DRINK SHRINKFLATION

This is my tenth glass today. I guess smaller pours aren't a good way to cut down after all.

If you look around online you’ll read that this photo of Scottish actress Maureen Swanson holding a port or sherry glass was made to promote a show called, “Scotland Yard accepts the challenge.” But we’d never heard of it, and could find no references to it anywhere. Further research revealed that the original vendors of this image were based in Argentina, and down there a show called Scotland Yard acepta el desafío existed, and that phrase translates as above. But television shows and movies don’t always cross borders with their titles translated literally. Scotland Yard acepta el desafío was made in Britain, where it was The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre. “Scotland Yard accepts the challenge” never existed. It might be easier for the various vendors to sell this image if they get the title right. In any case, it’s from 1962.

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HISTORY REWIND

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

January 22

1946—CIA Forerunner Created

U.S. president Harry S. Truman establishes the Central Intelligence Group or CIG, an interim authority that lasts until the Central Intelligence Agency is established in September of 1947.

January 22

1957—George Metesky Is Arrested

The New York City “Mad Bomber,” a man named George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs. Metesky was angry about events surrounding a workplace injury suffered years earlier. Of the thirty-three known bombs he planted, twenty-two exploded, injuring fifteen people. He was apprehended based on an early use of offender profiling and because of clues given in letters he wrote to a newspaper. At trial he was found legally insane and committed to a state mental hospital.

January 21

1950—Alger Hiss Is Convicted of Perjury

American lawyer Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury in connection with an investigation by the House unAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC), at which he was questioned about being a Soviet spy. Hiss served forty-four months in prison. Hiss maintained his innocence and fought his perjury conviction until his death in 1996 at age 92.

January 21

1977—Carter Pardons War Fugitives

U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all of the country’s Vietnam War draft evaders, many of whom had emigrated to Canada. He had made the pardon pledge during his election campaign, and he fulfilled his promise the day after he took office.

January 19

1915—Claude Patents Neon Tube

French inventor Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube, in which an inert gas is made to glow various colors through the introduction of an electrical current. His invention is immediately seized upon as a way to create eye catching advertising, and the neon sign comes into existence to forever change the visual landscape of cities.

January 19

1937—Hughes Sets Air Record

Millionaire industrialist, film producer and aviator Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds. During his life he set multiple world air-speed records, for which he won many awards, including America’s Congressional Gold Medal.