Hollywoodland

Jul

 

That is a flat out lie. :rofl: It’s also one I’ve used. *g*

Happy birthday to the late great Gracie Allen who was born on this date in 1895. She passed away after a heart attack in 1964 at age 69. While she played the zany “dumb blonde” to her husband George Burns straight man, she was actually a highly intelligent comic genius. And she was the love his life. He never remarried after her death even though he lived another 32 years.

Tonight on TV, we have new episodes of American Pickers and Rizzoli & Isles.

Reading: Now I’m reading another old ebook, The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace which was published in 1920. I’m sure the heroine of my 1920s murder mystery has read this book. *g*

Jul

 

That’s actually the excuse from yesterday but since I forgot to write a blog post yesterday…. :oops:

I was working on a project yesterday for my mom. She’s been organizing all the notes and scraps of info we inherited from her sister. Aunt Lola wrote down a bunch of entertaining stuff she remembered about growing up in Arkansas in the 1930s and 1940s. Mom dealt with it the old-fashioned way. ON A TYPEWRITER. :confused68: So I had to convert it to text and pretty it up because the ribbon on the typewriter is on its last legs. So to speak. *g*

Tonight on TV we have new episodes of Leverage (I hope we get a good Eliot fight scene!), Top Shot (trick shooting—should be fun!) and Poirot.

Reading: Now I’m reading Betty Gordon at Boarding School by Alice B. Emerson. It’s the first book I’m reading on the Nook! It’s a children’s mystery from the 1920s.

Jul

 

Hey, I could use that one sometimes! :rofl:

Man, it is so hot! Got in the shower and didn’t even have to use the hot water tap. The water coming out of the “cold” water tap was warm enough. Currently it’s 89 degrees outside with a heat index of 102!!! I hate summers in Arkansas. *g*

Today in history:

  • 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sold its first car.
  • 1926 – Fox Film (the predecessor of 20th Century Fox) bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • 1948 – Legendary silent movie director D. W. Griffith died at age 73.

Tonight we have new episodes of Eureka and Haven. Good stuff, Maynard!

Reading: Finished up A Cast-Off Coven which was very good! I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.

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