My daughter's uncle's business partner of 55 nearly 50 years [from when the former was a boyish Al Pacino-ish appearing CPA and the latter a raffish rogue radio personality from NYC], who became the Young Turks of the Philly Scene and the later Boy-Conquerors of the American Music Nation, died today.

He was 82.

Rock & Roll is said to have started, if ( Read more... )

     Someone posted this on Baen's Bar:

I wish one and all an appreciative day.

I am particularly grateful to Jim Baen & Arnold Bailey for building this place, and Toni Weisskopf, Eric Flint, & Mark Van Name for keeping the Bar stocked and the hearth bright in a cold world.

I am thankful to be alive in the Third Millennium, in ( Read more... )

     I encountered this gem on Baen's Bar, the web's premium publishing posting site:

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

Note that, according to the survey, the average score was 49%, while college educators only fared an average of 55% and self-identified elected officials averaged 44%.

More statistics on that ( Read more... )