Belly Buttons and Talent

[I wrote this one many years ago, but, since I’m a little blocked and have a new video game to play, I’m going to post it. Background: Ashlee Simpson, a pop singer, was caught lip-synching on a live show when her microphone started singing without her.] Was Ashlee Simpson lip-synching on Saturday Night Live last […]

Fun Facts About Dracula

The character Dracula has been played by actors like Katherine Hepburn and Sir Lawrence Olivia. Not a lot like them, however. Bram Stoker’s Dracula was based on Vlad Tepes, a cruel Romanian prince. Stoker fictionalized the man by getting rid of his characteristic mustache, giving him the ability to turn into a wolf and letting […]

Fun Facts About the Founding Fathers and Other Alliterations

Independence Day is set aside to commemorate the ratification of the Declaration of Independence on July 2nd, 1776. The reason we celebrate on July 4th is because, if we did what people thought we should do, we wouldn’t be very independent now, would we? The Fourth of July is usually celebrated with fireworks. The reason […]

Facts about Frankenstein

[Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley in 1816 and 1817. It was since captured our imaginations, stolen our hearts and kidnapped our children. Below are some things you may not know about the book…] The monster commits three murders in the book. Two of the murders were to blackmail Dr. Frankenstein into creating a female […]

Rant Around the Clock

So, I’m watching Rock Around the Clock, a fictitious movie about Bill Haley and the Comets starring Bill Haley and the Comets (it’s the part they were born to play), and I’m looking at the weird greased up hair and clothes and mannerisms and it makes me kind of nostalgic for the fifties; then, I […]