Category: Literature

February 7, 2013 /

GENE KELLY LOVES LUCY – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 6, 2013 /

ONLY MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN

Here’s the historical context. That’s David Bowie, during a decade he reports to have forgotten, nabbed in Upstate New York on a coke charge. Talk about aplomb. He looks impossibly elegant under obviously trying circumstances. Contrast that with any mug shot you’ve seen recently of errant celebrities and then just…

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January 22, 2013 /

PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS (1865)

 www.ourdocuments.gov January 21, 2013  Transcript of President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865) Fellow Countrymen At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course…

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January 21, 2013 /

OUR PURPOSE ENDURES

MR. OBAMA: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this…

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January 16, 2013 /

HOW TO MAKE YOUR WIFE HAPPY

Hide the TV. Behind a door, a screen, a tapestry, a painting…  

January 16, 2013 /

TV BUILT IN – PEACE BETWEEN THE SEXES

And, it pivots for convenient viewing at any angle…

January 16, 2013 /

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

Is where they put the television, media center, whatever you want to call it… I know couples who have fought about it for years. Intimately. They would be named – let’s just say Mr. and Mrs. Lester. Mr. lives by the motto “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, which…

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January 14, 2013 /

GOLDEN GLOBES HANGOVER

Darlings, I have a Golden Globes hangover – a couple of pix to tide you through a quiet day here in beguiling Hollywood. The best party in town… 1956: 1962:

January 10, 2013 /

JACKIE COOGAN

The actor whose exploitation brought about the Coogan Laws governing earnings, education, hours, and trusts set aside (California Child Actor’s Bill)… Long and short, Coogan was screwed over by his mother and step-father. His mother’s response, “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns…

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January 8, 2013 /

CONSTANCE BENNETT AS AUNTIE MAME

Auntie Mame Counts No Calories. –