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Staying safe this holiday season. Tip no. 384: Zombies love farms and open land so avoid that old abandoned barn

Many sites have noted that today is Have a Party with Your Bear Day but can’t quite figure out the source: (No it’s not this reason.) In 1902 while on a hunting trip with Mississippi Gov. Andrew H. Longino, President Teddy Roosevelt was offered the opportunity to shoot a bear tied to a tree. SeeingContinue reading “Now the truth can be told”

November 16, 1969 –BJ Thomas released his hit, Hooked on a Feeling on this date. Please don’t click on this version unless you want the Ooga Chuka ear worm for rest of the week.

November 16, 1973 –David Bowie appeared in his first TV special, 1980 Floor Show, broadcast on NBC’s Midnight Special, on this date. The show was a spectacular stage production that was filmed over three days, mostly at The Marquee Club, in Soho, London. It would be Bowie’s last performance as the Ziggy Stardust persona withContinue reading “1980 Floor Show”

Before you go – I don’t understand the relationship between the British and their supermarkets. Apparently the most highly anticipated events are the dropping of their holiday commercials. The first one I want to share is for the chain Sainsbury – This is a very messy family but maybe that’s what they were going for.Continue reading “Start making room in the frig”

Before you go – Boots, (think CVS or Walgreens) has a mini movie of a holiday advert, starring Jenna Coleman. Oops, I should have warned you to have your tissues handy. Demand Euphoria!

Today in 1864 –In Atlanta, Captain Rhett Butler rescues Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton, her sister-in-law Melanie Wilkes and her sister-in-law’s brand new baby from Aunt Pittypat’s Peachtree Street home before the Union army advances on the city. Rhett declared his love for Scarlett but she rebuffed him. But that’s not why we’re here …’ Meanwhile inContinue reading “Oh, it is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization”

November 15, 1935 –… And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. The Marx Brother’s first film made without Zeppo, A Night at the Opera, premiered on this date. Kitty Carlisle said the atmosphere on the setContinue reading “A Night at the Opera”

Before you go – a few more of the UK holiday commercials have been released. One of them is from McDonald’s – ‘You’re never too old to have an imagination’, is the message behind the McDonald’s commercial this year. Yes, please try to imagine eating fast food that is actually healthy for you. Demand Euphoria!

November 14, 1851 –Harper and Brothers published Herman Melville’s most famous novel, on this date. Called Moby Dick, the tale is teeming with seamen, spermaceti, and rigid harpoons. Scholars continue to debate its symbolism. The British publisher accidentally left out the ending of the book, the epilogue. This confused a lot of British readers, becauseContinue reading “Did You really ever read it?”