So there was this film in 2007 – a collaboration between Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, where the two directors would each create a full-length low-budget film that celebrated the classic “grindhouse” films of long ago. They would release the two films – Rodriguez’ “Planet Terror” and Tarantino’s “Death Proof” – as a double feature,…
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Happy Convoy Day to all who celebrate!
Today is October the 4th, and on this day we celebrate one of the greatest songs of the 1970’s. That, of course, would be this little track. Yep. C.W. McCall’s classic “talking blues” record about truck drivers and citizens band radio lingo, “Convoy.” 10-4, good buddy … Get it? October 4? 10-4? Listen, if you’re…
Read MorePenn’s stolen valor
Imagine that someone you know, someone you’ve worked with, someone in your tertiary universe has just received a Nobel Prize. That’s huge. And of course, you’ll want to trumpet this news as loudly as possible. Heck, my alma mater, Hamilton College, can boast that Elihu Root, who graduated from Hamilton and would later serve as…
Read MoreCurt Schilling violated Tim Wakefield’s trust.
I’m going to start this blog post by remembering a great pitcher and an even greater person. Tim Wakefield was a baseball player who changed his trajectory to the big leagues by moving from first base to the pitching mound. And unlike nearly every other pitcher in the sport at that time, Wakefield’s main pitch…
Read More“Shoot him on the spoot.”
In the latter months of James Buchanan’s presidency, just as the Southern states seceded from the Union, John A. Dix was sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury upon the resignation of the previous officeholder. Dix’s appointment was essentially a lame-duck seat-filling action for the former New York Senator and postmaster; Abraham Lincoln was weeks…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 30 2023
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. Last day of September, and let’s finish it off in style with a recap of this week’s blogroll contents and recaps and fun stuff of that nature. Here we go. Enjoy. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for September 29, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreSapphire and Steel – the forgotten time travel genre series
Actor David McCallum, who participated in two iconic TV genre roles – the Russian secret agent Ilya Kuryakin in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and as Ducky Mallard in the procedural NCIS, passed away earlier this week. McCallum had a long and distinguished career in entertainment – in addition to his roles in The Man From…
Read More6,000
I was about to post something about my upcoming photo excursions … or maybe an overview on a long-lost television show or distant memory … or some anecdote from my childhood or from my adult life. And then I noticed something regarding my blog totals. This post right now – is my 6,000th blog. 6,000…
Read MoreA Trip to the Big E, 2023 Edition
And with my trip last Sunday to the Eastern States Exhibition (the “Big E”) in Massachusetts, my Competition Season 2023 is complete. Of the two entries I submitted to the Big E’s photography competition, only one – A Bicolor Sunflower – was accepted. So, as usual … I planned my trip out as carefully as…
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