Turner Classic Movies (TCM) continues its tradition of an elegant montage of the film industry folks we lost this year, both in front of and behind the camera. It’s a good reminder to check out a film or six… and don’t be surprised if you don’t get wistful with many movie memories. As I’ve done since ’23, below is a list of all the folks who are listed, in order, with links to their IMDb…
I did a post the other day about Girl Scout cookies because the holidays count as overall cookie season and perhaps some people might cry foul. True, those people might not be much fun at holiday parties, but they have a point. Stuffed animals, however, deserve some consideration during holiday season because if you’ve never given the gift of a stuffed animal to a kid or been a kid receiving “the best stuffie ever,” well……
Look, I know it’s not “Girl Scout Cookie season” yet, but a) I always forget when exactly it starts, b) I know it’s sooner than later, and c) we’re in the midst of cookie baking season for sure with the holidays, so… maybe you’ll try and bake a recreation? Anyway, this around 13-minute video from Weird History Food has just the right amount of detail and snark that it feels like a good fit for…
My kids independently confirmed they did not want Christmas music to play nor Christmas decorations to go up until after Thanksgiving. Indeed, they voiced their displeasure at local radio stations switching to Christmas music and lights going up on neighborhood houses before this sensible demarcation point. Alas, we are not the Holderness Family and will not be producing a Thanksgiving banger… for now (one kid does seem to feel that is a worthy mission, so…
After decades of debating whether or not to stop minting the penny, the United States has finally stopping minting them. Just last month, in fact. Maryclaire Dale has a good overview article for the Associated Press that came out right around the time the last pennies were being made at the Philadelphia Mint. For example, what will businesses do now that the penny is still legal tender and circulated, but no longer produced? And now…
All seven or nine regular readers may realize I like folklore, probably more due to two fiction podcasts (one more fairy tales, one more spooky tales) Jabberwocky Audio Theater makes versus posts here. Basically, you combine the fact that my siblings and I quickly went beyond Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythology with the fact that we got to read O.G. (Original Grimm) fairy tales and the like, there’s always going to be a space for…
I knew Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport had the added appeal of a Usinger’s store (which I no longer see listed, so maybe it doesn’t?), but I did not know it had a wonderful used book store, Renaissance Books, which you can learn about in this short piece: As with my post last week about retail stores trying to become more of an “experience,” this feels like it perfectly fits the bill. Here’s hoping they continue to…
Along with “Alice’s Restaurant” and WKRP in Cincinnati’s “Turkeys Away,” I feel this should be in seasonal rotation: Stay safe out there, people!
Well, maybe. Retail is the era of omnipresent online shopping needs to have some extra experiential spice of its own. And it’s no secret that retail’s “biggest season” is upon us. Much digital ink is being spent on analysis as folks try and find trends. I’m a fan of “Small Business Saturday,” but and would note: In fact it was considering how small businesses are actively working to be experiences and potentially third places that…
You heard it right, someone is dialing the gate and a new Stargate TV show is coming through the wormhole. And no, as fans will patiently explain, they’re not talking about the 1994 movie, they’re talking about the multiple shows that started in ’97 and ran for a surprisingly long time as I posted about back in 2022. But for fans, of course, there have been no new chapters for a depressingly long time. So…