It was the bottom of the 9th when I decided to check on Baseball’s All Star game. Little did I know it would continue into the 12th inning. I’m just watching it on Gameday, so I haven’t seen much of what has transpired. I do know that both teams have had scoring chances in those […]
It is extremely interesting to learn that one of the most recognizable songs sung at sporting events has had such a long history. The tune is celebrating its 100th anniversary and has only been officially sung at events since 1976 when Harry Carey (then a Chicago White Sox broadcaster) went from singing it between commercial
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Recently while reading an email from playbill.com, I discovered that Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities has been made into a new musical. This is not the first time one of the at least seventeen novels has been musically staged. The Pickwick Papers was staged in London as Pickwick in 1965 and was most
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So…ok…I have taken a bit of a hiatus from the AFI list of 10 best in 10 genres. I think almost every major sport is featured in at least one movie. Baseball, basketball, football, bowling, dodgeball, and racing to name a few. Most seem to feature the underdog overcoming insurmountable odds to triumph over the
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The following contains information and possible spoilers about the Mole episode that aired on July 14. Do not keep reading if you haven’t seen it – consider yourself warned! We’re getting down to the nitty gritty – there is only one woman left for one thing, who would have thought that it would be Nicole.
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An Inventions Quiz, 15 famous inventors and their inventions. *********************** *********************** *********************** I should tell you my score, but I will wait until you get a chance. I have a better thought. I will leave a clue to my score in the text of this post. In fact, if you can puzzle out the clue,
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The title of this article just got to me. For some reason it just tickled my sense of humor. ….NASA Sticks a Fork in Mars, I hope they remembered the knife and spoon. Anyway, I do like the work the landers and orbiters are doing on Mars. In the past few years, we’ve learned a
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Superhero comic books can be fickle things. They continuously shift from one interpretation to another I believe to adapt to the times and conditions in the “real world.” One of the greatest villains in all of superhero legend is The Joker . However, it has never been stated definitively how he came to be or
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Today I took a trip back in time, sort of. For just a little while, I was back 20+ years ago having a donut with my little girl. She’s no longer the 2 or 3 year old I would carry on my shoulders for 4 blocks to the donut shop, and she definitely eats more
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This weekend was for the most part very enjoyable. My shifts over the last two days just dragged by. Friday, I did not have to work and except for a trip to a nearby metropolis to renew my license plate tags, pick up a prize at the radio station,, and stop and pick up a
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