Early Addition: Van Morrison Has Lost His Goddamn Mind

Published September 18, 2020

Statue of Liberty from Red Hook
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An artist purchased a loft in SoHo for $15,000 in 1972, but when she needed the money for retirement, sold it for $2.4 million and moved to Queens.
Van Morrison is apparently against saving lives through coronavirus protocols and has a new song claiming scientists are "making up crooked facts" to "enslave" the population. Nobody likes new songs, Van, stick to the classics.
Cruise ship fans are traveling to stare at cruise ships idling out on the water. Wow.
BuzzFeed staffers received an email "alleging harassment by one of their co-workers. Less than a day later, the email was gone from all company inboxes, leaving staff confused and disturbed."
A $94 million winning lottery ticket was sold at a liquor store outside of Albany.
The Trump admininstration is banning downloads of TikTok and WeChat.
Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Julia Roberts, John Legend and more performed a charity reading of Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Here's a clip.
Happy 29th anniversary to both Use Your Illusion I and II albums from Guns n' Roses.
Just keep moving forward, never look back:

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— Aussies Doing Things (@aussiesdointhgs) September 17, 2020