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The first UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in South Korea wrapped up Wednesday after a 10-day session that added 25 new sites to the global heritage list. [...]
New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel is set to arrive in Seoul on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. envoy to assume the post since President Donald Trump returned [...]
Hurricane Genevieve weakened back down to Category 2 strength Wednesday as it moved farther west of Baja California, the NHC said. [...]
A Federal Reserve committee left key interest rates steady Wednesday, and the Dow dropping 1,100 points in response to remarks by Fed Chairman Warsh. [...]
The number of suspected cyclosporiasis cases in the United States has risen to more than 18,000, with more than 6,700 lab-confirmed cases since May 1. [...]
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is seen outside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in a remote area near the [...]
From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a portrait while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival [...]
Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall liquid hydrogen tank out of a production cell inside the main factory building into a detached test building on [...]
Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it, called a starburst ring, where new stars are forming. [...]
This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Category Archives: history
Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde — and Cocaine
We all learn the Robert Louis Stevenson story of the good Doctor Jekyll fairly early on, and it’s been reused countless times in print and in cinema (Jerry Lewis or Eddie Murphy?) but a lot of people don’t know its … Continue reading
Jessica Hahn, Nude Photos, Penthouse & Playboy, 1987-1988
For those of you who remember — “Dear God, I have sinned…*sob*…” Yeah, you did, Rev. Jim (Bakker, for you young’uns), but I mean…if you’re going to sin, sin big. And he did. Hahn, the woman he had an affair … Continue reading
Donation Page Now Open
Yes, you can now donate to me and keep me in booze, prostitutes, crap tables, the site running, and so on…let Ralph Williams explain, as he does on my donation page:
Saturday Night Live — Washington’s Dream
And we Americans STAND BY HIS DREAM, we do.
Jayne Mansfield Nude
Jayne Mansfield was a ’50s bombshell whom, unfortunately, never really did a picture bigger or better than WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?, but man, was she beautiful, and man, did she have some…vast tracts of land, shall we say. Bosom … Continue reading
The Origins of the Song “Mrs. Robinson”
Occasionally, I think to myself that some trivia I know is well known, and then realize it isn’t. This is one of those cases. The story behind the song “Mrs. Robinson” and THE GRADUATE is not known by all, and … Continue reading
The (Brief) History of Halloween
Well, it’s coming up in four days, so why not give you all a brief history of Halloween, eh? There is some debate over the origins of Halloween. Most people believe it has roots in a Celtic harvest festival named … Continue reading
“The Salem Bitch Trials” Transcript, Saturday Night Live (Shannon Doherty) — 1993
I cannot for the life of me find a video of this classic SNL skit, but I do at least have the transcript for “The Salem Bitch Trials”, courtesy of https://snltranscripts.jt.org/. It’s honestly one of the funniest skits SNL has … Continue reading
_THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW_ by Washington Irving
Here you go. For free, from Gutenberg, with Halloween coming up in New England…enjoy. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other … Continue reading
