News – It’s All About Timing
There has been a lot things that have happened already in the early weeks of 2008 in the entertainment industry, but some of what at one time would have been the Top Story on the TV entertainment shows has nearly gone unseen. On the week that the topic of conversation dealt with whether or not [...]
Super Bowl XLII
For those of us living in a cave with no TV or radio, this coming Sunday February 3, 2008, the NFL will play their 42nd Super Bowl. The game will be played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Phoenix was the host of Super Bowl XXX in January 1996. That game was [...]
Beautiful Women and Their Sci-Fi Roles
There has always been beautiful women in the movies and many of them have appeared in sexy roles. But it seems as if when you add a beautiful woman in a meaningful Science Fiction role it can be a great experience. Wasn’t it her title role in Barbarella that helped make Jane Fonda a star? [...]
About Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a style of entertainment popular in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries that took the form of a series of separate, unrelated acts. The performance could include all or some of the following; musicians, dancers, comedians, animal acts, magicians, impersonators, acrobats, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, or [...]
Gold in Dem Dare Hills
John W. Marshall had developed a partnership with John Sutter, the founder of Sutter’s Fort, California to build a sawmill. The area around Sutter’s Fort would eventually become Sacramento. Marshall’s job was to oversee the construction and operation of the mill. The location where they decided to build the mill was around 40 miles from [...]
They Died Too Soon
When I put together today’s 6 Things to Consider it originally was going to be some information on the California Gold Rush, but after learning of the death of Actor Heath Ledger, I thought I would change to a list of people who died before their time. Check back tomorrow for the piece on the [...]
The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
It was in 1983 when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation came together. It was their goal to recognize those that have had a major and significant impact on the music called rock and roll. The first Rock and Roll induction occurred on January 23, 1986. The first group inducted were Performers: Buddy [...]
Who are Roe and Wade?
It was on January 22, 1973 that the United States Supreme court ruled on the case Roe vs Wade. Everyone may know that it was this case that struck down the abortion laws in the State of Texas, making abortion a woman’s decision up to the “point at which the fetus becomes ‘viable’. But if [...]
Top Songs of 1972
With the end of one year and the coming of the next, it’s not unusual to have list showing the Best Of. That’s what today’s information will be. Thirty-Five years ago places were publishing the top songs of 1972. An to start this list is the number 6 most popular song as determined by Billboard. [...]
Robert E. Lee and Lee-Jackson Day
January 19th is the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee. Lee was born in 1807, the son of Henry “Light Horse Harry) Lee III, a general of the American Revolution. He was raised mostly by his mother since his father died in 1812 from a mob attack on him in Baltimore. Robert E. [...]
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