 2000 was one of the great years, and kicked off with one of the last and greatest of the Crawford’s New Years Eve parties. At the time I had an immense crush on a girl I still know, and yes I was able to kiss her at midnight.

Part of the noir reading list I put together for my thesis with the help of Robert Polito and Jeffery Allen. As such, it was “required reading.”

I read The Postman Always Rings Twice prior to The Maltese Falcon, mainly because the former was shorter.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Today is St. Vincent’s day.

– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
Comet McNaught, visible in the southern hemisphere, is the brightest comet to be viewed in forty years.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
If you were to produce your own yearly almanac, what would you name it?

Since I’m awake.

Another fiery political thing.

I like talking politics with Gemma, and we agree probably 80-90% of the time. If I may be so bold, however, there is one issue where my disagreement is becoming more and more emphatic in the recent weeks.

I usually don’t post on the weekends, and I certainly don’t post at 3 AM, but I just finished watching William Lustig’s Maniac and now I think I’m going to have to sleep with all the lights on and episodes of Taxi on all night.

I didn’t post until late yesterday because my internet was down for most of the day. You can read the post here. Or you can punch “Page Down.” Your call.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Law raised salary of U.S.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Dow Jones industial average first passed 1,000 mark, 1966.

– LINK OF THE WEEK –
Scientific American: The Case of the Pilfered Planet.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What kind of themed calendar ought to exist but probably does not.

Today is Andy Kaufman’s birthday. His is fifty-eight years old.

Happy Birthday, Andy.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.