I was visiting SamuraiFrog's site and he was noting that some named Slpotchy has designated a day to adopt an actor. I would recommend you pick a character actor, as they are the unsung heroes of the entertainment world. By adopting Character Actor X you are not expected to be an exhaustive resource...

I was musing - as I wont to do - about the different definitions of the word heart. There's the muscle that beats every second or so, which helps circulate the blood, the one that's subject to attack. Then there's the romantic notion of love as represented by a symbol. Related, there's the center of...

From Johnny B, whose intro I'm also purloining:The title is self-evident, and I'm taking it to mean 25 albums that were most influential in shaping my music-listening tastes for all time. This is, as many have noted, VERY DIFFICULT- mostly because I'm trying to list albums that were truly influentia...

I have opted to list just American women, merely as a way to limit it. It is NOT a list of THE 20 Women I Most Admire. Actually, it was the first 20 that came to mind. Abigail AdamsThe wife of the second U.S. president and mother of the sixth used her "intellect and lively wit" to prod progress for ...

If you follow the comic book blogs, there's been a war of words over whether the demise of Scans Daily, which showed some comic book pages and commented on them, is a defeat for the comic book consumer or a victory for the comic book creator. (You can read about it lots of places - I'm picking the n...

Yeah, I know it came out a bit ago, that Presidential ranking story. Anyway, I'm not going to talk about GWB; too soon.It seems that Kennedy is higher than I would have thought. Lot of potential for greatness, but the uptick is surprising.Polk, with his unnecessary war mongering (Mexican War), also ...

I was reading The random beauty of "25 Random Things" in Salon. I'm not that great a Facebook participant, I guess, since I have not been "tagged" to do this. Yet the article made it so appealing, I thought I'd do it here and crosspost in Facebook. I'm trying not to repeat myself, but I make no guar...

So much going on, and so little time: COMICSAdAge has a 3-minute daily video. The topic on February 20: Could Kindle put the KABOOM on Comic Books? (February 26 discusses the Tropicana packaging debacle.)But not all is bad in comic book land. Marvel, bucking economic trends, actually set a revenue r...

Because Richard Nixon was the first President for whom I could have voted for - I didn't - he has long held a special role in my life and my heart. In the day, it was nothing but anger and revulsion; since then, a more nuanced view. At the time, I thought he was destined to be one of the United Stat...

When I was growing up, the first things I learned to cook were eggs, specifically omelets. I'd get a bowl and break one egg for each person plus "one for the pan"; pour in some milk and then go to the spice rack to season. We used butter or margarine in a heavy black skillet - no stick-free pans bac...