Born October 16, 1925—Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, 96. She first shows up in a genre work as Sibyl Vane inThe Picture of Dorian Gray. A few years later, she’s Queen Anne of France inThe Three Musketeers. Somewhat later, she’s Miss Eglantine Price inBedknobs and Broomsticks. She voices...
While Akihabara has become the new home of otaku culture, I found it sterile. Far more interesting wasNakano Broadway, a warren of weird little stores, with assortments including retro toys, dolls, anime and manga merch, watches (lots and lots of watches), pop culture, crammed into about 4...
A girl of around ten years dressed all in brown had walked up to join her, staring down at the dead thing. “In the flesh,” Doc cried with well-assumed pride. “A mean one, but in the end we put her down.” The old woman wrinkled her nose at the smell. “Not much larger tha...
Five years ago I took up a job in construction from a couple of neighbors who needed help doing a demolition job on an old house. I saw this as an opportunity to help pay bills around the house as well as cover my own personal expenses. I did a good enough job that my neighbors to...