Shark week comes once a year to TVs in the States, but for Australians, shark week is every day. After watching thisvideoof an 18foot “juvenile” great white attacking a smaller shark a few meters away from the shores of Bondi Beach, Lois is glad she stood by her decision not to go...
One of the more famous Palladiums was that of Troy that Zeus had gifted to King Dardanus. According to myth, Athena had crafted this Palladia out of grief when she accidentally killed her friend Pallas, a playmate and daughter of Tritonis, her foster-father. Athena took great care to carve...
It was also why no one noticed when an ambulance pulled up once again to the main entrance and a stretcher was wheeled inside. Only the staff at the front desk was on hand to witness the removal of Kit Washburn’s body from the building, and to remark on her passing. “Isn’t she ...
It was released by RPM in 1954, and has stood the test of time and changes in musical tastes. ‘The Wild Bird’ by The Jive-A-Tones was released as a single on Fraternity Records in 1958. It’s a memorable high kicking instrumental that fuses elements of rock n roll, rockabilly and ...
Carolina RepublicanU.S. Rep. Nancy Macehad apithy replyto explain why she voted in favor of the Democrat-sponsored Respect for Marriage Act: “If gay couples want to be as happily or miserably married as straight couples, more power to them. Trust me, I’ve tried it more than once.”...
As Chatman has written in his book on Antonioni (p. 60): “The theme of escape appears in some form in virtually every one of Antonioni’s films, even his first. In Gente del Po (“People of the Po [River]”), a woman working in the fields watches a barge pass down the river,...
Someone had once told Jerrodd that the “ac” at the end of “Microvac” stood for “analog computer” in ancient English, but he was on the edge of forgetting even that. Jerrodine’s eyes were moist as she watched the visiplate. “I can’t help it. I feel funny about leaving Ear...
Whenas the stately city of Troy was sacked by the Grecians, and all the princely brood of Priamus either utterly extinguished by the sword or fatally exiled the place of their native residence, Ulysses, the prince of Ithaca, who had remained ten years at the siege, resolved to leave the ...