Habeas Corpus (Living Things album)

Habeas Corpus (Living Things album) is the second album from the band Living Things. Outside the music industry, habeas corpus is a writ. A writ is a legal action. The purpose of habeas corpus is to safeguard citizens from being unfairly and illegally detained. I like habeas corpus.

Habeas corpus can be literally translated from the Latin as "have the body." If you don't have the body, you can't be a living thing and you can't buy Habeas Corpus, the second album from the band Living Things.


Habeas corpus is a touchy subject.
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CleveMed

CleveMed is a company that makes medical devices. The company is based in Cleveland, home to one of my favorite baseball teams.

CleveMed specializes in technology to monitor sleep disorders and movement disorders. We spend almost all our lives either sleeping or moving. I salute CleveMed for their efforts.


Sleeping and moving at the same time.
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Vuk Obradović

Vuk Obradović was a leader of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia during Serbia's "Bulldozer Revolution" of 2000. I like the name Vuk. I've never heard it before.

Before Vuk was a politician, Vuk was a soldier. In 2001, Vuk had to resign as Deputy Prime Minister after Vuk allegedly sexually harassed a female aide. Vuk shouldn't have allegedly done that.

Vuk died last year in Belgrade.


Lenny was sad to see Vuk go.
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1994 AFL season

1994 AFL season was the 1994 season of the Australian Football League. That year, West Coast beat Geelong in the Grand Final.

The 1994 season was also notable because it was the year the AFL instituted the "blood rule" in response to fears about AIDS. That was after the WHO added Australian football to the list of most common modes of HIV transmission, just after sexual contact and needle-sharing.


The AFL is known for its four-legged man-horses.
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Freudian Sleep

Freudian Sleep is an episode of the television show Frasier. It was the 14th episode of the 11th season.

The title "Freudian Sleep" is a play on words. A "Freudian slip" is an error in speech caused by the unconscious mind, like if I said, "When it comes to TV show psychiatrists, Frasier is the breast."


I wonder what Freud would say about this.
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J Golf Phoenix LPGA International

J Golf Phoenix LPGA International is a tournament for professional female golfers. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. The first J Golf Phoenix LPGA International (then known as the Sun City Classic) was held in 1980. That same year, the movie Airplane! came out.

Airplane! tells the story of an airline flight where everything goes wrong. It stars Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays. I learned the words "supple" and "jive" from watching it.


There is no Golf Association for this man.
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Paul Linford

Paul Linford is a composer of music for video games. He is best known for composing the police chase music in the Need for Speed series. Tracks on Need For Speed: Most Wanted include "Kiss ya Ass Goodbye," "Don't Like It, Do Ya?" and "Take That Dawg".

If there were a video game based on my life, its song names would be less antagonistic.


No need for helmet.
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231 BC

231 BC was a year a long time ago. According to Wikipedia, two things happened in the year 231 BC. In Greece, Demetrius II sought military help from the king of Illyria; and in Rome, the Romans sent envoys to Massilia.

Sometimes I wish I lived in those simpler times, when only two things happened per year.


231 years later.
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Primus and Felician

Primus and Felician were two 3rd-century brothers who became saints. Their feast day is June 9, just a couple of weeks ago. I didn't know about Primus and Felician a couple of weeks ago, so I didn't celebrate.

Primus and Felician were martyrs. They were beheaded in Nomentum near Rome in the year 297 A.D. Since 1969, due to "limited worldwide interest in them," it's up to indivdual dioceses to decide if they want to celebrate Primus and Felician's feast day. If I were Primus or Felician, I'd be pissed.


Last year the Saints finished a disappointing 8-8.
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Aluminium. Thirteenth element (Encyclopedia)

Aluminium. Thirteenth element (Encyclopedia) is a Russian encyclopedia devoted entirely to aluminum. I think. The Wikipedia article is confusing.

The encyclopedia has nine chapters about aluminum, including "Chapter 5. The Modern aluminium smelter" and "Chapter 6. A Metal Resembling Tin in Color and Luster." There's also a bonus chapter called "Threshold of the Aluminium Age," which was probably written by a deluded aluminum enthusiast.


Chapter 23. Wrapping tuna sandwiches.
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Sound Shore Medical Center

Sound Shore Medical Center is a community-based teaching hospital in New Rochelle, New York. My mom grew up in New Rochelle. Maybe she sought treatment at the Sound Shore Medical Center as a child. The SSMC was founded in 1892 and my mom was founded in 1947, so it's quite possible.

