Take Me Out to The Ball Game
Another baseball season is about to begin. One hundred years ago the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Their second in a row. They’ve been trying to have a repeat series win every year since. It was also in 1908 that the song, Take Me Out to The Ball Game was written. Jack Norworth was [...]
Baseball – The National Pastime
The 2008 season starts tonight, March 30, 2008, with a game against the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies on ESPN. OK, the season actually began in Japan earlier in the week when the Oakland A’s and Boston Red Sox played a two game series. As some of you may guess, at least those who [...]
Finishing 3rd on American Idol
Many of us would be able to come up with the winners and the runner ups in the six American Idol shows, even though we may not recall who was 1st and whom was 2nd. But other than last season, it was Melinda Doolittle, not too many would recall who came in third. Well here [...]
When Using a Cell Phone While Driving
1) Use a hands-free phone. Many locations require the use of a hands-free device when using a cell phone while driving. 2) Always dial while the car isn’t moving. Use speed dialing as much as possible. 3) Never use the phone in heavy traffic or bad weather. 4) Never look up phone numbers while driving. [...]
The Arbuckle Trial
When Roscoe Arbuckle left Los Angles to enjoy the 1921 Labor Day weekend in San Francisco he was at the top. He had just signed a million dollar a year contract with Paramount Pictures and he was more recognizable than the President of the United States. Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle known by many by his character [...]
Burlesque
Burlesque is a direct descendant of the Commedia dell’arte. In this form of entertainment principal characters would carry a “burle”, a stick with a padded end, with which they would slap the other players for comic effect. This also formed the origin of “slapstick” comedy. Burlesque means “imitation”. Burlesque encompasses pastiche, parody, and wit. The [...]
March Madness
In basketball terms March Madness is the NCAA basketball tournaments to decide the national champion. For the Men it begins today, March 20 and for the Women two days later on March 22. After 63 games each the men’s national champion will be crowned on April 7 at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. On [...]
Easter Movies
Not everyone like movies with religious overtones, but some of the best movies ever made deal with religion and the Easter story. One of the best of these would be the Greatest Story Ever Told produced in 1965 starring Max von Sydow as Jesus. The movie also had Charlton Heston as John the Baptist and [...]
Edward Everett Horton
March 18 is the anniversary of the birth of Edward Everett Horton. It’s possible that you don’t know who he is, but nearly everyone over the age of 40 will be familiar with his voice. He was the narrator of the Fracture Fairy Tales from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Horton was born in 1886 [...]
The Who’s – Who’s Next
When The Who released their sixth studio album in 1971, it wasn’t anything like what Pete Townsend imagined when they began. After the success of Tommy and their concert series of 1969 and 1970, Pete Townsend began working on a film/album project that he called Lifehouse. In March of 1971, The Who began recording sessions [...]
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