Paying Attention:
One of the all-time great sketches from a show–Saturday Night Live– that has produced a bunch of all time greats: the Schweddy Balls skit, with Alec Baldwin, Molly Shannon, and Ana Gasteyer.
The double-entendre’s go triple-overtime on this one.
Funny and not to be missed.
The Fine Print: Embed via SNL and YouTube (thanks guys). All rights belong to their respective rights holders (Broadway Video and others). Thanks for sharing.
Let it snow
“The weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful. And since we’ve got no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…”
The Nightshift: 22 December 2016
Press Clippings:
It’s Thursday, 22 December 2016.
Two shopping days left (today and Friday…Christmas Eve is not a considered a great shopping day because lots of places close early, and really, you should be home with your family and have it all buttoned up by then). Enjoy the Holiday season and turn off all political/news/commentary shows. There’ll be plenty of time for that after the New Year.
Catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
And Happy Holidays.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 873 for this site.
The Christmas Playlist Series Spotify Links: No. 12
One click Christmas playlist audio, courtesy of Spotify. No need to look up the songs..it’s all been done for you.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays….
The Nightshift: 21 December 2016
Press Clippings:
It’s Wednesday, 21 December 2016.
The Christmas homestretch. Get into it. Finish your shopping and card sending and party going. Enjoy it. Forget politics–it will be there, waiting for you, when you pop out the other side in January of 2017.
Catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
And Happy Holidays.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 868 for this site.
What do bad girls get quote
“Oh, I got a burnin’ question nobody’s answered yet. Good girls get toys for Christmas, but Santa, what do bad girls get?”
The Nightshift: 20 December 2016
Press Clippings:
It’s Tuesday, 20 December 2016.
The American Electoral College cast their votes for President and confirmed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. And that’s the final bit of business for the 2016 Presidential Election–now, on to the hard part: governing and making the government work for the citizens (vs. the other way around).
Also, there’s still a reasonable amount of time for Christmas shopping, but hop to it.
And, when you catch a break, step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
And Happy Holidays.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 867 for this site.
The Nightshift: 19 December 2016
Press Clippings:
It’s Monday, 19 December 2016.
Today, the American Electoral College will cast their votes for President and unless there’s a huge change in sentiment, will elect Donald Trump as the next president of the United States.
Then there’s the last round of Christmas Shopping to deal with.
And, when you catch a break, step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
And Happy Holidays.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 864 for this site.
The Christmas Playlist Series: No. VIII (fast)
The Hunt for New (Christmas) Music:
This is the second part of Christmas Playlist Series: VIII
The fast first part was the slower music.
This is the fast stuff.
Enjoy.
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The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images (all rights reserved), who graciously make available their vast archive of photos to non-profit bloggers and websites. Check it out–they have the last century on file. Thanks, guys, as always, for sharing.
19 Songs. 1.2 Hours.
The Nightshift: 18 December 2016
Press Clippings:
It’s Sunday, 18 December 2016.
Christmas Day is one week away. To quote an Ole Miss cheer….”Are you ready?”.
Well, if not,k you’ve got 7 straight days of Christmas shopping to polish off the season’s needs (and work).
Have at it.
And, when you catcha break, step out of the blur and catch up with world events by clicking on one of the links below which takes you to the front pages of the world’s great newspapers.
Now, more than ever, you are advised to click-through.
And Happy Holidays.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
This post is number 864 for this site.