A few years after graduating from high school, I ran across a newspaper article about a former teacher of mine (by then retired) who dedicated an entire room of his house to Vera Ellen. He had a ton of memorabilia, including a dress she wore in one of her movies. The article even described the track lighting he used…

Nobody else in a smaller market served by Charter? Charter cable is like the mini-me of Comcast. A while back I decided to bundle the phone service with the existing cable service. They guy came, hooked up the phone, then hooked up a box, which we didn't have before. I asked why we needed the cable box, when I hadn't…

As a kid, my husband lived in the same neighborhood as Jack VanImpe. Rexella does give off an ex-stripper-turned-to-evangelism vibe. Great TV.

I have a vivid memory of the day Ricky Nelson died. I was a high school senior at a New Year's party at some cheap motel and remember seeing the news reports of the plane crash on TV. I ended the evening puking up Spaghettios, but recovered, unlike Ricky.

Well, I for one am relieved.
I was afraid Disney would miss out.

He's not the "ordinary" minister, which would be the priest. More commonly these individuals are called eucharistic ministers and they distribute communion during mass. Mainly just to help move everybody along so the process doesn't take too long. I have nothing pithy or amusing to say about this.

I first saw the vomiting and exploding Mr. Creosote scene from TMOL as a teenager, and it put me off that entire movie for a long time. I still can only half-watch that scene, though I really enjoy most of the rest of the movie.

Late Sunday nights, WNIT out of South Bend, IN was my first exposure to Python. I went on to marry another Python nerd and now have a 14 year old daughter who prefers the Parrot Sketch over the Twilight series.
When we built a chicken coop a few years ago next to the storage barn, my husband referred to himself as…

But Springsteen does play Wisconsin!
(and I would dispute the "not that great" comment)

And I suppose there must be a few out there who have been desperately waiting for the release of "Scarecrow & Mrs. King."
Viewing party at my house tonight!

For someone living in a rural area (i.e., limited theatre and rentals) and too cheap to pay for extended cable, Netflix streaming is a godsend, even if the quality is less than perfect. I stream 1 hr. tv episodes while on the stationary bike, documentaries while I grade papers, and whatever obscure thing catches my…

Hepburn and Grant are my all time favorite actors, and I'm a huge fan of all of these old screwball comedies. I agree that Clooney is trying for the role of modern day Cary Grant. He pulls it off pretty well individually, but his most obvious attempt at tackling the screwball comedy, Leatherheads, (I think much more…

Vacation is a pop culture touchstone for my family.
We can't get through a holiday get-together without at least one "Real tomato ketchup, Eddie? Nothin' but the best!" or "Let's take a look at day one, shall we?". My brother currently has a screen shot of the Family Truckster as his Facebook profile pic (an odd…

Grease was released when I was in 4th grade…
and my basketball coach (male) took the entire team (girls) to see it, though he had not seen it himself. I have a very clear memory of looking over at him, kind of slouched down in his seat looking more than a little concerned during the "Greased Lightning" scene.

(Sittin On) the Dock of the Bay.