Living Thing

Sci-Fi Carved Pumpkins

 

Hammertime, Obi Wan Kenobi

 

Birthdays on October 17th

1972 - Eminem
1972 - Wyclef Jean
1930 - Jimmy Breslin
1920 - Montgomery Clift
1919 - Rita Hayworth

Today's Pic Dump

 

Blast from the Past

 

Today in History

    Capone goes to prison, 1931

American Revolution

    Americans win more than a battle at Saratoga, 1777

Automotive

    OPEC states declare oil embargo, 1973

Civil War

    The Confederate's James Longstreet returns to command, 1864

Cold War

    U.S. aid to Contras signed into law, 1986

Crime

    A shoemaker leads German soldiers in a robbery, 1906

Disaster

    Loma Prieta earthquake strikes near San Francisco, 1989

General Interest

    Patriot victory at Saratoga, 1777

    Algerians massacred in Paris, 1961

    OPEC enacts oil embargo, 1973

    Earthquake rocks San Francisco, 1989

Hollywood

    Benji debuts, 1974

Literary

    Nathanael West is born, 1903

Music

    R&B legends the Drifters earn a #1 pop hit with "Save the Last Dance For Me", 1960

Old West

    The first resolution formally creating the Texas Rangers is approved, 1835

Presidential

    Ford explains his pardon of Nixon to Congress, 1974

Sports

    Olympic protestors stripped of their medals, 1968

Vietnam War

    President Johnson goes to Asia, 1966

World War I

    Serbia and Greece declare war on Ottoman Empire in First Balkan War, 1912

World War II

    Konoye government falls, 1941

Funny Messaging

 

Todays Quotes

(and Birthday Girl)

 

                                                                 

Acting's fun, but life's more important.

Margot Kidder

 Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature.

Margot Kidder

 I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear.

Margot Kidder

I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, had affected so many people's lives around the world was incredible.

Margot Kidder

I love horror movies because they're really fun. They tap into those wonderful primal emotions.

Margot Kidder

The first Superman film took up a huge chunk of our lives, but it was a wonderful time for us. We were young, my daughter was little, we were filming in London for a year, so we became like a close family.
Margot Kidder
There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians.
Margot Kidder

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