As a genealogist I love meandering through cemeteries. On the web Mount Moriah Cemetery caught my eye, but is too far from Florida for me to visit. Historic Mount Moriah Cemetery began in 1878 in the lawless town of Deadwood located in the famous Black Hills of South Dakota. Deadwood, itself, is listed as entire ...
There have been hundreds of great western movies created over the last 80 years. Western movies peaked in popularity during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Over the last 10 years, fewer westerns have been made and it is rare to find them playing in the cinema. Most of the greatest actors and many notable actresses have ...
Somewhere around the age of ten I expressed an interest to my dad about shaving. I’d often sneak a watch while he shaved a day’s growth of whiskers. I figured it was time for me to pick up this manly habit. Dad obliged by filling my hand with shaving cream which I eagerly smeared all ...
It was the inimitable Crash Davis from the classic 1988 film “Bull Durham” who told us in no uncertain terms the importance of the cliché to the language of sports. “You’re going to have to learn your clichés,” Davis (played by Kevin Costner) imparted to young pitching phenom Ebbie Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) while on ...
