With a Huff and a Puff
In eight minutes on May 27, 1933 Walt Disney retold an old story. It was on that day that Disney’s Silly Symphonies version of the Three Little Pigs was released. The cartoon produced by Disney and directed by Burt Gillet played in movie theaters for months, in a time when shorts were played for only [...]
Shots Fired – 4 Dead in Ohio
At 12:22 on Monday May 4, 1970, 29 members of a group of 77 National Guard troops from A Company and Troop G fired shots towards a group of students at Kent State. 13 seconds and about 67 shots later it ended. Some shots were in the air as warnings, others to induce injury and [...]
Erica Jong
Erica Jong, the novelist, poet and essayist was born on March 26, 1942, in New York City. Her parents were Seymour Mann and Eda Mirsky. She was their middle daughter. Her older sister Suzanne is married Lebanese businessman Arthur Daou, and a younger sister, Claudia had a career as a social worker. Jong for many [...]
My Favorites of 2008
Movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull While some may have found it hard seeing Harrison Ford playing an older Indiana Jones, I actually thought it was refreshing, not to mention you got to see more of the Indiana Jones Adventures. Network Television Series Heroes The end of Season 1 was a [...]
The Mystery Writer Disappears
December 3, 1926 was a quiet Friday evening. Mystery writer Agatha Christie was well on her way as an established writing having just published her seventh book, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. After giving her daughter a goodnight kiss she suddenly left the house for a car ride. The next morning the car was discovered [...]
1st Books of Vampire Series
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter – Guilty Pleasure – 1993 – Laurell K. Hamilton Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse) – Dead Until Dark – 2001 – Charlaine Harris Queen Betsy (The Undead Series) – Undead and Unwed – 2004 – Mary Janice Davidson The Dark Ones – A Girls Guide to Vampires – 2003 – Katie [...]
Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf
On July 18, 1925 the first volume of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf was published. The work is a combination autobiography and political ideas of the young Hitler. It was originally titled Four Years of Struggle against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice. The publisher, Secker and Warburg, retitled the work Mein Kampf or My Struggle. This first [...]
Pierre Boulle’s “Bridge Over the River Kwai”
During the 2nd World War Pierre Boulle, who later would write the original novels from which The Bridge Over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes were based, served as a secret agent helping the French Resistance in China, Burma and French Indochina. In 1943 he was captured and stationed at a force labor [...]
The Father of Science Fiction – Jules Verne
Science Fiction has been around nearly as long as man has been telling stories. But it really wasn’t until the “Age if Reason” and the “Industrial Revolution” that it spread it’s wings to fly. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein helped define the Science Fiction Novel and Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story about a flight to the [...]
Books for Small Business
1. The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need To Know To Succeed In Your Small Business by Steven D. Strauss. From Amazon – Book Description – Whether you’re a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, The Small Business Bible is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, A-to-Z library of everything you might need to know. Not only does [...]
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