On June 5, 2016, country legends, Ronnie McDowell and Billy Dean, along with a star-studded bill of more than twenty renowned acts, will join host, Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame artist, Lulu Roman for “Country For A Cause,” a benefit for cancer charities. The event will take place at Nashville Palace, located at 2611 […]
“S.S. San Pedro” by James Gould Cozzens
This was the end of the American Era of three-named writers: William Dean Howells, Edward Arlington Robinson, et al. (The greatest of those three-namers was Edna St. Vincent Millay.) This brief, precise novel — the first by Cozzens — describes a ship with no leader, or rather with a bleary, aging captain named Clendening […]
MacGyver or Richard Dean Anderson
When an American pilot is shot down in the Himalayas or scientists are trapped in an underground research lab, the experts called a former Special Forces agent, to save the day. He used that paper clip to short-circuit a nuclear missile; with the chocolate, he stopped an acid leak. It may be just a Snickers […]
Unisex Clothing Origins
Over the last century, there have been many different fashion trends and unisex clothing has been part of that. Below I go into more details about the history of it and how it became part of culture worldwide. During 2016 one of London’s latest department outlets Selfridge’s experiment with gender neutral clothing. It featured mannequins […]
Palawan bombings: Hagedorn’s way wins ‘street-smarts’ catches extortionists
Puerto Princesa City: Palawan – This largely peaceful Philippine province suffered a series of four bombing events. None were fatal most of these were large almost pyrotechnic ‘blast bombs’ with more boom than bang – as investigators say, "Someone was trying to scare or injure people, it never really seemed like traditional terrorism." Dept of […]
Michael Jackson Reclaims The Charts
It is always interesting when an artist dies. It doesn’t matter if it is a singer, actor, painter, or a rapper, the work of someone who is immensely creative, tends to be appreciated more in death than in life. Nearly a week after his tragic death, Michael Jackson took the top nine positions on Billboard […]
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