A fun cover of the 1962 hit “Monster Mash.” It took me a while to figure out that this quartet was one person with an amazing range.

How Much Do You Know About Hemingway? 

I got a perfect score on this quiz from Quiz Daily. Of course, I’m a big Hemingway fan. And the questions were pretty obvious. How well will you do? Click here.

This 60-year-old takes breakdancing to a new level.

I’ve mentioned several times that I was supporting a stay of execution in Texas for Melissa Lucio, a woman who was scheduled to be executed on April 27. I’m happy to report that her stay was approved.

“It would have shocked the public’s conscience for Melissa to be put to death based on false and incomplete medical evidence for a crime that never even happened,” said Vanessa Potkin, one of Melissa’s attorneys. “The new evidence of her innocence has never before been considered by any court. The court’s stay allows us to continue fighting alongside Melissa to overturn her wrongful conviction.”

To send a note of support to Melissa, click here.

From JM…

In today’s woke culture, doing a group of strangers a simple favor can become a political nightmare.

Meg Loeks, a photographer, shows you how to frame creative, vintage-styled “everyday” family moments with these she did of her five children. Click here.

Russell Brand is a very interesting person. Highly intelligent. Super skillful in conversation – particularly when he is being criticized. And, when the opportunity is there, maniacally funny!

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Sacha Baron Cohen is a brilliant and brave comedian. (As a comedian, you need to be brave to be brilliant.) I discovered him years ago when he was doing the Ali G show – a TV series that would not be aired today. Here is a sampling:

I started watching this last night, thinking I’d spend just a few minutes on it. But it held me for the entire hour. The subject: People who remember every second of their life.