Wow. That's great. Just wonderful. I know what I am getting the next time I am at Barnes & Noble. I still have a little money on a gift card.

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One of my favorite movies. I like his other work too but this one has always been special. In particular the whole section when they were kids is wonderful. Leone wasn't always easy to deal with but allowances have to be made.

The bedding may have been original stock. That central crater in the mattress hadn't been wallowed out overnight, but rather by a long series of jumbo salesmen, snorting and thrashing about in troubled sleep. A feeble guest would have trouble getting out of the mattress. He would cry out, feebly, for a helping hand,…

I found his memoir, Show Me the Magic, at a library sale. Peter Sellers was completely insane on the set of I Love You, Alice B. Toklas. Accused Mazursky of sleeping with his wife, Britt Ekland. Broke down when the script girl wore purple. "Purple is death!" I guess you get used to that kind of thing in…

This is a good one. I saw the lovely Helen Mirren the other day in The Mosquito Coast (1986). I am a crime movie fan, along with crime fiction, and it took a little bit of effort to finally see The Long Good Friday when it was out of print. I had my library track down the DVD and they have turned out to be a good…

I didn't know this until the La. Tech mascot died but bulldogs are very susceptible to heat.

Here he is coming in at the end of the play to help his man up.

Cornbread recipe here in the comments if you have cast iron:

Owens also is the only player in NFL history to block a field goal at the crossbar. The NFL implemented its own version of the goaltending rule soon after Owens batted away a long try by Washington Redskins kicker Bob Khayat in 1962.

Good old Erxleben. First round pick by the Saints. His son is a punter for Texas Tech. Way more kicking info than anyone could possibly need:

Owens also is the only player in NFL history to block a field goal at the crossbar. The NFL implemented its own version of the goaltending rule soon after Owens batted away a long try by Washington Redskins kicker Bob Khayat in 1962.

R.C. Owens

Hindenberg

Nice win, Redbirds.

If you called him 10-15 years ago he would be in the darkroom making prints. If you try to call him now he is on the computer editing photos. The digital revolution has been great for certain things like reducing overhead since a big chunk used to go to film processing costs, but the easy manipulation of the new…

Bookmarked. A friend of mine is a commercial photographer and he worked on a shoot at LSU with a guy from SI. He said the equipment the guy had was incredible. My friend is a pro but this was a whole other league. Resources.