Television actress of the 1950s and 1960s, Anne Francis has passed away Sunday at her retirement home in Santa Barbara, CA from complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 80-years-old. A CinemaScope beauty in the 1950s science fiction classic Forbidden Planet with a distinctive beauty mark below her lower right lip, Anne Francis never hit the big time but always had a steady cult following. In Forbidden Planet Francis was Altaira, the daughter of the space...  Read More »

About 35 miles northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas, at about 10:00 p.m. last Friday night, thousands of red-winged blackbirds began falling from the sky. They covered the earth, landing in backyards and on roofs, blanketing the roads. “One of them almost hit my best friend in the head,” said Christy Stephens, who was standing outside among the smoking crowd at a New Year’s Eve party. “We went inside after that.” I would hope so! How freaky is that?...  Read More »

My Grandmother, of all people, sent me the following email forward. Enjoy! Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, Brian’s mother couldn’t help but notice how beautiful Brian’s roommate, Jennifer, was. Brian’s Mom had long been suspicious of the platonic relationship between Brian and Jennifer, and this had only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she...  Read More »