“I didn’t like the idea of being a dead hero”
More Rescue 911:
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“I missed my mommy…My hands were all wrinkly…they weren’t like my human hands.”
More from one of my favorite old TV shows, “Rescue 911”:
Continue reading →Separated a couple of years after birth
Triplets. Julia Sweeney: Elizabeth McGovern: Kathy Bates:
Continue reading →What sexy was like in the 50s
I found this video buried in an old comment, and I think it deserves a wider viewing. It’s of Gene Kelly and Tamara Toumanova dancing Kelly’s choreography in the movie “Invitation to the Dance,” which was made in 1952 but … Continue reading →
Updike: the trivial and the profound
I’ve long been a fan of John Updike’s short stories, although his novels—which are probably much more widely read—don’t do all that much for me. He was one of the most prolific writers of the last century, so there’s plenty … Continue reading →
Cutting off your toes to spike your feet
I doubt the practice is very popular. I certainly hope it’s not very popular. But it seems that some women are actually having their pinkie toes amputated, or having other toes shortened, in order to fit more easily and painlessly … Continue reading →
The cover-up of the Benghazi cover-up…
…is described here. There are many reasons for the success of the coverup. One is the nicely coordinated set of messages from the administration and the MSM. Another is the complexity of the story; people have to be motivated enough … Continue reading →
Voters just want to have fun
There might just be something to this. Commenter “Bob from Virginia” writes: Bernard Goldberg just pointed [out that] the normal conditions of “you fail you get fired” don’t apply to this President, because his appeal is emotional. Which ties in … Continue reading →
The last Last Lion
Have you ever noticed the books in the photograph that makes up my blog header? The one on top is the collected works of Robert Frost, and the one below is the second volume of William Manchester’s biography of Winston … Continue reading →
Dancers among us
Here are some fabulous dance pictures. No photoshopping and no tricks, although you might find that hard to believe. Here’s just one example, to whet your appetite:
Continue reading →“What are you going to do? You gonna stand there and watch it go by?”
More from the old Rescue 911, one of my favorite TV shows of all time:
Continue reading →Dover Beach
I’ve been thinking about this poem lately. It’s really a bleak work (and very modern, despite the year it was written, which was probably around 1851). The subject is the loss of faith. Not a personal loss of faith, but … Continue reading →