Went a-youtubin' again for "In Living Color". This is so funny:
Iz out!
2 months ago
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
My dear, Sainted Florence LaRue
Oh, y'all know how I swoon over the amazing and incredible and etc. Marilyn McCoo. Ah, but there is another amazing and incredible and etc. lady in the Fifth Dimension over whom I can swoon to about the same degree. The American Society of Jewelry Executives named here one of the ten most beautiful women in the world, and rightfully so.
And she sings just as beautifully. Florence, you incredible babe. Looks, pipes, and what seems from the wiki page to be an absolutely wonderful outlook on life.
And I went back to that other post just to listen to the Sainted Florence and the Sainted Marilyn.
And now it's fantasy time...
And she sings just as beautifully. Florence, you incredible babe. Looks, pipes, and what seems from the wiki page to be an absolutely wonderful outlook on life.
And I went back to that other post just to listen to the Sainted Florence and the Sainted Marilyn.
And now it's fantasy time...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Mystery solved, maybe kinda sorta
So I mentioned before this gal (Mary) that just keeps showing up in family pictures. As near as I can tell from searching on Ancestry and other places, she is no relation. Yet she just keeps showing up, as do several other faces, specifically Edith and Thelma.
Well, I think have solved at least part of the mystery. Solution below the fold:
Wait, there's no fold. Danged blogspot.
Anyway, the solution is that there is no relation. Turns out, as near as I can tell, two of the faces that show up a lot are college friends of my grandmother (one may have been her roommate, not completely certain). One of the photos is of Grandma and one of these gals at college graduation, and I thought it looked like the one I saw in an actual, identified picture from nearly 20 years later.
So just for the halibut, I started paging through my Grandma's college yearbooks. Right on hand, I have 1923 and 1924. Unfortunately, only the senior class has its pictures and names; this seems to be a common failing in yearbooks from the early 20th century. BUT, not only did I find Edith among the senior pictures, I found Thelma in some of the club listings.
And so the mystery seems to be solved. They are college friends who remained in close touch (as in vacationing together) for years after college.
And Mary, from the other post? She is the mother of Thelma. It seems that not only were the girls close friends in college, their families became close enough to vacation together and exchange family pictures for many years. There's also another gal who keeps showing up. Still haven't quite figured her out yet, but she seems to be associated with the Boblets (Mary her husband Harry, and Thelma) and I have a copy of her wedding picture, taken in Hawaii in the early 1930s. The Boblets lived in Hawaii around then, but I'm sure this is not Thelma (though she sure seems to get treated like a daughter to Mary and Harry). In fact, I'm fairly certain her maiden name was Hammond, and that she married a guy named Holt, and that they had a son named Austin (just like Thelma had a brother named Austin, seems to run in the family). Relative of the Boblets? I guess. But no way to be certain right now.
Well, another mystery for another day.
Well, I think have solved at least part of the mystery. Solution below the fold:
Wait, there's no fold. Danged blogspot.
Anyway, the solution is that there is no relation. Turns out, as near as I can tell, two of the faces that show up a lot are college friends of my grandmother (one may have been her roommate, not completely certain). One of the photos is of Grandma and one of these gals at college graduation, and I thought it looked like the one I saw in an actual, identified picture from nearly 20 years later.
So just for the halibut, I started paging through my Grandma's college yearbooks. Right on hand, I have 1923 and 1924. Unfortunately, only the senior class has its pictures and names; this seems to be a common failing in yearbooks from the early 20th century. BUT, not only did I find Edith among the senior pictures, I found Thelma in some of the club listings.
And so the mystery seems to be solved. They are college friends who remained in close touch (as in vacationing together) for years after college.
And Mary, from the other post? She is the mother of Thelma. It seems that not only were the girls close friends in college, their families became close enough to vacation together and exchange family pictures for many years. There's also another gal who keeps showing up. Still haven't quite figured her out yet, but she seems to be associated with the Boblets (Mary her husband Harry, and Thelma) and I have a copy of her wedding picture, taken in Hawaii in the early 1930s. The Boblets lived in Hawaii around then, but I'm sure this is not Thelma (though she sure seems to get treated like a daughter to Mary and Harry). In fact, I'm fairly certain her maiden name was Hammond, and that she married a guy named Holt, and that they had a son named Austin (just like Thelma had a brother named Austin, seems to run in the family). Relative of the Boblets? I guess. But no way to be certain right now.
Well, another mystery for another day.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Angela Lansbury - COMMUNIST!!!!!
And she plays such a good one. No wonder she was tapped to play in the demon barber of Fleet Street and that chick who just seems to attract, or maybe even cause, murder. She is evil, I tell you. But she's in her 80s and still going strong, I gather. Rock on, O evil Communist, murder-causing wench actress!
Where was I? Oh yeah. We made our semi-occasional pilgrimage to Borders this weekend. Borders had a half-off sale on all DVDs, so I picked up several at half-off the "old movie" price. I was looking for a specific one (Heartbreak Ridge for those of you not paying close attention) but didn't find it in stock. [sigh] Maybe another time.
But I did pick up some others, some I've been looking for for a while, others that just piqued my attention when I saw them on the shelf.
