#FridayFive: Her Stories April 25th, 2014 @ 2:15 am PDT
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Throwback Thursday April 24th, 2014 @ 7:56 am PDT
Running Scared April 23rd, 2014 @ 5:01 am PDT
Today is the birthday of Roy Orbison (1936), born in Vernon, Texas, to Orbie Lee, a mechanic, and Nadine, a nurse. One day, during a songwriting session with his partner Bill Dees, Orbison asked his wife, Claudette Frady Orbison, if she needed any money for her upcoming trip to Nashville. Dees remarked, “Pretty woman never […]
#FridayFive: Lennon April 18th, 2014 @ 5:26 am PDT
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On the Tale of the Titanic April 15th, 2014 @ 5:24 am PDT
“The appeal seems universal. To social historians it is a microcosm of the early 1900s. To nautical enthusiasts it is the ultimate shipwreck. To students of human nature it is an endlessly fascinating laboratory. For lovers of nostalgia it has the allure of yesterday. For daydreamers it has all those might-have-beens.” Walter Lord, on the […]
#FridayFive: Superman April 11th, 2014 @ 6:53 am PDT
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On Hard Work April 8th, 2014 @ 7:14 pm PDT
“I like good company, but I like hard work still better.” Camille Saint-Saëns
#FridayFive: Gin Drinks April 4th, 2014 @ 4:04 am PDT
Read the Friday Five …On San Francisco April 4th, 2014 @ 12:00 am PDT
I’m going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to Heaven. I’ll look around and say, ‘It’s not bad, but it ain’t San Francisco.’ Herb Caen
