Saturday, October 31, 2009

So silly it's ... silly

IMDb page















Happy



Poisoned Ghouls,

and remember to Trick-or-Treat:








Most of these flicks were silly and fun. I saw this baby at the 4th Ave theater
(age 10) and it scared Hell out of me! Only flick to give me nightmares.
OOO-Rah!
Also fell in love with Julia Adams
OOO-Rah!
IMDb Review







Friday, October 30, 2009


"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
~~ Dan Quayle
(uuuuuuuum, Okay...?)









Born this Date: 1735 John Adams

Author of the ever popular
"Alien & Sedition Acts"


















Wednesday, October 28, 2009



"It is dangerous to be right
when the government is wrong."

Voltaire

I'm just sayin'







Tuesday, October 27, 2009





Happy Birthday: 1939 John Cleese
















1954 - The first Walt Disney television show "Disneyland" premiered on ABC.






















Happy Halloween!
Now, THIS is SCARY


Monday, October 26, 2009


Born this date: 1917 Felix the Cat












Assumed room temp: 901 King Alfred the Great










1881 - The "Gunfight at the OK Corral"
took place in Tombstone, Arizona











"I am free of all prejudices.
I hate every one equally.
"

W. C.











Sunday, October 25, 2009


Nat'l Greasy Foods Day (Yummmmm!)
(Hey! What's that lettuce doin' there?)





Born this date: 1940 Bob Knight
"Chairman of the Bored"


















Saturday, October 24, 2009

"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."

~~ Samuel Goldwyn














R.I.P This date: 1972 Jackie Robinson











Friday, October 23, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009


Feast of No Excuse For a Feast Day






Born this date: 1911 Will Rogers Jr

















Sunday, October 18, 2009









Happy Birthday: 1961 Wynton Marsalis

















R.I.P.: 1931 Thomas Alva Edison














1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.







Saturday, October 17, 2009


Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. ~~Nikola Tesla












Born this date: 1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel

Butte, Montana boy and distant relative.















Thursday, October 15, 2009


National "Grouch" Day.
(how does a grouch celebrate?)









Born this date: 1858 John L Sullivan




















Executed this date: Mata Hari













Wednesday, October 14, 2009






Born this date: 1890 Dwight D Eisenhower


















'R.I.P. This date:
1990 Leonard Bernstein














1066 (and all that)

Battle of Hastings











Tuesday, October 13, 2009


Born this date: 1925 Margaret Thatcher

OOO-Rah!

"The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."











R.I.P. this date: 1989 Jay Ward animator
(Rocky & His Friends)








Monday, October 12, 2009





Born this date: 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams















R.I.P. this date: 1870 Robert E Lee














Sunday, October 11, 2009







Born this date: 1919 Art Blakey

drummer extrordinaire

OOO-Rah!


















On this date: 1975 - "Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time. George Carlin was the guest host.













Saturday, October 10, 2009


Dodgers win Division !

Splendid job, lads

Turnagain, Ak Dodger Fan Club










Born this date: 1731 Henry Cavendish
Discovered Hydrogen (a good thing)










Friday, October 9, 2009



Thorbjoern Jagland, Idiot-In-Chief of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee announced the awarding of the Noballs Peace Prize to Barack Obama.

Does it get any sillier than this?

It has and it will.







































'Tis time to hold thy nose and
Celebrate

Moldy Cheese Day - Hooray!








Born this date: 1940 John Lennon (imagine that)