Hollywoodland

Mar

 

Today we travel to sunny Tuscany. In the city of Siena, we’ll find the Piazza del Campo. It is one of Europe’s best medieval squares. They even hold a biannual horse race around the edge of the square! I really would love to see Italy some day.

Tonight on TV, we have Dancing with the Stars which I may or may not watch and a new episode of Castle.

Got to get back in the writing groove. I’ve been too much of a slacker lately.

Reading: In memory of Diana Wynne Jones who passed away Saturday, I’m continuing to read Howl’s Moving Castle.

Mar

 

I can’t believe I almost forgot to write a blog post today!!! :confused68:

Today we’re heading to the Kalahari Desert. The Kalahari is a desert in southern Africa which covers most of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa. It’s a different type of desert than the Sahara. Animals in the region include hyenas, lions, meerkats, giraffes, warthogs, jackals, several species of antelope, and many species of birds and reptiles.

We lost screen legend Jane Russell yesterday. She was 89.

Tonight on TV: new episodes of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Top Shot.

Keyed in three pages last night.

Reading: Still have a little bit more to go on 1635: The Dreeson Incident. I haven’t decided what’s next. :)

Jan

 

Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies. It’s located in the province of Alberta. From what I’ve read, it’s an amazing park. Glaciers, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls, and, of course, mountains. There are also caves and fossils. It also has a wide range of wildlife: elk, moose, different varieties of deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, black bears, beavers, Rocky Mountain pikas, hoary marmots (whose name makes me laugh!), grey wolves, mountain lions, and wolverines.

Over the weekend, news broke about the death of actress Susannah York who passed away on the 15th.

Today in history:

  • 1867 – German-born film executive Carl Laemmle was born. He was a pioneer in Hollywood and the founder of Universal Pictures. He produced, or was otherwise involved in, over 400 films.
  • 1882 – Actor Noah Beery Sr. was born. He was active in movies from 1915 through 1945.
  • 1903 – Actor Warren Hull was born. I’ve never personally heard of him, but he was apparently very popular in action/adventure serials in the 1930s and 40s.
  • 1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, appeared for the first time in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. Be sure to eat your spinach!
  • 1949 – The Goldbergs aired for the first time. It was the first sitcom on American television.

Tonight on TV, we have actual new episodes! Chuck, The Cape, and Hawaii Five-O are all new. Castle, alas, is not.

Got to get back to keying stuff in tonight.

Reading: Finished up A Killer Crop and now I’m reading Now You See Her by Merline Lovelace.

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