Thursday miscellanea #316

Rolex 24 at Daytona is this weekend! Bring on the motorsports. I didn’t care for how the football ended.
I read today that European folklore often depicts vampires as having arithmomania—a strong urge to count things. It’s an expression of OCD. You scattered a lot of seeds on either side of a suspected vampire’s grave, so that when s/he got out to feed, s/he would get distracted counting them. (And hey, who knew I’d learn at 43 that Count von Count on Sesame Street had a dual meaning?)
IndyCar Series 2005 has arrived, for all of $8! It’s fun. It’s another reason I’m pleased to have my original Xbox deployed.
Taylor “who ordered the double cheese and sausage?” Negron died a couple of weeks ago. Also loved him in The Last Boy Scout. RIP.
Windows 10 will be a free upgrade to current Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 users. Good news indeed.
There’s a 2012 Mel Gibson movie called Get the Gringo that’s available on Netflix, and worth your time. I quite enjoyed it.
One of my favorite details in Breaking Bad is how much older Skyler looks at the end of the series than she does at the beginning. It’s a dramatic difference. If you ever go back through it looking for little treasures, watch for that one. That show is of tremendous quality.

Paula

January 23, 2015 at 6:25 am

I can’t believe I’ve never heard that about vampires. Kudos to Sesame Street for planting that Easter Egg.
Cheryl Hughes

January 25, 2015 at 7:22 am

I learned about vampire OCD from watching my favorite episode of the X-Files. For those who have not seen Bad Blood, I recommend. Followed by Post Modern Prometheus.