The SSMC has 476 beds. I have one bed. It's from IKEA. I built it with my own bare hands. It's the second time in my life I've owned a bed from IKEA.


They left out community-based teaching hospitals.
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Milntown Castle

Milntown Castle was a castle in the Scottish Highlands back in the olden days. The castle is long gone.

Castles are always fun to think about. Scotland's full of them. Apparently this one was large. It had turrets and walls. You can learn more about it in Sir Robert Gordon's History of the Earldom of Sutherland, written in the early 17th century. It's a must-read.


Everyone loves castles.
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HMS Chatham (F87)

HMS Chatham (F87) is a frigate in the British Royal Navy. She was launched on January 20, 1988 and commissioned in 1990. Since then, the HMS Chatham has been involved in combat situations, peacekeeping missions, and other miscellaneous activities.

The ship's motto is Up and at 'em, which rhymes with Chatham. They both rhyme with my name, Adam.


The Chatham tries to be inconspicuous in Malta.
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Milwaukee Hurling Club

Milwaukee Hurling Club is a hurling league that was founded in 1996. Hurling is an outdoor sport of ancient Gaelic origin. It involves sticks called hurls, and a ball called a sliotar. I have never hurled.

The women's version of hurling is called camogie. The two games are basically identical, except in camogie they use smaller sticks. I think this is because women are smaller than men. The Milwaukee Hurling Club is unique because it has coed teams. I support this decision. Coed hurling sounds more fun than single-sex camogie.

Liam just realized he hates hurling.
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Glen Browder

Glen Browder is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama. Glen was on the House Armed Services Committee and is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, with a focus on "Congress and the Pentagon."

Interestingly, Glen was born on January 15, 1943, the same day the Pentagon was dedicated. This made me wonder if maybe our careers are determined by what historical events happened on our date of birth. So I checked my birthdate, August 4, 1978. Nothing happened.


In Glen Browder's district, people drive around in shoes.
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Gary Cohen (footballer)

Gary Cohen (footballer) is a soccer player in England. Gary was born on January 20, 1984. Four days later, the Apple Macintosh was introduced.

Gary's dad, Gary's mom, and Gary's aunt Shirley all ran in the Olympic Games for Great Britain.


Gary once kicked a ball so hard it turned into a panda.
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Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Rhodobacter sphaeroides is a purple bacteria. It can obtain energy through photosynthesis. It has all kinds of remarkable characteristics I don't understand.

According to Wikipedia, "when exposed to a reduction in the partial pressure of oxygen, R. sphaeroides develops evaginations in its cellular membrane." I giggled when I read the word "evaginations". I giggled a little harder when I read that the "photosynthetic apparatus is housed in these evaginations."

I don't know what evagination is, but I assume it is a combination of vagina and imagination.


This woman has a very active evagination.
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Lydia Rubio Ferrer

Lydia Rubio Ferrer is a Cuban artist. She was born in Havana, which was the setting for a 1990 movie with Robert Redford.

The Wikipedia article for Lydia is very unorthodox, because most of it is her own personal Artist Statement, in which she says things like "I come from a family of painters" and "Curiosity is the generator of change I my work."

Lydia bends the rules of Wikipedia. Her art is shown all over the world.


This Havana artist has a parrot.
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65th Grey Cup

65th Grey Cup was the 1977 championship game of the Canadian Football League. It is also easily my favorite Wikibloogia to date. According to Wikipedia, everything you're about to read actually did happen and isn't the synopsis of a live-action Disney movie starring Dwayne Johnson.

Late November, 1977. The Montreal Alouettes are facing the Edmonton Eskimos, and it is frigidly cold. The turf is iced over, and no one can get their footing. People are slipping and sliding all over the place. Fumbles abound. That's when a Montreal defensive back named Tony Proudfoot gets an idea. He borrows a staple gun from a Bell Canada employee, and puts staples in the bottoms of his sneakers. Over the course of the game, the rest of his teammates put staples in the bottoms of their sneakers too, and the newly sure-footed Alouettes go on to dominate the slip-sliding Eskimos by a final of 41-6.

A kicker named Don Sweet broke the record for points in a Grey Cup final, a record that still stands. And the Alouettes' head coach was Marv Levy.


There's nothing they can't do.
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List of Mork & Mindy episodes

List of Mork & Mindy episodes is a list of Mork & Mindy episodes. Mork & Mindy ran on ABC from September 14, 1978 to May 27, 1982. A total of 95 episodes. My birthdate is August 4, 1978, which means Mork & Mindy and I were born just six weeks apart.

