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 a [...]
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 were around [...]
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. [...]
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer is a beer drank by many, but where did the name come from? The Pabst part of the name comes from the German immigrant Frederick Pabst who was born on March 28, 1836. Pabst was working as a lake Michigan steamer captain when he met Phillip Best who was [...]
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 [...]
Character Actor – Strother Martin
March 26th is the 88th anniversary of the birth of Strother Martin. You may not know who he is, but nearly everyone is aware of his most famous movie line, “What we’ve got here is … failure to communicate” from the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke.
Martin’s part in the movie was a minor [...]
The Maryland Colony
The history of the Maryland Colony began with a failed attempt by George Calvert, the First Lord Baltimore, in Newfoundland. Calvert had been the Secretary of State under King James the I and he had requested a chance to build a colony in the New World. The “Province of Avalon” began settlement in 1623 [...]
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 [...]
Abbott and Costello
William (Bud) Abbott was born in Asbury Park, NJ, October 2, 1895 and died April 24, 1974 in Woodland Hills, California. Lou Costello (Louis Francis Cristillo) was born in Paterson, NJ, March 6, 1906 and died March 3, 1959 in East Los Angeles, California.
They first began to work together in 1935 at the Eltinge [...]
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 [...]
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