A Little Sunday Night Music

What a Beautiful Name - Bethany Barnard, Shane and Shane

"Ellis"

A short story by Mary M. Isaacs



His wife came into the room mid-sentence. As usual. Enter talking, he thought, automatically.

"…so I thought, we should go to the park! We haven't been out, all together, for a long time. Ellis needs some fresh air."

He hated going to the park. He wouldn’t even look up as she spoke to him; he was watching TV and resented the interruption. He turned up the volume with the remote, but she kept on talking.

"I liked going to the park when I was little, like Ellis. I liked the swings and the slide and the sand, I liked everything in the park except I didn’t like the merry-go-round. I never did like merry-go-rounds, they always make me dizzy. But you could go on it with him. I could sit on the bench and watch. Why don't we go there now, this afternoon? It's a nice day. And Ellis needs some fresh air…" Her last words were spoken as she left the room, on her way to find their son.

His concentration was broken now--might as well get it over with. He turned off the TV and bent down to relace his shoes. The park wasn't too far away; he knew that she would insist on walking there.

She reappeared shortly, herding a small boy along in front of her. She had bundled him up in a warm jacket, cap, and neckscarf. Did she think there was going to be a blizzard? he thought, as they left the house. His wife held their son's hand and he trailed slightly behind the two of them.

"I told him he could play on the swings and the slide and in the sand for as long as he wanted. He needs some fresh air. I didn't tell him about the merry-go-round," here the child looked up at her, "because I thought it would be such a nice surprise for him! You'll enjoy that, too. I'll sit on the bench and watch you both. I better not ride on it, they always make me dizzy." The man stared straight ahead as he walked.

It wasn't long before they arrived at the park. They could see the merry-go-round off to the right, turning and turning while lively music played. His wife headed in that direction, smiling down at the boy. "Look, Ellis! It's the merry-go-round! Won't that be fun to ride on with your father? I'll sit on the bench and watch. I can’t ride on it, they always make me dizzy. What kind of an animal do you want to ride on? A horsey? How about that zebra? Or a giraffe? Which animal would you like to ride on? Pick one out quickly,

the merry-go-round is stopping now. It's time for you to get on! I hope you don’t get dizzy. I'll sit right here on the bench and watch."

The man bought two tickets at the tiny booth and stepped onto the merry-go-round with the boy. He lifted his son and set him on the nearest animal’s back--it happened to be a horse. He put the leather strap around the boy’s waist, fastening it tightly. Then he moved over a few steps and hung his arm over the neck of an ostrich.

The old-fashioned music began playing again. The merry-go-round shivered a little and then slowly began moving. It picked up speed and started turning around and around. The man saw his wife, over and over and over again as the merry-go-round turned faster and faster. She was smiling and waving at them. He could hear her yoo-hooing and calling their names as she waved. He pretended not to see her.

He ignored his son, who was perched on the wooden horse. The boy sat rigidly, with his little hands grasping the pole and his little face pressed up against it. There was a guarded look in the boy’s eyes and he said nothing. The horse went up and down, up and down; the child didn't move even a fraction of an inch.

The man looked out toward the circling horizon, seeing everything and nothing.

After a while the operator stepped up from the central area and walked among the carved animals, stopping at each rider. The man took their tickets from his shirt pocket and held them out silently. When the operator came to them, he took the tickets, glanced briefly at the child, and continued collecting tickets until he got back to where he started. He then swung off the turning platform, back down to the central area, and sat on an old wooden chair. He pushed a few switches on the console and the music changed once again.

Time passed. The woman kept waving, the boy clutched the pole, and the man stood by the ostrich as the merry-go-round turned endlessly. Melody followed melody in a tinny sort of way.

How much longer is this going to go on? the man thought to himself. Just at that moment, he felt an alteration in the rhythm of the engine. The spinning started to slow down, and the music came to an end. The boy's eyes flickered once in his father's direction, and then looked away again. He never let go of the pole.

The merry-go-round slowly glided to a halt. The man left the ostrich and unfastened the strap around his son's waist; he lifted him off the horse and into his arms. Angling through the carved animals and birds, he made his way to the edge and stepped off. The boy was silent.

