Nearly random link farming

 Today, May 17, is the 220^th anniversary of the Buttonwood Agreement.  The beginning of everything we nowadays mean by the phrase “Wall Street.”

Here’s a link that may shed some light on symbolic significance thereof.

John Travolta is the subject of some amusing allegations.

Well … I find them amusing, anyway.  And it seems I’m not alone.

This week’s Kentucky Derby did nothing for the horse named Alpha, but it did a favor for fans of murder mysteries.

And The Onion is on the case.

Some history of the phrase “person of interest.”

Which is also apparently a television show?

I’m reading a book by Detlev S. Schlichter. He may consider this a preliminary shout-out. Here’s the amazon page.