hail and farewell

Today's best headline: "Woman Uses Craigslist to Find Guy Who Knocked Her Up at Motorhead Concert." "I was grinding you in the pit . . ." Isn't that how it always starts? Today's best obit: Michael "Flathead" Blanchard 1944-2012. And the comments are even better: "Hey Mike, When I asked you for that .45 pistol you said over your dead body, does that mean I can have it now?" from Jake the Snake Martin. (thanks to Donny in Wormtown)

hpub

Now that the Huffington Post is owned by AOL and is no longer lefty, but simply another tabloid, you can read this alternative: HPUB. Or try The Raw Story if you haven't already.

times machine

The New York Times front pages from 1851-1922.