Monday, August 20, 2018
Celebrating the Big Show, #2 - Fučík's "Entry of the Gladiators"
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The Circus Tune That ’ s Everywhere The 1897 military march “Entry of the Gladiators,” by Czech composer Julius F...
Monday, August 13, 2018
Bookmarks I Have Known, #1
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One of my sillier passions is accumulating bits of paper ephemera to use as bookmarks. These are from the tippling side of the fen...
Monday, August 06, 2018
Poison Ivy Comes a-Creepin' Around!
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I just finished a fun book by Linda Barnes, the 1990 Coyote , featuring her PI character Carlotta Carlyle. The version I read is the orig...
Monday, July 30, 2018
Tomorrow’s Tech … Today!
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Tomorrow’s Tech … Today! Many futuristic inventions have come to pass, while some may never be realized. REPLACEMENT P...
Monday, July 23, 2018
The Giant Space Amoeba Returns!
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Yes, the 1968 Star Trek episode “The Immunity Syndrome” was actually the return of a space amoeba! I’m going ...
Monday, July 16, 2018
WATCHMENUTIA: SPOTTING RORSCHACH
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SPOTTING RORSCHACH Here are some of my observations while traversing Watchmen for an extended period. These particu...
Monday, July 09, 2018
Celebrating the Big Show
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Beginning a sometime series about showbiz …. Circus-Carnival Songs Here’s an incomplete list of pop songs concernin...
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