Category Archives: random
The Sting of Truth
November 2023 Can you spot the error in this funny internet meme? I only noticed it thanks to personal experience with two forms of this once-popular antiseptic which was banned in the USA a quarter-century ago. I won’t keep you … Continue reading
The Bright Knight
November 2023 Bob Kane and Bill Finger introduced Batman in the May 1939 issue of Detective Comics. Kane had the initial idea of The Bat-Man, but his version wore a red jumpsuit, domino mask, and had two wings attached to … Continue reading
A Port in a Storm
October 4, 2023 During my Sunday morning walk, I was listening to Richard Osman’s second Thursday Murder Club book, The Man Who Died Twice. A character remarked: …it really is very pretty here in the dark. There are a few … Continue reading
Clang, clang, clang went the trolley
Clang, clang, clang went the trolleyDing, ding, ding went the bellZing, zing, zing went my heart stringsFrom the moment I saw him I fell. So sang Judy Garland in 1944’s Meet Me In St. Louis. Although my father rode an … Continue reading
Hidden Treasures
When I was a kid, I loved stories with hidden treasures and secret tunnels. They often appeared in the stories I read in the Hardy Boys and Three Investigators series, as well as the Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew books … Continue reading
