Saturday, January 03, 2015
And You Thought Your Handwriting Was Bad
The Coolest Signatures In History
Aside: I suppose that within a couple of generations signatures will disappear along with cursive writing. The signature cards at banks and the spaces for signatures on the backs of credit cards will be gone, too.
Aside: I suppose that within a couple of generations signatures will disappear along with cursive writing. The signature cards at banks and the spaces for signatures on the backs of credit cards will be gone, too.
Phoenix Press
Phoenix Press on AbeBooks: New York’s Phoenix Press was a publisher of mysteries, westerns, and other light fiction in the 1930s and 1940s. We were alerted to this company’s literary history by a loyal AbeBooks customer called Paul Rollinson, who encouraged us to feature Phoenix’s fantastic Depression-era pulp, if only for the amazing dust jackets. Phoenix was one of many lending-library publishers of the era, and fought to rise above the others of its ilk to make a name for itself in the tough economic climate.
Friday, January 02, 2015
These Two Guys Are from Alvin, Texas
"Crazy" father and son charged in crime spree; couple dead, cops shot: A father and son from Brazoria County now face charges in connection with a violent interstate crime spree, in which a husband and wife were killed during a home invasion and two police officers were wounded during a shootout.
Little Jimmy Dickens, R. I. P.
Grand Ole Opry | The Show That Made Country Music Famous: Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens passed away this afternoon at a Nashville area hospital at the age of 94. Jimmy died of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day. He is survived by his wife Mona Dickens, married since 1971, and two daughters, Pamela Detert and Lisa King. Jimmy was the longest running member of the Opry, joining in 1948, and last performed at the Opry on Dec. 20, 2014, singing “Out Behind The Barn” and delivering his trademark comedy. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time however a public visitation and a public service is being planned.
Donna Douglas, R. I. P.
NY Daily News: Donna Douglas, the Louisiana belle known for her role as Elly May Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” died Friday at age 81.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee
DNAinfo.com New York: EAST HARLEM — A man threw hot coffee at a police officer and punched the officer, then bit another officer's hand while resisting arrest in a Lexington Avenue deli, police said.
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