it isn't obsessed over in wider culture the way Mother's Day is.

As a former florist, I can tell you exactly why this is...Biggest day of the year, baybee! Followed closely by VDday.

If some marketing company were to champion something other than ties for Father's Day...something people can be convinced men all men should be interested in...it would be just as big.

Sadly, it seems that 'loving' your dad is not as guilt inducing as moms. Wonder why that is.

Ugh. That came off more cynical than I intended. I know there are lots of people who love the idea of giving their moms flowers on Mothers Day.

Sometimes I wish I lived in Japan....

The Baby Crying Festival

Oddity Central reports that the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan, has held an annual festival for the past four hundred years that encourages babies to cry in order to improve their health:

Amateur sumo wrestlers hold the babies high in the air, and try to scare them into crying, while a sumo referee judges the match. The toddler who cries longest and loudest is considered the winner.

Japanese parents bring the babies to the contest, of their own free will, and truly believe the sumo induced crying keeps their children in good health, and wards off evil spirits. This year, 80 babies, all under one year old, participated in Naki Sumo. As you might have guessed, the whiniest contender won.

Lost TV Pilots

Baffled! (1973)
A race-car driver (Leonard Nimoy) gets injured in a crash and suddenly begins receiving visions of murders that haven’t occurred yet. He solves the crimes before they happen with the help of a female student of psychic phenomena.

(With a great picture of a smiling Nemoy in a pink sweater.

Clone Master (1978)
A government scientist (Art Hindle) makes a bunch of clones of himself (all played by Art Hindle)then sends them out into the world to fight crime and catch evildoers. Each episode would have focused on a different clone’s adventures.

The Mysterious Two (1979)
A man must stop two popular televangelists…because they are actually evil aliens who are brainwashing humanity in order to take over the planet.

Just two?

Microcops (1989)
Two microscopic cops from outer space come to Earth in pursuit of an equally tiny intergalactic criminal mastermind. To move around the planet, the tiny cops attach their tiny spaceship to people, dogs, and birds.

Damn, that sounds awesome!

Wurlitzer (1985)
A man inherits a decaying diner and its antique Wurlitzer jukebox. The plot: In each episode, the man selects a song on the jukebox and is then transported back in time to the year that song came out. Why? To help people with their problems. In the pilot episode, he listens to a Jefferson Airplane song, goes to 1968 San Francisco, and helps a hippie quit drugs.

movers are moving stuff! MOVING DAY!!!!

movers are moving stuff! MOVING DAY!!!!

I take it you succeeded in finding a place for them to move stuff to then?

Oh man, I would so watch Wurlitzer. A huge Wurlitzer organ played a prominent role in my childhood. There was a pizza joint, charmingly called Ye Olde Pizza Joint...in Hayward, CA. The entire dining room was wired to a dozen instruments, all controlled by the organ. Chucky Cheese is a piker in comparison.

Ye Olde Pizza Joint...in Hayward, CA.

I think it is still there. Or it was last time I was in that area, which has been a while now.

The Paramount theater has a Wurlitzer that is played on a regular basis. So cool.

I was! A cute little townhouse style place in the Irish Channel: [link]

I think it is still there. Or it was last time I was in that area, which has been a while now.

Seriously? Mercy. I first went there in 1967.

Congrats on the new place Nora.

Happy first day of work Jesse!

Bah on all the bad ~ma, Monday. Be more better.