“I don’t believe it! / There she goes again! She’s tidied up, and I can’t find anything! All my tubes and wires / And careful notes / And antiquated notions.” — She Blinded Me with Science Magnus Pyle was a well-respected scientist, published author, admired expert and Chairman of the Nutrition Society of Scotland long …
Peter Lorre commanded the screen in the 1935 thriller Mad Love. Those eyes….
“I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.” Bette Davis didn’t pull any punches. + + + + + + HERE is a color-variant version of the illustration. HERE is the original line drawing.
for here am I sitting in my tin can / far above the world planet earth is blue / and there’s nothing I can do
Paul Winchell was an unusual character. He was an accomplished ventriloquist, taking up the hobby to overcome a pronounced childhood stutter and to bide his time while confined to bed as he battled polio. He eventually returned to school, where he constructed a ventriloquist dummy in exchange for class credit. He cobbled together jokes and …
“All I can say to people who hate their mothers for giving birth to them is ‘get the fuck out of your scared-y shells and kiss the world.’” ― Jay Woodman
“Stranded in the Jungle” was a novelty pop song written by Ernestine Smith and The Jay Hawks tenor James Johnson. The song, a playful comparison between life in the jungle and life in the big city, was recorded and released by The Jay Hawks in 1956. Just a few weeks later, The Cadets, a former …
The Three Laws of Robotics: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence …
Norma Zimmer wanted to become a violinist, but her father, a violin teacher, told her that her hands were too small to properly handle the instrument. Disappointed, she perused a career as a vocalist instead. While singing in her local Idaho church choir, Norma was approached by a visiting guest singer to travel to California …
When I was a kid, it was common knowledge among my peers that killing a praying mantis was against the law. The neighborhood kids would go on to say there was a fine if you were caught. At various times, that fine would range from ten dollars to thousands of dollars… and jail time! Of …
