"Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity." -Joyce Carol...
New Jersey. Today in 1664 it was established. Yay! which leads me to announce that everyone should subscribe to and read one of the finest publications written about...
Today in 1976 was a momentous day in TV history. One of the most groundbreaking shows every premiered....The GONG Show got it's start on NBC. [ref. 1] Yes, that...
"SWEETHEART, do not love too long:I loved long and long,And grew to be out of fashionLike an old song.All through the years of our youthNeither could have knownTheir own thought...
Egypt. Hot desert sands. Drifting winds. Pyramids. Land of camels, spices, hidden treasure troves, and one of the most fascinating cultures of ancient...
Hollywood, the most glamarous place on earth. Moviestars, beaches, the OC (oh wait, that isn't real, it's a TV show).. , um, Melrose, the Oscars. how could it get...
It is really cold where I live, summer seems to have forgotten to arrive. For the Ancient Greeks, there was a time when it was always summer, until Hades, the lord of the...
"If a June night could talk, it would probably boast that it invented romance." --Bern Williams Spring, the flowers are in bloom, the bees are buzzing, the clover is a'bloom,...
"These are Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, and they give mortals their share of good and evil." [ref. 1] Is our future mapped in the stars? Or is our path woven...
840 BC. Some of us were digging for turnips, others riding camels across the desert, others were running through the forest chasing their dogs, some were laughing in their...
Correcton; Today on June 2, 1491 ol' Henry was born in 1491. I am not going to go too much into his life because I am very very sleepy. He beheaded a few of his...
Memorial Day - I give honor to my grandfather, who fought in WWII and my grandmother who worked and worried and waited for him. My great grandfather, who fought in WWI and...
Vincent Price was born today in 1911. He was born in Missiouri in a rich family, his father made candy (I mean, he owned a big huge candy factory, like Willy Wonka)....
Titan - Saturn's mysterious moon "The strange creatures from this satellite could appear human or inhuman, at will. And the elaborate contest they set up with the remnants of...
Seeing a ghost makes many a fair lady swoon, but seeing Douglas Fairbanks, made many a lady swoon - in his films in the 1920s, and in his house in Hollywood that he is...
On May 19th in 1568 Mary Queen of Scots began her long imprisonment at the hands of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, the royal monarch of England. Poor Mary had a terrible...
I have been incognito.. reading all the DC Vertigo Comics / Constantine series... and out of town. sorry for no updates. Enjoy this site in the meantime...
Romulus and Remus...the founders of Rome, abandoned by their mother & found and nutured by a wolf... the legend is that they later founded the ancient city of...
Or Walspurgis Night, April 30. An old pagan celebration: a night of bonfires, a night to scare off evil spirits and witches, and a night to celebrate...
William was born today in 1564. Little did his proud Mother know he would go on to become the most influential writer in Western Civilization. His spooky plays have...
Today is the birthday of Dickie Goodman, who was born in 1934 in Hewlett, New York. He was the early version of Wierd Al, and revolutionary. He is recognized by the...
Think UFOs are a recent invention? In 1897 they were called "Airships" and today there was quite a rash of them. [ref.1] there were tons of sightings all over the USA,...
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