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Category Archives: Reading
Most Important Person Who Never Lived
In 2013, Time Books published “The 100 Most Influencial People Who Never Lived.” Guess what: Donald Trump, George Clooney, and Billie Jean King are not among them. Of course not. The point is: the most important people in an event … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, People, Places, Pop Culture, Reading, Television, The Arts, Uncategorized
Tagged 221B Baker Street, Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blogging, consulting detective, Dr. John Watson, Entertainment, facts, Jonny Lee Miller, Movies, private eye, Sherlock Holmes, Television, Writing
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TCM in February**
Turner Classic Movies helps you focus on the coming Oscars with its month long festival of films shown on its TV channel. Every night from February 1 to March 3, it will show films for your enjoyment by … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, cartoons, Dogs, Entertainment, Movies, People, Pop Culture, Reading, Television, The Arts, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, Blogging, Characters, Dogs, Entertainment, games, humor, Inspiration, Movies, music, Sports, TCM, Television, Turner Classic Movies, Writing
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Influential People
Time magazine, April 30 – May 7, 2018 (a double issue) has a cover story entitled: The 100 Most Influential People. Influential is defined as “individuals whose time is now. It is not necessarily a measure of power or milestones … Continue reading
Wit and Wisdom
Here are a couple dozen bits of Wit and/or Wisdom. I know where about half of them came from and the other half could be from T-shirts. What appeals to you? Humor is the anesthetic of the mind. (Trevor … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Dogs, Entertainment, People, Pop Culture, Reading, Television, The Arts, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, Authors, Baseball, Bill Veeck, Blogging, Characters, common sense, Culture, Curt Flood, Dogs, Entertainment, Game of Thrones, humor, Inspiration, Lady Gaga, Mark Shields, music, Politics, quotes, Rev. Wm. Sloane Coffin, sarcasm, Sports, Television, Thomas Jefferson, Trevor Noah, Waylon Jennings, wisdom, Writing
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The Blue Bell Book Review (BBBR)
The Blue Bell Book Review (BBBR) is a slightly less well-known and respected literary column than The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR). Also, it is less expensive. This book review is free and worth every cent. The BBBR is … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, New York Times, Pop Culture, Reading, The Arts
Tagged Author, Biography, Blue Bell, Blue Bell Book Review, Book Clubs, Book Review, Bookmark, Books, Fiction, library, New York Times Book Review, non-Fiction, Novel, Page-Turner, Pages, Paperbacks, Prose, Reading, Writing
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