www.salon.com My favorite Christmas card this year came from a former colleague. It features a happy scene from "It's a Wonderful Life." After the seasonal sentiment printed on the card, there's a hand-written note. "And Happy New Year to you, in jail!" The "in jail"…
On Dec. 16, 1960, an episode called "A Most Unusual Camera" first aired. A couple of petty crooks wind up with a camera that spits out snapshots showing scenes of the near future. Do they use this technology wisely? They do not. www.ovguide.com Yes, that…
My street goes east and west. As you approach the western end of it you see some white Christmas lights in the yard of the house on the north-south street right at the conjunction of the T. These sweet little lights are strung around an…
Eventually some of the kids acquire the ability to lift the puck. And as most of the players are not wearing shin pads, this leads to some wicked bruises and much colorful language. www.willstegerfoundation.org
An elderly woman in the waiting room late this afternoon reacted to her appointment being delayed. "That's the story of my life," she told the woman sitting next to her. "Nothing goes right." Let heaven and nature sing.
What, in your opinion, was the strangest aspect of the storyline? I'll open the bidding with the affection for the general. And where exactly were all those former soldiers supposed to stay once they got to Vermont? Then there's the matter of Vera-Ellen's impossibly small…
Mother to a free-range toddler who was grabbing greeting cards from a revolving display rack and depositing some of them on the floor. Though I heard the child's name many times, I couldn't really understand it. So I'm guessing about that. The rest is verbatim.…