Reading: PVP Online collected Vol. 1
Music: Kingston Trio
TV/Movie: How To Rob a Bank
Link o' the Day: Culture Pulp by Mike Russell



Rumor has it...By tradition, when a new administration takes office in the White House, the first choice of furnishings and decorations go to the Vice President who, in turn, defers first choice to the President. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is the only one to have ever not followed tradition.

Rumor has it...The most popular girl's name in the United States in 1850 was California. The most popular boy's name was Golden.



Rumor has it...Former television personality Ed McMahon once worked as a bingo caller when he was 15. He also worked as a carnival barker, fortune-teller, weight-guesser, and as a pitchman for vegetable slicers on the Atlantic City boardwalk.

Rumor has it...TV remotes send control signals via light waves when changing channels, and light particles when controlling volume.



Rumor has it...While a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, Sheperd Fairey, perhaps best known for his iconic "Yes We Can" Barrack Obama campaign poster, was arrested for defacing a campaign billboard by replacing the head of former Providence mayer Vincent "Buddy" Cianci with an 18-foot portrait of professional wrestler Andre the Giant.

Rumor has it...The human brain performs nearly half a million functions per second, but never more than one at any single instance.A lobotomized brain, however, can perform two simultaneous functions so long as they occur in separate hemispheres.

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Lots to do today, so we'll go straight on to the Link o' the Day: Culture Pulp by Mike Russell. Some fun stuff here at this combination webcomic-commentary kind of site. It's a little uneven in spots, but a waltz through the archives is a good time.

Enjoy!