I love Dr. Seuss. Since I grew up in San Diego, I even got to meet him once when I was ohhh, 7 or so. His words just feel Good tripping along the tongue and I secretly suspect that if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Okay, so Frank had commies on the brain a bit after the war, but damn it, he directed Arsenic and Old Lace, which is just about the best movie ever, AND Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, AND It Happened One […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you haven’t watched Holiday Inn, it’s worth it just to see this, Fred Astaire’s way-awesome firecracker dance. It also incidentally has this bit, which came to be somewhat well known. At the same time… it also has the Abraham […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In favor of the Creepy Hypothesis, I submit this. Well, we wrap up the Winter Special on Thursday, then back to Frederick, China, Euler’s grudge with Coolidge, Delaflote and Archimedes and the kidnapped Power of Time, and decision time for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And thus closes another Frederick the Great Winter Special! Oh, Dzerzhinsky. It makes me think of what might or might not have been Shostakovich’s words in what might or might not have been his autobiography: “Mayakovsky compared himself with Pushkin, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m officially back on Frederick duty after my holiday vacation. We are fast approaching our third anniversary, and that is a pretty fine number of years right there. –Geoff
Time for some mayhem, Silent Cal style. It sure is nice writing dialogue for Calvin Coolidge. It is impossible to let him monologue. –Geoff
It would appear that Frederick the Great turned three years old last Saturday – thanks to everybody who wished us well and especially to Klick for this rad Voltaire! Things are looking bad for Euler… is this something even MATH […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, the production of The Mikado that I was involved with has ended. It was a fine show. –Geoff
Falco’s power of entrancement is a long-established fact. And, as I always do, I feel compelled to direct your attention to another one of His Great Works: Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2). Valerie and Hardarson come to us courtesy of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…