Thirteen More Things We Know (that aren't true) I first visited this topic back in 2006--same time of year, too. How odd. If you want to check out that post, it's here: Thirteen Things We "Know" . # what we "know" the real story details 1 "Beam me up, Scotty." --Captain James T. Kirk, in the Star Trek series. The closest that Captain Kirk ever got to this was "Beam...
Launched on Nov. 25, British wireless service provider Giffgaff is focused on costs, and it plans to use its customers to slash them. The company, which uses O2's network, awards customers points for answering customer service calls, suggesting ways to grow revenues, and creating marketing materials.
I used to know the name of this very sweet and very large Mastiff . I seem to rememberhis name is somehow connected to a Humphrey Bogart movie - maybe it is even Bogart; unfortunately his human wasn't outside the other day when I walked by and snapped this picture. It is a good thing that this fellow is relaxed and mellow, he is so tall escape would probably a piece of kibble. But he appears very secure...
Dark Passage Everyone is familiar with the story of Noah. God was angry at the evil and wickedness of mankind. God instructed Noah to build an ark in order to save his family and two of each animal on earth from the coming flood. Noah could have ignored God’s … see more. See also: demolition man [...]
For me, this is terrible news. I have eaten Ranch Style Beans since I was a child -- both as a vegetable side with a meal or by themselves as a meal. In fact, I have been known to eat them cold out of the can. Suffice it to say, I absolutely love Ranch Style Beans! I also took pride in knowing they were made and canned in that bastion of western culture -- Fort Worth. They have been made since 1932...
37th International Emmys from Thomas Attila Lewis on Vimeo We made it to the 37th International Emmys last night and got a quick word with Sir David Frost, who has interviewed every US president since 1969: looks like he'll be interviewing President Obama in the next six months. The host of the event was the perpetually cheerful and energetic Graham Norton whose "The Graham Norton Show"...
COMING SOON AT THE BUNGAY FILM CLUB COCO BEFORE CHANEL (Coco Avant Chanel) (12A) Monday 25 January 2010 Director: Anne Fontaine. France 2009. 110 minutes. In French with English subtitles. Starring: Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola and Emmanuelle Devos. Coco Chanel, the fashion designer, began life as plain Gabrielle. The story of her ascent from orphanage to couturier is told in...
IN a world of faceless mass production, these firms are determined that handmade tradition, craft and family endeavour can turn a profit in the face of cheap imports.
Pepe le Moko is #555 on My Quest to watch The 1000 Greatest Films Screened 11/09/09 on DVD from GreenCine Ranked #519 on TSPDT Though it has been remade several times (both loosely and straightforwardly so) and was highly influential on Michael Curtiz when he made his Academy Award winning classic Casablanca just a few years later, and (of course) was referenced by Jean Luc Godard (via Jean Paul Belmondo)...
by Julia Buckley Mystery lovers could waste an awful lot of time wandering through clips on You Tube. Just as film can forever preserve the images suggested by our favorite detective novels, so can You Tube forever preserve some of those wonderful movies and shows. For example, look at this classic clip with Humphrey Bogart in a film version of Chandler's THE BIG SLEEP. Bogie is charming as ever as...
"Nostalgia: It's delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means 'the pain from an old wound.' It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn't a spaceship, it's a time...