In the "You Learn Something New Every Day" file, I was double-checking some dates for the Many Worlds chapter, when I ran across the following at the end of the Wikipedia page for Hugh Everett III:
Everett's son, Mark Oliver Everett, is also known as "E", the lead singer and songwriter for the band Eels.
Huh. I did not know that. But it's on Wikipedia, so it must be true...
Anyway, I don't really have anything substantive to say about this, so here's a fan video for my favorite Eels song:
I couldn't find an official version of that. Here's an official video for another song off Shootenanny:
Yes, indeed, we're feeling procrastinatory today...
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