Feeling Cross?

Crosswords are a wonder and I love them. To show my love, I will write about the history of the crossword. Here goes...
In 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist created a new puzzle he called the "word-cross" and it was published in New York World newspaper. The new puzzle gained popularity, its name was changed to crossword and it began to appear in other American newspapers.
By 1924, crosswords had become a fad, and many thought it belittled the newspaper industry. By the time the word 'crossword' appeared in the dictionary in 1930, the crossword puzzle trend was here to stay.
Crossword Fact: some cryptographers who worked for the Allies in WWII, were selected after winning or placing in crossword competitions.

I Think Hawkeye & B.J. Would Support This

So... David Ogden Stiers is gay. If you don't know who he is, he was on M*A*S*H as Major Winchester and he was also the voice of Cogsworth the clock in Beauty and the Beast and the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas. He decided to publicly come out to help get gay marriage legalized. Here's a pic.


Good on ya, Dave. I just didn't see it coming. Clay Aiken... yes. Lance Bass... yes. David Hyde Pierce... yes. But this guy? not so much. Don't know why.

Another Joan Rivers Look-alike

so, it looks like we can add another formerly attractive person to the list of people who have been made identical, not to mention creepy by overdone plastic surgery. Rupert Everett, who was so good looking in 'My Best Friend's Wedding' and 'An Ideal Husband', has joined the aforementioned list. Mr. Everett used to look like this:

now he looks like this:

creepy, right?

Steele Here on Blogspot!

i've been away, but now i'm back with my embarassing love of Remington Steele. i'm not one of those weirdos who writes fan fiction or even one of those less weird weirdos who has a fan site.
i just like the Steele. a lot. there are several reasons and i shall list them.
1. it reminds me of my childhood. watching it with my sister
2. Pierce Brosnan is hot.
3. i like mysteries. mystery books and especially mystery tv shows. for reals. anything from law and order to murder, she wrote.
4. it's funny. honest! i enjoy the humor of private detectives investigating cases of sabotage at a circus or attempted murder on the set of frozen dinner commercials.
5. i like the romantic chemistry and i think it set the stage for romantic banter over grisly murders, like on Bones.

It's the Wonder of Nature, Baby

after doing a crazy & lethal sweep over Haiti and Cuba, Hurricane Ike hit Texas early this morning and flooded most of Galveston. here are some photos of Ike's wrath.

Clap if you Believe in Fairies

The pixie cut... one of life's great marvels. some people look great with them, some people look not so great and some people look like men. I, for example, have somewhat poofy hair and cannot rock the pixie cut. it is because of this that I will be forever jealous of those who can wear a pixie cut and still look feminine, mostly because the pixie is wonderfully low maintenance.

Katie "Jordan" Price

I'm not British and because of this, I had never heard of Katie Price until I began reading the Daily Mail online. Katie Price is a former "glamour model" which is apparently British for "underwear model" (they're so polite, aren't they?). Jordan is the name she modeled under. after having her breast implants removed to be taken seriously, she now writes books and appears in tabloids under headings like "Katie's breast fat was pumped into her lips". for some reason, the Brits love her, much like some Americans love Paris Hilton and she's on a crusade to revamp her image as a wife, mother and author.

this is Katie Price about a month ago at a signing for her new book. would you take this woman seriously?

You have died of dysentery.

Last month, a wildfire swept through Idaho and revealed a portion of the Oregon Trail that was previously covered by sagebrush & grasses. The Oregon Trail was the path that pioneers followed while travelling west during the 1800s. It is an historic find that will now likely be preserved by local historical societies. I'm pleased that some history can be restored here, but I also like this story for its reminder of the early computer game Oregon Trail.

R.I.P. Killer

I'm not a pro wrestling fan. it's like a soap opera with wrestling and since I don't like wrestling (no, not even the real, olympic kind) or soap operas, I don't watch it. I do however, enjoy the hilarious nicknames of the old-time wrestlers from the golden age of wrestling, namely the 1950s-1970s. Yukon Eric, Sky-Low-Low (a little person) & Walter "Killer" Kowalski were among my favourite names.
it is now my sad duty to inform you that Walter "Killer" Kowalski has died from a heart attack at the age of 81.
rest in peace, Killer, in that great big arena in the sky.

also, his name reminds me of Dave "Killer" Carlson from the movie classic Slapshot.

Andrew Wyeth & Helga Testorf

Andrew Wyeth is an American realist painter whose favourite subjects include the land and people around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine.

Helga Testorf was acting as a caregiver for one of Wyeth's friends when the two met in the early 1970s. As they became friends she agreed to pose for him. These are the paintings.

Lovely, aren't they?

To Bang or not To Bang?

I'm considering the art of looking good with bangs. not side-swept bangs but full-on, forehead covering bangs. they're not for everyone.
I think these ladies pull it off.
this has been my shallow post for the day.