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June 19, 2013 CARNIVAL MUSIC SWELLS ANNOUNCER: Hey kids, are you ready? Then stand up and clap for THE UNLCE BOSCO SHOW! KIDS CLAPPING AND CHEERING ANNOUNCER: Yes, that’s right, it’s time for Uncle Bosco and all his friends!  Captain Danny, Skinny, and even Sneaky the Pirate! And Aunt Pickle will be stopping by! Wow, I hope she brought one of her famous pickle pies! KIDS CLAPPING AND CHEERING MORE LOUDLY ANNOUNCER: But first kids, run into the kitchen and get yourself a big glass of chocolate milk made with BOSCO chocolate milk amplifier syrup! You know, the kind you ask your mom to buy every week? Because it is BOSC-OOOOH so good! KIDS CHEERING ANNOUNCER:  And now here he is- UNCLE BOSCO! CARNIVAL MUSIC SWELLS UNCLE BOSCO: Hiya kids! (pause for cheers) Today we are going on a trip to the highest mountain in the world, Mt. Tall Top! (pause for cheers) We’re going to search for the very rare BLOOP-BLOOP BIRD! Now who wants to go with me? KIDS: Me! Me! Yay! Etc. Uncle Bosco: Hey, look at that, I guess everyone wants to ride in Uncle Bosco’s super buzz-plane! But I see one little boy in the front row wearing his Uncle Bosco pin, which he got with only 5 tops from cans of Bosco chocolate milk amplifier syrup! Skinny, why don’t you bring him up here with me? Skinny: Yes sir Uncle Bosco! Yippee this is a lucky boy! Uncle Bosco: You bet he is! Skinny: He doesn’t want to come on stage, Uncle Bosco! Uncle Bosco: Sure he does, just take his arm and bring him - (interrupting) Skinny: OW! He bit me! Uncle Bosco: Now now son, settle down and- (interrupting ) Skinny: He’s kicking me! ANNOUNCER: Say, I think we’ll find another young Bosco-teer right after we take this commercial break for Bosco! Uncle Bosco: That’s right, Bosco, the chocolate milk amplifier syrup that makes milk chocolaty! Swell kids all over your town are enjoying- hey! Skinny: He’s LOOSE! THE KID IS LOOSE! Uncle Bosco: Now kid, give Uncle Bosco back his script… (off mic) Aunt Pickle: Where’d he go? Where’d he go? KIDS YELLING AND SCREAMING, SOUNDS OF CHAIRS BEING KNOCKED OVER (off mic) UNKNOWN VOICE: Kill the show, throw it to news! Kill the show! CARNIVAL MUSIC SWELLS ANNOUNCER: The Uncle Bosco Show was brought to you- OW! He’s under my desk! He’s biting me! (off mic) AUNT PICKLE: He’s in the control room! (off mic) UNKNOWN VOICE: Shut it down now!   STATIC Filed under: Blogging, Culture, family, food, history, humor, Life, people, radio, Technology, Writing Tagged: ads, bmj2k, Bosco, chocolate milk, clowns, fun, imagination, kids, milk, milk amplifier, Mr. Blog, Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride, Mr. BTR, old time radio, OTR, radio, radio shows, shows, Uncle Bosco, uncles

The invasion of the cicadas will soon be over, and those that survived this trip to the surface will head back underground for another seventeen years, until 2030.Far be it from me not to find some way to mark this occasion for Inner Toob......STEPHEN J. GOULDFrom Wikipedia:Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at theAmerican Museum of Natural History in New York. In the later years of his life, Gould also taught biology and evolution at New York University.Gould's most significant contribution to evolutionary biology was the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which he developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972. The theory proposes that most evolution is marked by long periods of evolutionary stability, which is punctuated by rare instances of branching evolution. The theory was contrasted against phyletic gradualism, the popular idea that evolutionary change is marked by a pattern of smooth and continuous change in the fossil record.Most of Gould's empirical research was based on the land snail genera Poecilozonites and Cerion. He also contributed to evolutionary developmental biology, and has received wide praise for his book Ontogeny and Phylogeny. In evolutionary theory he opposed strict selectionism, sociobiology as applied to humans, andevolutionary psychology. He campaigned against creationism and proposed that science and religion should be considered two distinct fields (or "magisteria") whose authorities do not overlap.Gould was known by the general public mainly from his 300 popular essays in the magazine Natural History,and his books written for a non-specialist audience. In April 2000, the US Library of Congress named him a "Living Legend".AS SEEN IN:'The Simpsons'"Lisa The Skeptic"TV DIMENSION:The TooniverseAnd why did I choose him in connection to the cicadas?From Stephen J. Gould:Many potential predators have 2-5-year life cycles. Such cycles are not set by the availability of cicadas (for they peak too often in years of nonemergence), but cicadas might be eagerly harvested when the cycles coincide. Consider a predator with a life-cycle of five years: if cicadas emerged every 15 years, each bloom would be hit by the predator. By cycling at a large prime number, cicadas minimize the number of coincidences (every 5 x 17, or 85 years, in this case). Thirteen- and 17-year cycles cannot be tracked by any smaller number.BCnU!

Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies at 33 via Rickey.org Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings, 33, dies in car accident in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AP) — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an unfailingly bright and hard-charging reporter who wrote stories that mattered. Most recently, he wrote about politics for the news website BuzzFeed, where the top editor said colleagues were devastated by the loss. “Michael was a great, fearless journalist with an incredible instinct for the story, and a gift for finding ways to make his readers care about anything he covered from wars to politicians,” said Ben Smith, BuzzFeed’s editor-in-chief. Smith said he learned of the death from a family member. Authorities said there was a car crash early Tuesday in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles that killed a man, but coroner’s officials could not confirm whether Hastings was the victim. Hastings won a 2010 George Polk Award for magazine reporting for his Rolling Stone cover story “The Runaway General.” His story was credited with ending Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s career after it revealed the military’s candid criticisms of the Obama administration. Hastings quoted McChrystal and his aides mocking Obama administration officials, including Vice President Joe Biden, over their war policies. At a Pentagon ceremony for his subsequent retirement in 2010, McChrystal made light of the episode in his farewell address. The four-star general warned his comrades in arms, “I have stories on all of you, photos of many, and I know a Rolling Stone reporter.” When he died, Hastings was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, where Managing Editor Will Dana was quoted Tuesday saying Hastings exuded “a certain kind of electricity” that exists in great reporters whose stories burn to be told. “I’m sad that I’ll never get to publish all the great stories that he was going to write, and sad that he won’t be stopping by my office for any more short visits which would stretch for two or three completely engrossing hours,” Dana said. Hastings was also an author of books about the wars. “The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan” was published late last year and details shocking exploits of the military overseas. In 2010, with the publication of “I Lost My Love in Baghdad,” Hastings told the story of being a young war correspondent whose girlfriend died in Iraq. In the summer 2013 issue of Vermont Life magazine, Hastings was quoted telling an audience at the Burlington Book Festival that he doesn’t believe in objectivity in journalism. “What I try to do is be intellectually honest in my writing,” he said. Hastings’ family moved to Vermont when he was 16, a state he told the magazine was his “spiritual home.” According to the magazine, he lived in New York with his wife. Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies The Associated Press Copyright (2013) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

On the promo for the season finale of Hannibal (titled “Savoreux”), Will has been arrested. If you’re wondering if that teaser might be true or false, the answer is: TRUE, Will is going to be locked-up. TV Guide has the scoop, read them below: Let’s just say that Hannibal made a very compelling case against Will to Jack Crawford in the penultimate episode, and Will doesn’t do much in the way of making himself look very innocent. Case in point: Wait until you see (or should we say, hear) what’s in Will’s kitchen sink. ‘Hannibal’ season one finale airs on Thursday, June 20th on NBC.

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Another flashback episode awaits the fans of USA’s Burn Notice. Check out the latest spoilers we’ve learned: In an upcoming episode, Michael will endure some actual (not emotional) torture, during which he’ll flash-back to his childhood, in a particular unusual manner. “The adult Michael is actually in those flashbacks with the child Michael, so he’s seeing himself as a little boy,” Jeffrey Donovan tells us. “He’s hallucinating and it’s crazy!” Source: TV Guide

Mad Men season 6 is wrapping up this Sunday (June 23/AMC), and we have the latest spoilers abound! As we saw in the penultimate episode, Pete has learned from his dealings with Don. “This time [he's] going to go slower,” Vincent Kartheiser says. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t going to rat him out; he’s just going to be a lot more strategic about it. After all, Bob claims that Pete hired him, and we all know that Mr. Campbell’s middle name is Self-Preservation. Source: TV Guide Watch the promo for the sixth season finale of Mad Men titled “In Care Of” below:

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This week on “The Turn of The Shoe”, there was plenty of drama for the girls. as per usual. The Liars were still not sure if trusting Mona was a good idea, and when she took them to visit the RV in order to gain their trust it was missing. A showed up, choked Mona, and then hit Emily with the car. Toby later admitted to Read the full article...