In 1942, learning of a show that was canceled, he pitched People are Funny to NBC, and it went on the air April 10, 1942 with Art Baker as host. In a popular first-season stunt, a man was assigned to register a trained seal at the Knickerbocker Hotel while explaining that the seal ...
Thomas went to investigate. The other roosters were chasing pullets, their bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. But to Farmer Thomas’s amazement, Old Podgy had his bell in his beak, so it couldn’t ring. He’d sneak up on a pullet, do hi...
- when I was little, Down's Syndrome was in the news a lot, and somehow I thought Downers Grove was where all the Down's Syndrome people lived Obscenity: fatch - fun word - so that I don't anger the IT nannies, you decide what words join together to create it Popular Non-word: ...
I’ve read poems by: Amiee Nezhukumatathil, Frank Paino, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Jack Gilbert, Thomas Lux, Charles Simic, Jericho Brown, Dilruba Ahmed and Pádraig Ó Tuama. Because Jessica and Nickole believe in sharing the love, each session has also featured a guest editor/small press p...
Thomas and Olive At the Dentist Olive, from County Westmeath, Ireland, arrives in England to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She is moving because of her poor health and brings with her most of her treasured possessions. These include a small piece of tissue paper in which she has...
First, they showed that the mercury in the cat’s brain tissue was mostly organic by performing studies at SSRL’s X-ray spectroscopy (XAS) beamline 7-3 and high-energy-resolution fluorescence detection (HERFD-XAS) beamline 6-2, with help from SLAC scientists Matthew Latimer, Thomas Kroll ...
This is how I feel inside when someone mentions the blog. If you look closely, you can really see the struggle. (photo:Thomas Hawkon flickr) But I mean, it would be SUPER awkward if I stopped writing now because a few posts ago I was all “Challenge Jackie to the charge!” and thr...
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell. Raise your hand if you read this 1973 book when you were a kid! If you haven't yet read it, do not judge a book by its title. This is a smart, funny, suspenseful book which paints a realistic portrait of boys in a state of "war" aga...