A Shroud of Thoughts

I have always loved the sex comedies of the late Fifties and early Sixties. In fact, I have probably seen every comedy that Doris Day and Ro...

Most of you probably recognise the painting above, even if you might not know its name. It is American Gothic by Grant Wood. This year it c...

Last night I watched ten of the classic Superman cartoon produced by Fleischer Studios in the early Forties. For those of you who have never...

Yesterday the space shuttle Discovery had a successful launch. It's the first shuttle mission since the Columbia Disaster happened in ...

The heat wave just broke here in Randolph County. It's now a nice 67 degrees (very cool for a mid-Missouri July evening). The drought ma...

The past week the big news stories have centred on Karl Rove, Harry Potter, John Roberts, and Lance Armstrong, but it seems to me that this ...

James Doohan, best known for playing Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek , died yesterday of pneumonia at the age of 85. Doohan had ...