Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me” (John 14:6). How do we know He was telling the truth? Anybody can make that assertion. In fact, lots of people have! Sabbatai Zebi is one of the most intriguing people to pose as the Messiah. Born in 1626, the son of a chicken farmer, Zebi was a manic-depressive with a mesmerizing speaking...
Word is that there will be a football game this Sunday night. The New Orleans team will face the team that used to be the Baltimore Colts, before the drunken bum who owned the Baltimore Colts snuck the team out to Indianapolis in the middle of the night. I'm not a big fan of the NFL. I can't be a big fan of a sport where there are so many long breaks for commercials ( the game is really terrible live....
WELL-travelled Harry James will wear Hamilton Olympic colours on Sunday for the first time in 15 years when he plays in a trial match against Rosebud at Adamstown Oval. The 34-year-old attackin
Deaths bring military's toll in Afghanistan since 2001 to 253, two short of number killed during Falklands war Prince Harry was last night among those who paid tribute to two soldiers killed by roadside bombs while on foot patrol in Afghanistan on Monday. Corporal Liam Riley, 21, the youngest corporal in 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, and Lance Corporal Graham Shaw, who had turned 27 the day...
This is his facebook picture. Seriously. I know, I'm pissed he didn't wear his glasses in this picture as well. View full size photo » According to Facebook, today is Idaho Stampede assistant Joel Abelson's 27th Birthday. Who is Joel Abelson, you ask? According to his bio, he spends his time in the offseason training NBA stars ( Baron Davis , Jermaine O'Neal, Chauncey Billups and Paul Pierce...
A while back I was listening to a song on an outstanding blog, Days Of Transition, and it got me to thinking — always a perilous undertaking, but one that I keep attempting in spite of the danger. Anyhow, the song — “We’ll Meet Again,” performed by British songbird Vera Lynn — was so perfectly [...]
From 1930, when "March King" John Philip Sousa signed an exclusive contract, to the dawn of the casino era, Atlantic City's Steel Pier hosted thousands of entertainers, showbiz personalities, and circus acts: Ray Charles, Abbott and Costello (working together for the first time), Frank Sinatra doing nine shows a day with the Harry James Band, Diana Ross, Dick Clark, the Rolling Stones, and...
Warning: if you click on the link below you will be transported to a sensational music site on YOU TUBE called Bugaludo . Once there you will find literally hundreds of records going back to the beginning of records. All are on original 78rpm, 45rpm, and so on. You might stay there for days. Thanx to Ridholtz for sending me over there......Below is the Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Harry James version.....
Summer time, and the living is easy. Fish are jumping, and the music is fine. See what I mean: Bix Beiderbecke – “Singing the Blues” Louis Armstrong: “Lonesome”/”Summer Song” Jimi Hendrix: “Long Hot Summer Night” Herbie Hancock: “Butterfly” (Part 1 of 2) Martha and the Vandellas: “Heatwave” Alice Cooper: ''School's Out''...
Nefertiti, the Lady of Controversy, by Frizzetta Zahi Hawass has stated that documents that were presented to him by the Berlin Museum head confirm that it was taken out of Egypt unethically. Berlin maintains that no official claim by Egypt has ever been made and the Prussian Heritage Foundation has denied the suggestion that Borchard deliberately misled [...] Related posts: Ancient Egypt News for...
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge for letting me know that Harry James has passed away. Harry James was a Vice-President and former Chairman of the Egypt Exploration Society, and former Keeper of Ancient Egypt at the British Museum. He died last Wednesday after being in hospital for a few weeks. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes
Well, another year is as good as over, so it seems good and proper to take a look back at 2009. Here we reclimb the highest peaks, replunge the lowest depths, make sense of it all, and post it up on the customskins blog in a conveniently truncated form. F**K you, we won’t do what you [...]
If you're a "Dexter" fan and you were hoping for a huge twist in the megafinale, then you got what you wanted. And that twist was, of course, that the entire series was dreamed up by a child with autism....
Bramcote Swimming Club took a hard earned and nail biting victory in the final round of the National Arena League East Midlands Division 2 last night. The victory, coming off the back of two strong gala performances in the first two rounds, is a huge result for the swimming club, taking both promotion back to Division 1 (we were last there around 2000) and the league title as well! The contest couldn't...
Just imagine how much money you could save if you had an opportunity to download Dexter TV series for free? Probably hundreds and hundreds of dollars, let's do the math, you see, every season of a TV series costs around $30-$50, which means to watch all episodes you will have to spend over $100 for sure.
Harry Potter is a global phenomenon so much so that, even the remotely exposed parts of the world are aware of the wizard. The wizard and his witchcraft have been welcomed with open arms by westerners and the rest of the world. The article explores the much in news, 'potter mania'. Witchcraft is often regarded as a part of the mystery of the existing cultural heritage. J.K. Rowling did her share in...