"Did you have fun?" His wife started calling to them loudly while they were still on the merry-go-round. "I saw you going round and round. I hope you didn’t get dizzy. I waved every time you went by, but I guess you didn't see me. I guess you were having too much fun going round and round. I can’t go on merry-go-rounds, myself, they always make me dizzy. I saw you on your horsey, Ellis! And your father was standing next to an ostrich. I wonder why he didn’t ride on it. He could have ridden on the ostrich, but he just stood next to it. He didn’t climb up on it, he was just hanging on to its neck. I wonder why he did that. Did you like your horsey, Ellis? It was a nice horsey, wasn't it? Aren’t you glad to be at the park, all of us together? You needed some fresh air."

The man lowered his son to the ground. The boy took off in the direction of the playground while the woman turned on the bench to watch. He sped over the paved area around the merry-go-round and darted across the grass. Suddenly he tripped and fell flat on his face. The woman gasped, but before she could say a word, the boy rolled over, sat up, and brushed himself off. The man watched silently as the boy got to his feet and continued running towards the playground.

"Oh, my goodness!” said the woman. “Did you see that? Ellis fell right down on the grass! I wonder why he did that? He fell right on his face. I guess the merry-go-round made him dizzy, like me. I guess that’s why he fell down. Don’t you think so?”

The man didn’t answer; he looked at his watch. If they hurried, he could make it back in time for his favorite TV show.

The boy kept on running.



Copyright 2019
Mary M. Isaacs
Al rights reserved

Quote du jour

If you want to enjoy the shepherd ministry of Jesus, what is it? Psalm 23:
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” - Needs supplied.
“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.” - Food supplied.
“He leadeth me beside the still waters.” - Rest supplied.
“He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” - Integrity supplied.
“Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” - Assurance supplied, even in extreme circumstances.
“For thou art with me.” - The divine presence supplied.
“Thou anointest my head with oil.” - The divine love and comfort supplied.
“My cup runneth over. - Abundance supplied.
"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.” - Provision supplied, even under pressure.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” - Confidence supplied.
“And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” - Eternal future supplied.

- Robert A. Cook

A Little Saturday Night Music

Jake Owen - "Believe"

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Linkfests:
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Dave's Rule Five Roundup:

Proof Positive - Vintage Babe of the Week - Pamela Tiffin! and Best of the Web

Animal Magnetism - RULE FIVE MORE CIVIL WAR FRIDAY

By Other Means - Tuesday Tap Rack and Bang, BeCos(play) It's Friday and Seeing Red

Evi L. Bloggerlady - Trading Places

Ninety Miles From Tyranny - Hot Pick, Girls With Guns, Morning Mistress and Blogs With Rule 5 Links

IT AINT HOLY WATER - Taken For Sure

Grouchy Old Cripple - Saturday Boobage

Irons in the Fire - Friday Data and ... Saturday Data Overflow

The Feral Irishman - Friday Femme Fatale

The Daley Gator - Daley Babe

Diogenes Middle Finger News - A Good Monday Morning

A View from the Beach - Rule 5 Saturday - A Heartbreaker - Malin Åkerman and Fish Pic Friday

24 Femmes Per Second - Lucia Bosé

Knuckledraggin My Life Away - I'm sure she's taken, men And ... I’ll leave you with this

American Power - Izabel Goulart on the Beach

Woodsterman - Rule 5 Woodsterman Style

The Other McCain - Rule 5 Sunday: Jayne Mansfield

The Pirates Cove - If All You See ... and Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Wired Right - A Beautiful End to the Day

The View from LadyLake - It's never to late to catch up on a good thing.

The Right Way - Friday Babe and ... Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama

Quote du jour

Biden's is a peculiar kind of "unity". One that is built, brick by brick, by pissing off half of the country with something he says every single day!

- Mike B.

A Politician for the Ages!

Quote du jour

The stock market is not in turmoil - billionaire hedge funds are in turmoil.
Two different things. It's a shame regulators, brokerage firms and media continue to provide cover for folks that go to work on helicopters from the Hamptons and say it's for folks that take the subway.

-Charles V Payne

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe* is Pamela Tiffin!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Thursday)

Quote du jour

If Antifa leaves a pallet of bricks around for throwing, steal it and build that garden wall you've been wanting.

- M. Mitchell Marmel

Ve Haf Vays...

Quote du jour

“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.”