Mork & Mindy sparked the careers of Robin Williams and the woman who played Mindy. The list of episodes includes such classics as "Mork and the Immigrant," "I Heard it Through the Morkvine" and "It's a Wonderful Mork." I don't remember any particular episode of Mork & Mindy, but I always thought Mindy had a pleasant way about her.


Some people really loved Mork & Mindy.
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Diana Ross & The Supremes: The Ultimate Collection

Diana Ross & The Supremes: The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits collection released on compact disc in 1997. The words "Ultimate" and "Supreme" mean almost the same thing. The Supremes' Ultimate Collection includes such classics as "Love is Like an Itching in my Heart," which sounds awful.

In the underappreciated movie The Wiz, Diana Ross played Dorothy. Richard Pryor played the Wiz. Pryor was supreme.


Diana Ross is also a playground.
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Jackson County, North Carolina

Jackson County, North Carolina is a county in North Carolina. Jackson County was named after President Andrew Jackson. President Andrew Jackson was named after his father Andrew Jackson. That Andrew Jackson died in 1767 from injuries sustained while lifting a log.

According to Wikipedia, several movies have been filmed in Jackson County, including The Fugitive, Deliverance, and My Fellow Americans.


President Andrew Jackson was a vampire.
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Lingayen Gulf

Lingayen Gulf is a part of the South China Sea in the Philippines. The gulf played a significant role in World War II. Another gulf, the Gulf of Mexico, played a significant role in my early childhood, because every February I'd visit my grandparents in Sarasota, Florida. The sun would set over the ocean, which confused me for a while.

According to Wikipedia, the big industries on the Lingayen Gulf are fishing and salt.


1944 in the Lingayen Gulf was much more intense than 1983 in Sarasota.
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1939 college football season

1939 college football season was the college football season that took place in 1939.

According to Wikipedia, the 1939 national champion was Texas A&M University, as voted by the Associated Press writers' poll. The Aggies were 10-0-0. That same year, World War II began in Europe. 1939 was a bad year for everyone except Texas A&M fans.


Men in hats stood and opened their mouths at the 1939 Rose Bowl.
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North Brewham Meadows

North Brewham Meadows is a 21.9-acre area in Somerset, England. It's notable because it is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

According to Wikipedia, North Brewham Meadows is of special scientific interest because it is home to the "nationally rare Common Knapweed Crested Dog's tail-type." I have no idea what that means. I do think it's the only time I've seen the words "rare" and "common" used back-to-back. North Brewham Meadows is also home to butterflies, including the Small Copper, the Ringlet, and the Meadow Brown.


This Common Knapweed is not Crested Dog's tail-type.
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Joel Daly

Joel Daly was a TV news anchor for WLS-TV from 1967 to 2005. He is a household name in Chicago, where he delivered news.

According to Wikipedia, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Joel and co-anchor Fahey Flynn pioneered a new kind of news delivery, when they incorporated a friendly informal style rather than the traditional monotone.

Over the course of his career, Joel won five Emmy awards, and in 2001 he was inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame. He also enjoys yodeling.


Ferris Bueller probably watched Joel Daly.
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Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is a city north of West Palm Beach. Palm Beach Gardens is the current or former home of many notable people, almost all of them professional athletes. Past and/or present residents include Venus and Serena Williams, who have won 17 Grand Slam titles between them; Jimmy Key, who pitched for two World Series-winning teams; and Celine Dion, who likes hockey.

According to Wikipedia, the land that is now Palm Beach Gardens was just cattle ranches, pine forest, and swamplands until 1959, when insurance magnate John D. MacArthur decided to build a city. Not long after, MacArthur was transporting an 80-year-old banyan tree from nearby Lake Park when it fell and broke some telephone and telegraph lines, leaving Miami isolated from the outside world for a while.

Also, Palm Beach Gardens is home to Playmobil Fun Park, which we should all go to as soon as possible.


Gary Carter lived in Palm Beach Gardens too.
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John Faiman

John Faiman was a quarterback for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1960-1962. He was born in Omaha, and was a two-time All-American at Omaha South High School. Since 1985, John has been the head football coach at Bellevue West High School in Bellevue.

According to Wikipedia, John was the starting QB in the first game of the 1962 season, his junior year, and he led the Cornhuskers to a 53-0 victory over the University of South Dakota. In early November of that year, as an extra-point kicker, he broke his leg in practice. He never played for Nebraska again. In this way, he reminds me of Moonlight Graham.


Nebraska corn huskers.
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