Of those that piqued my curiosity because the looked interesting: Gray Lady Down and The Professionals. Gray Lady Down I remember from ads years back, looked interesting then, looks interesting now. The Professionals I don't recall ever hearing of, but it looks neo-cowboy-nihilist in the manner of The Wild Bunch. I'm looking forward to it someday. And it's got Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Jack Palance. Gotta be good!
Anyhoo, I picked up six DVDs total, including the two in the last paragraph. Others include a classic Agatha Christie, Ten Little Indians, a classic (CLASSIC I tell you!) western, My Darling Clementine (Henry Fonda - Oh Yeah!).
And one of which Dave will be especially proud of me: A Man for All Seasons. I am SO looking forward to that one. Even if I still haven't found my taped copy of Henry V.
Oh, and yeah, I picked up the Angela Lansbury flick which is the point of this post. I was on my normal, weekly telecommute day and decided to throw it in the DVD player for background while I worked. Bad mistake. It is far too good and far too intense for background. So I'll have to make up that two hours in the rest of my 50-60+ hour week. No need to thank me, it's what I do.
But, no matter what your particular political bent, please see this movie (unless you are a vile, soul-sucking COMMUNIST like Angela Lansbury).
It is. Too cool. For words. And Angela Lansbury rocks. So does Laurence Harvey. So does Frank Sinatra. And John McGiver. And others too numerous to tell of their rock-on-ishness.
Where was I? Oh yeah. We made our semi-occasional pilgrimage to Borders this weekend. Borders had a half-off sale on all DVDs, so I picked up several at half-off the "old movie" price. I was looking for a specific one (Heartbreak Ridge for those of you not paying close attention) but didn't find it in stock. [sigh] Maybe another time.
But I did pick up some others, some I've been looking for for a while, others that just piqued my attention when I saw them on the shelf.
Of those that piqued my curiosity because the looked interesting: Gray Lady Down and The Professionals. Gray Lady Down I remember from ads years back, looked interesting then, looks interesting now. The Professionals I don't recall ever hearing of, but it looks neo-cowboy-nihilist in the manner of The Wild Bunch. I'm looking forward to it someday. And it's got Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, and Jack Palance. Gotta be good!
Anyhoo, I picked up six DVDs total, including the two in the last paragraph. Others include a classic Agatha Christie, Ten Little Indians, a classic (CLASSIC I tell you!) western, My Darling Clementine (Henry Fonda - Oh Yeah!).
And one of which Dave will be especially proud of me: A Man for All Seasons. I am SO looking forward to that one. Even if I still haven't found my taped copy of Henry V.
Oh, and yeah, I picked up the Angela Lansbury flick which is the point of this post. I was on my normal, weekly telecommute day and decided to throw it in the DVD player for background while I worked. Bad mistake. It is far too good and far too intense for background. So I'll have to make up that two hours in the rest of my 50-60+ hour week. No need to thank me, it's what I do.
But, no matter what your particular political bent, please see this movie (unless you are a vile, soul-sucking COMMUNIST like Angela Lansbury).
It is. Too cool. For words. And Angela Lansbury rocks. So does Laurence Harvey. So does Frank Sinatra. And John McGiver. And others too numerous to tell of their rock-on-ishness.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Agincourt
By Bernard Cornwell.
Wow. What a cool book. I just got up to the epilogue as I finished my bike ride today (listening to the CD, of course), but I couldn't wait to finish before posting.
Bill (who no longer blogs here because of the vile spammers) turned me on to the Sharpe series a while back. Very cool series, so naturally I had to search out more of Cornwell's books. I liked Redcoat, had a hard time getting into The Archer's Tale (not sure why, I think it was because I was on a cruise and didn't have the right mindset). I'm looking forward to entering into the Arthur books because that is a great series of legends.
Back to the now: Agincourt - spectacular. Told mostly (not exclusively) from the perspective of a commoner who is one of Henry's archers. Some interesting religious overtones. A nobleman who considers his commoners to be his brethren and worthy of his protection. Raw and bloody, no punches pulled even on the slaughter of French prisoners (justified or not). And the twist at the end? Man, excellent.
And it makes me want to search my library (such as it is) of tapes to find that copy of Kenneth (what a great name!) Branagh's Henry V that I taped several years back but haven't watched yet.
Wow. What a cool book. I just got up to the epilogue as I finished my bike ride today (listening to the CD, of course), but I couldn't wait to finish before posting.
Bill (who no longer blogs here because of the vile spammers) turned me on to the Sharpe series a while back. Very cool series, so naturally I had to search out more of Cornwell's books. I liked Redcoat, had a hard time getting into The Archer's Tale (not sure why, I think it was because I was on a cruise and didn't have the right mindset). I'm looking forward to entering into the Arthur books because that is a great series of legends.
Back to the now: Agincourt - spectacular. Told mostly (not exclusively) from the perspective of a commoner who is one of Henry's archers. Some interesting religious overtones. A nobleman who considers his commoners to be his brethren and worthy of his protection. Raw and bloody, no punches pulled even on the slaughter of French prisoners (justified or not). And the twist at the end? Man, excellent.
And it makes me want to search my library (such as it is) of tapes to find that copy of Kenneth (what a great name!) Branagh's Henry V that I taped several years back but haven't watched yet.
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