(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Top Comments: Notebook #117: Of bending spoons and (near) perfect bids [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-07 Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition, please send it either to topcomments at gmail or to the Top Comments group mailbox by 9:30pm Eastern. Please please please include a few words about why you sent it in as well as your user name (even if you think we know it already :-)), so we can credit you with the find! Uri Geller is still alive. Really? The self-proclaimed psychic recently made a nearly five decades old discovery when rummaging through some cardboard boxes in his storage unit in Israel. He found a book - about himself - that he had checked out of the Los Angeles Public Library 47 years prior. Mr Geller borrowed The Geller Papers in January 1977. [...] Mr Geller checked the book out of an LA public library branch when he was in the city spending time with his friend, New Age writer Carlos Castaneda. He was telling Mr Castaneda about the book but didn't have a copy at hand, so opted to check it out from the Cahuenga branch of the library instead. He ended up bringing it back to New York with him and "totally forgot about it". Because the book had been withdrawn from the specific branch Los Angeles Public Library, Geller’s daughter was able to keep the book. Now, of course, Geller’s spoon-bending activities have been debunked, of course. For myself, I used to enjoy watching Geller as a kid even if, at the same time, I did not believe that he could bend spoons. I used to read books about magicians and tried to figure out how he did it. 2. Talking about hitting the nail on the head...well, almost! x And suddenly Pat Sajak's retirement is not the biggest game show thing to happen today. Holy shit. $1 #PriceIsRight pic.twitter.com/2krSFFJxOV — Judson (@JudsonK17) June 7, 2024 Look...y’all know I checked and you know what I checked: I mean, sista’s was a great, great bid but...what can you do? BTW, I’ve always liked Drew Carey as host of The Price is Right. He wasn’t going to replace a legend like Bob Barker and hasn’t even tried. But really now...if your bid is exactly right, shouldn’t you get something besides both showcases? I mean, it’s only happened one other time. No open thread (or a reasonable facsimile) is complete without the stars. x Blowing cosmic bubbles 🫧 On the left side of this #HubbleClassic view, a young star's intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar wind carves out a gas cavity. Called N44F, this nebula is about 160,000 light-years away. Read more: https://t.co/gonNmUb3yG pic.twitter.com/xoaeLFHtk4 — Hubble (@NASAHubble) June 4, 2024 Comments below the fold. TOP COMMENTS Brillig's ObDisclaimer: The decision to publish each nomination lies with the evening's Diarist and/or Comment Formatter. My evenings at the helm, I try reeeeallllyy hard to publish everything without regard to content. I really do, even when I disagree personally with any given nomination. "TopCommentness" lies in the eyes of the nominator and of you, the reader - I leave the decision to you. I do not publish self-nominations (ie your own comments) and if I ruled the world, we'd all build community, supporting and uplifting instead of tearing our fellow Kossacks down. Please remember that comment inclusion in Top Comments does not constitute support or endorsement by diarist, formatter, Top Comments writers or DailyKos. Questions, complaints or comments? Contact brillig. Highlighted by kj in missouri: This comment by Mathy Kathy in PvtJarHead’s recommended post emphasizing Paul Begala’s simple campaign message. TOP MOJO Top Mojo for yesterday, Thursday, June 6, 2024, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo. TOP PICTURES Top Pictures for yesterday, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Click any picture to be taken to the full comment or picture. Thank you to the wonderful dKos staff who made it possible to continue this feature in memory of jotter! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/7/2245420/-Top-Comments-Notebook-117-Of-bending-spoons-and-near-perfect-bids?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/