The doctor and student : or, Dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student in the laws of England... [rev. by Christopher SaintGerman]; and corrected by William Muchall
TimesDaily.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The city of Florence is issuing an party invitation to celebrate W.C. Handy's 136th birthday on Monday, Nov. 16. Party activities will be at the W.C. Handy Home, Museum and Library at 620 W. College St. William Christopher Handy, "Father of the Blues, was born in Florence on Nov. 16, 1873.
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Rapper Snoop Dogg is 38. Actor William Christopher (”M.A.S.H.”) is 77. Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 72. Musician Tom Petty is 59. Actress Melanie Mayron (”thirtysomething”) is 57. Actor Viggo Mortensen is 51. Drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish is 45. Bassist Doug Eldridge of Oleander is 42. Actor John Krasinski is [...]
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
milieu \meel-YUH; meel-YOO\, noun; plural milieus or milieux \-(z)\: Environment; setting. Milieu is from French, from Old French, from mi, "middle" (from Latin medius) + lieu, "place" (from Latin locus). cougar crush Having a crush on a cougar. See cougar . Alex: Damn, that chick is smokin' hot! Bill: Dude, that's my neighbor Barb...she's at least 50! Alex: I think I just developed...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Actor William Christopher (M*A*S*H) is 77. Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 72. Musician Tom Petty is 59. Actress Melanie Mayron (Thirtysomething) is 57. Actor Viggo Mortensen is 51. Drummer Jim ``Soni'' Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish is 45. Bassist Doug Eldridge of Oleander is 42. Rapper Snoop Dogg is 38. Actor John Krasinski is 30.
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The word “utopia,” that imaginary site of perfection, comes from the Greek, meaning “not a place.” And it’s this essential irony that playwright Phyllis Nagy hopes to catch in “Never Land,” her tedious poetic ramble, in which psychologically fragmented characters...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 18-24:
No Impact Man (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
So yeah, that's me at the end of Climate Ride in front of the capitol on the day that Senators Boxer and Kerry introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act into the Senate in an attempt to mitigate...
The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Stephen G. Dimmock Michigan State University - Department of Finance William Christopher Gerken...
Dictionopolis in Digitopolis (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
M*A*S*H is the first line of virtually every one of Larry Gelbart's death announcements, as he must have known years ago it would be. I can't imagine him minding too much. By way of continuing my tribute, here are five episodes that Gelbart wrote, co-wrote, produced, and/or directed, or some combination. From what I remember, he consistently named these as among his favorites. Look for them in the...
Riding Instructor 's Diary (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Pic.above: The result of today's make over I gave to one of the horses. Bushy mane pulling, tail trimming, whiskers off (yard's way of turning out), ears trimming, lots of washing liquid, face wash, Johnson's baby oil-ed muzzle & nostrils (he loved that!), feet scrubbed and washed, hooves oiled (black on fore hooves, natural on hinds') and a thorough groom. After all this I thought he deserved...
Dictionary Quotes (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
“Life is like a trumpet – if you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out of it.” William Christopher Handy quotes
Kiko's House (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
It was sometime in 1903-04 that William Christopher Handy was first exposed to what he later called "the weirdest music I ever heard." This music was being played for tips by three men with a battered guitar, mandolin and bass in a club in Cleveland, Mississippi. Where the men should have played major notes they played unanticipated minors, so-called "blue notes" that sounded like...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
A man from Raytown, a suburb of Kansas City, has been charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and shooting into a vehicle for allegedly shooting a woman to death during a drug deal in the 5700 block of Goodfellow Place in St. Louis, police said. William Christopher Carson likely was selling drugs to Rhonda Williams, 37, of Troy, Mo, and another person on the afternoon of Dec. 27 when...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/16/2009
Jennifer Susan Buckley, the daughter of Connie and Rick Buckley of Greenwich, Conn., was married Saturday to Dr. William Christopher Fox, a son of Jane and Bill Fox of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
America’s Parents Vote for Change on Social Security’s Most Popular Baby Names List In 2008, American parents voted for change in naming their children. After a 12-year reign as the most popular baby name, Emily has slipped to third on the list. Emma is now the nation’s most popular name for girls. The most popular [...]
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