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This is just a brief note for everyone who has been visiting our page: welcome and thank you for coming! We hope you like what you are finding here. As mentioned in a much earlier post, this site/blog/archive is a Work In Progress as we bring old stories out of mothballs and reinstate them in Read More …

The Cinderella Man vs. The Brown Bomber

From the YouTube video description: Published on Jan 24, 2015 Hope you enjoy. Legendary fight, this would start Joe’s record reign as heavyweight champion. Joe Louis vs James J Braddock 22/06/1937 United States Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States This moderator had grandparents who remembered this match, and while neither had anything against Braddock (they Read More …

Might Be, Could Be, Possibly? (‘Man of Steel’ Related)

While some sources list December 1st as well as February 29th as the “official” date (depending on which universe and/or revamp you’re considering), many consider June 18th as the birthday of Clark Kent (aka Kal-El of Krypton, aka Superman). The date is when Martha and Jonathan Kent discovered the rocket containing baby Kal-El; the child Read More …

In Celebration of the 801st anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta…

This event was portrayed in one of the final scenes of Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (2010) starring Russell Crowe as Robin. The scene which follows is actually of John attempting to face down his nobles as well as the citizenry while Robin makes an impassioned speech which will later lead to the document being set Read More …

‘All You Need Is Law’ – used for the advertising of the exhibition of an original Magna Carta at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (2014)

On June 15th in the year 1215, the document best known as the Magna Carta (Latin for Great Charter) was signed by King John of England at Runnymede near Windsor Castle. This event was portrayed in one of the final scenes of Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (2010) starring Russell Crowe. http://www.hmns.org/exhibits/past-exhibitions/magna-carta/  

Ashokan Falls – 4

By Sharon   By the time the full complement of Brothers who could track the escapees had assembled at the stables, the handful of them that knew horseback were outnumbered by the larger number of ATVs usually reserved for the guests on nature trails. From atop his favored horse, a strapping black Arabian named Onyx, Read More …

More Images of Russell Crowe as ‘Jor-El’ in ‘Man of Steel’ (along with an extra pic of some other Oscar Winner *g*)

More Images of Russell Crowe as Jor-El in Man of Steel, which was released on this date in 2013. Seeing the bottom image of Jor-El revealing his armor with the familiar “S” symbol reminded me (so I went and found a photo) that this was similarly used once before in a Superman movie – the Read More …