Are Event Planners Plotting a Coup?
Event planners are suddenly everywhere these days. What are they up to?
Biographies
White House Had Third, Less-Attention-Hoggy Gate Crasher
Turns out that while Tareq and Michaele Salahi were busy crashing the White House state dinner in November, another more discreet gate crasher was also making his move. (No, not Buzz Aldrin.)
Isaac Newton Was and Wasn’t Born on Christmas Day
Sir Isaac Newton is the Schrodinger’s Cat of birthday boys: He both was and wasn’t born on Christmas Day. And he both was and wasn’t born in 1642.How is, Mr. Man? How can be? Let’s talk it out.
Mary Daly, Feminist Philosopher, Is Dead at 81
Mary Daly, the feminist philosopher and teacher who tangled with Boston College (and others) over the last five decades, has died at age 81.
Happy 35th Birthday, Bradley Cooper
Happy birthday to you, The Hangover star Bradley Cooper. You were born on this day in 1975.Dude, still looking good!
Erwin Schrodinger
In honor of Erwin Schrödinger’s death, we offer this simple illustration as an explanation of that whole deal about his cat.[[wysiwyg_imageupload:73:]]It has something to do with a light saber, a box of radioactive material, and an unsuspecting cat (as if there is such a thing).
Warren Beatty Slept with 13,000 Women, Four Grizzly Bears and Paul Bunyan’s Wife
The new allegation that Warren Beatty has been, uh, very friendly with 13,000 women during his lifetime puts him up there among the great doers of mythic deeds in America — figures …..
Isaac Newton’s Birthday and the Google Doodle Apple
Sir Isaac Newton in a 1689 portrait by Godfrey Kneller.
Where’s Buzz? Seeing Avatar!
Stud astronaut Buzz Aldrin and his wife, Lois, attend the premiere of Avatar in December at Grauman’s Chinese Theater.See Buzz in other places >>(Photo credit: Nikki Nelson / WENN.com)
Philip Seymour Hoffman is Beloved by Roger Ebert but He’s Still Scary, Mommy
Roger Ebert says that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is in three of the top 10 movies of the 2000s. How disturbing!