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"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." - Rainer Maria Rilke/Wiki Parting shot 2016 - what stands out? Odd news of course. So here goes, (w)Ringing in/out the - OddNewQuirkyCuriousUnknown - and capping off the year past: Priorities - Final days of Starbucks (Free) Coffee Cheer (thru Jan 2) locations change daily. My location actually came up earlier this week. :) Link Good Luck! Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives - 24/7 audioBoom (Avoid holiday hiatus withdrawl.) UFO Mother ship and Black Helicopters Inquisitr Sightings up 30% over last year. UFOStalker Triangle UFO sightings reported in multiple locations. itechpost (Local ties) Candy Man cool: Paul Rudd sweeeet! USAToday Results now available - Immortality Project - follow the link. China hails Year of the Rooster. Center stage, giant chicken BBC , a follow up to the previous viral nugget: a golden pheasant Link   *FYI: " According to the Chinese zodiac, Do...

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman/Wiki Yes, 2016 flew by. Wendy's Coffeehouse shows are archived for listening at your leisure. AudioBoom Link . Great way to cap off the year. 30 shows/1K listens. A magic repeating number: 33.333  What's with the shows that appear to be shorter? Minus commercials. If you have yet to check one out, start there. The most listened to program, as of 12/30/16, belongs to John Perkins . ( Wendy's Coffeehouse Podcast 8/27/16 ) Once again, John Perkins dazzles with New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man . When he first went public with his story, he says his daughter assured him she would follow through with disclosure of the information if he was taken out. Really. This is explosive stuff. Front, center and shadow, shady politics are a key component. Some might find it har...

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Pottermore.com Bonus - holiday coffee perk! Starbucks is giving away coffee. NY Post  Check the daily pop-up specials. [Available 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. local time in limited locations 12/23/16–1/2/17 (except 12/25). One free tall handcrafted espresso beverage per customer.for location.] Find Starbucks Cheer A trio of timely news notes and bites - Memory hacking may not be that hard. Motherboard interview with the author of The Memory Illusion/ video via Vice. Book and link for Author, Julia Shaw The Slinky defense - pretty darn effective against marauding squirrels.  UPI YouTube solid gold stocking stuffer! This (revived) Christmas Classic: 3M+ views and counting as of 12/24/16. Chewie/wiki sings Silent Night. FYI Background: Published on Dec 21, 2016 "Merry Wookie Christmas from HISHE and...

Clark : Hey, Kids, I heard on the news that an airline pilot spotted Santa's sleigh on its way in from New York City. Eddie : [ after a pause ] You serious, Clark? Season's Greetings - The Yule tide is high .... Chuckles and humor rolling in .... National Lampoon Christmas trivia - IMBD Weird Christmas traditions - Mental Floss Christmas Ghost Stories - Spooky and more  The Independent Why Ghosts haunt England at Christmas but not America - Ancient Origins And now the kicker - Terror at the Tree farm . .. Just when you least expect it, a novelty appears on your Facebook stream, floating amongst the flotsam of GIFs of Mistletoe, Holly and cheery, animated sparkle forwards ... a gem from 2013 ... Of course I had to share it. (Props to Bill Hall/Haunted House Diaries for posting. )  The Tree with a hidden agenda ... and an overload of jingle. M aking the most of the association, though highly unlikely to be considered a fan of jolly old Kris Kringle. Tha...

" Truth is stranger than fiction , but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't." - Mark Twain   About: Quote Investigator Worthy of note and mention - mid Dec 2016 REALLY Big Tease -- Blade Runner 2049 eye candy, WiredUK  -- Baiting us with a 2017 play date - Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling ... on deck. ... Follow #BladeRunner 2049 on social media: http://bladerunnermovie.com http://facebook.com/bladerunnermovie http://twitter.com/bladerunner http://instagram.com/bladerunnermovie   Mark Zuckerberg's AI assistant sounds familiar. Meet Jarvis -- Fast Company Video Real or Fake -- Coffee fodder: Star Wars fan plays Imperial March on coffee stir stick . YouTube Smell it? The aroma of fresh Coffee AND Donuts -- teaser for Twin Peaks just dropped: Time #UFO-Believer or not, something very odd is certainly happening and continues to happen along the 37th parallel (Yeah, Kansas factors into the UFO Highway mix,...

" The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied." - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Headlines -  Killer Comet Research Group: Indiegogo - Follow on Facebook . NASA killer comet preparation assessment: Fail TheGuardian Whole lotta shaking. Conspiracies are flying regarding ground level events at the south pole causing a big shake up on December 26th. Source? Real, fake? UFOsightings, YouTube   Connection with the crack spreading across the Antarctic ice shelf? PopSci Odd job, cool category - Guarding John Lennon's Glasses. CNN Solving a quantum riddle - what the cat knows. Quantum is Calling YouTube with Keanu Reeves, Simon Pegg, John Cho and Paul Rudd. Quantum Frontiers blog Harry Potter fan cracks the code for Santa's travel magic: Floo powder. And a few other Harry Potter tricks. Follow the thread on Reddit or with images on Buzzf...

The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and said "Talk, child." Alice could not help her lips curling up into a smile as she began: "Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!" "Well, now that we have seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?" - Lewis Carroll via Wikiquote Podcast 12/10/16 Wendy's Coffehouse/DavidFranklinFarkas  *After some trial and error, we do think the noisy line at the beginning of the show is feeback from David's headphones. Can't answer why the computer blinked out in the control room.   Headlines "Happy Hour Playset" blows up on social media. Various misinterpretations and cross level inference postings ensue. UPI   Source of mayhem: Instagram Snopes steps in to set the record straight. Can you say Photoshop? When in doubt: Snopes , a "go to" sleuth...

“You’re an old soul, Ava...” he’d begun, his voice tired. “God, Dad... Let’s not do this now, please...” “It’s true. You are. But that means you have to choose your life… not just react to it.”   - Danika Stone , Intaglio: The Snake and the Coins Podcast link 12/3/16 Wendy's Coffeehouse - Past Lives with Georgina Cannon. Headlines Harry Potter inspired Utah Wizarding school. 300 handmade wands, 200 students. AOL   Santa's house is on the market. Zillow Listed but not for sale. HuffPost Delivering in 2018 -- this UFO is seaworthy New York Post Who's There? Astronaut says he heard a knock... "It neither came from outside nor inside the spaceship." BBC   Breakthrough on Roswell case, New info from welder at the crash site. Express  Aliens on Earth, best new hideout, 650 miles under ground in large oceans.  New York Post   Mugshot viral, Bird the Macaw and bestie. CNN   Working the Butterball Turkey Hotline behind the ...