Divers and Sundry

but your name may not be. HowManyOfMe.com There is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Obama has more superdelegates than Clinton now. CNN MSNBC DailyKos Here's moveon.org 's winning video: Here's the MoveOn.org Pe...

Today is the anniversary of the death in 2001 at 49 years of age of author Douglas Adams , whose book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gala...

Pentecost is 50 days after Easter, 10 days after the Ascension, and celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Church. Acts 2 (KJV) 1 ...

Psalm 104 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 2 Who coverest thyself ...

The Great Train Robbery is a groundbreaking 1903 silent film. WildWestWeb.net has still shots from the movie. The Internet Archive has it...

I found a great find at Spin Street while I was there paying a small fortune for The Red Shoes and was able to pick up A Chorus Line for $...

When I came downstairs this morning The Husband was watching Stagecoach , so I watched it with him. We've both seen it several times, ...

Today is the anniversary of the death (well, according to wikipedia it's actually the anniversary of the Monday his body was found after...

I almost bought The Red Shoes for the Powell/Pressburger blogathon but ended up not participating in that one. When I saw the Invitation ...

5/10: A Chorus Line update: later on 5/9: The Red Shoes The Dance Blogathon is hosted at Ferdy on Films . Tomorrow is the last day, so I...

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War is just as good as the first book in this Clive Barker series, and I do really like these books. I ...

Theatre Memphis ' Room Service got a lot of laughs from their large audience tonight and spontaneous applause at several points during t...

Take the test to find your National Geographic Greendex score. My score was 63. Decent enough, I guess, but I was surprised it was this h...

When will Hillary hear it and let this process move forward? ---- George McGovern has swirched to Obama. Andrew Sullivan begins his comment...

Today is the anniversary of the death in 1919 of author L. Frank Baum . He wrote The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus , but he's best...

WBIR has an update on Rodney Whaley, the only Tennessean ever to qualify for the Iditarod. There's a video at the site and a link to t...

What a fun film! We don't see many movies in the theater any more -it's just too expensive- but The Husband wanted to see this one ...

A basic overview in 4 minutes. HT: BadAstronomy

But don't take my word for it. Check out any of the actual real-live scientists who explain it in detail. Of course, if you choose to ...