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Mini-Landslide for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party

Mini-Landslide for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party

April 2, 2012 | By Fritz Holznagel

The opposition party of “Mother Suu” claimed at least 43 of the 44 available seats in Parliament.

George Lucas Has Finished His Own Version of ‘Casablanca’

George Lucas Has Finished His Own Version of ‘Casablanca’

April 1, 2012 | By Fritz Holznagel

Rick’s Cafe becomes Rick’s Cantina in George Lucas’s new reissue of the Hollywood classic.

No Joke: Jeremy Lin Needs Knee Surgery

No Joke: Jeremy Lin Needs Knee Surgery

| By Fritz Holznagel

Lin-sanity is over! The left lin-niscus needs lin-throscopic surgery.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Member of Parliament?

Aung San Suu Kyi, Member of Parliament?

| By Fritz Holznagel

She’s been elected, say reports. If the vote holds up, it will be an amazing turn of events.

Al Gore is 64 and May Be Tired of Being Right

Al Gore is 64 and May Be Tired of Being Right

March 31, 2012 | By Fritz Holznagel

He was right about the Internet and he was right about climate change. What will he be right about next?

Peter Dinklage Does Not Play Leprechauns

Peter Dinklage Does Not Play Leprechauns

March 30, 2012 | By Fritz Holznagel

The Game of Thrones star will play a lot of things, but never “the cutesiness of little people.”

Ernest Hemingway Had Swell Handwriting

Ernest Hemingway Had Swell Handwriting

| By Fritz Holznagel

The manly old scribe had clean, well-lighted script.

Just a Nice Photo: Earl Scruggs

Just a Nice Photo: Earl Scruggs

March 29, 2012 | By Fritz Holznagel

Banjo great Earl Scruggs was still going strong in 2007.

For $3000, You Can Be Buried in Bacon

For $3000, You Can Be Buried in Bacon

| By Fritz Holznagel

Or a reasonable facsimile thereof.

Don’t Mess With ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’

Don’t Mess With ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’

| By Fritz Holznagel

Earl Scruggs invented banjo pickin’ as we know it today.

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