― Dave Barry

On the Quote du jour

Every now and then, someone will take issue with me on the Quote du jour ("Quote of the day" for those of you in Rio Linda). I think it should go without saying that in posting a quote, it does not necessarily represent the views of the staff or management of Proof Positive blog. (Except on Saturday when I quote myself!) Today, over on Twitter, on today's quote, for example, a commenter said, "How'd that work out for her?"
Obviously not well on the short term!
Just for your information, generally speaking, the criteria for choosing a quote of the day are as follows:

* Something that is obviously so true it bears repeating
* Something that is obviously so false it bears mocking
* The person speaking is important in relationship to what's being said
* Something thought provoking
* A colorful use of the Queen's English
* An economy of speech, profundity in small compass

Having said that, if you want to take issue with any given quote, bring it on! We're all about the discussion of ideas, and if you believe the author of the quote got it wrong, let's hear it! Just don't assume that the reason I posted it was because I am wholly in agreement with either the quote or the author. I have quoted Barack and Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and any number of other miscreants. In those cases, I just think it's important that you see it.

Quote du jour

"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."

- Anne Frank

Quote du jour

"The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives."

- Robert Maynard Hutchins

A Little Sunday Night Music

Blessings - Laura Story

Quote du jour

"When you say the universe was created by chance, you're saying it was created by nothing. It's the rabbit out of the hat, without a hat, or a rabbit, or a magician!"

- R. C. Sproul

A Little Saturday Night Music

LoLa & Hauser - Moonlight Sonata

Win a BFR .44 Magnum Desert Eagle

Two contests in one week! Who loves you, baby?

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Best of the Web*

*…that Dave and I have seen all week!

(BTW, if you wonder where any of the links will take you, hover your cursor over the link.)

Political/SocioEconomic


Honoring the History of the Democrat Party, Biden Hangs Portraits of Slave Traders in Oval Office.
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Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics
Flopping Aces - Sunday Funnies
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Linkfests:
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In The Mailbox: 01.20.21
Larwyn’s Linx: Thank You, Mr. President
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Dave's Rule Five Roundup:
Proof Positive - Vintage Babe of the Week - Joan Vohs! Best of the Web

Animal Magnetism - RULE FIVE PARANORMAL ECONOMICS FRIDAY

By Other Means - Tuesday Tap Rack and Bang, BeCos(play) It's Friday and Seeing Red

Evi L. Bloggerlady - Dean Martin: June in January

Ninety Miles From Tyranny - Hot Pick, Girls With Guns, Morning Mistress and Blogs With Rule 5 Links

IT AINT HOLY WATER - Taken For Sure

Grouchy Old Cripple - Saturday Boobage

Irons in the Fire - Friday Data and ... Saturday Data Overflow

The Feral Irishman - Friday Femme Fatale

The Daley Gator - Daley Babe

Diogenes Middle Finger News - A Good Monday Morning

A View from the Beach - Rule 5 Saturday - A Scream Queen, Ali Larter and Fish Pic Friday

24 Femmes Per Second - Taryn Power

Knuckledraggin My Life Away - I'm sure she's taken, men And ... I’ll leave you with this

American Power - Crimony! End the Lockdowns So This Woman Can Go Out and Get Some Fun-In-The-Sun!

Woodsterman - Rule 5 Woodsterman Style

The Other McCain - Rule 5 Sunday: Julie Strain, RIP

The Pirates Cove - If All You See ... and Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Wired Right - A Beautiful End to the Day

The View from LadyLake - Country girls are something special.

The Right Way - Friday Babe and ... Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama

Quote du jour

"Homophobic", "Islamophobic" and now "transphobic" are all words invented to shut down debate and discussion. When your opponent accuses you of "having an irrational fear", you are put on the defensive. My differences are not "irrational". I have no phobias.

-Mike B

Joe Biden's Fourth Reich

Joeseph Goebbels
I am not usually one to stoop to Hitler ad absurdum, or to violate Godwin's Law, but Herr Biden has himself gone there and is deserving of a response.

“They’re part of the big lie. Goebbels and the great lie. You keep repeating the lie, repeating the lie.”

-Joe Biden

Even though Biden mispronounced his name, I'm sure he is well acquainted with the concept of the "Big Lie". Consider Biden's own Big Lie about why he entered the race:

Remember seeing those neo-Nazis and white supremacists, coming out of fields spewing the same antisemitic bile heard across Europe in the ’30s. Remember the violent clash that ensued between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. And remember what the president said when asked? He said there were, quote, very fine people on both sides. That was a wake up call for us as a country and for me a call to action.

Which is NOT, of course, what Trump said at all! Which did not stop Herr Biden from repeating the lie at every opportunity. What Trump actually about the Neo-Nazis was this:

The evidence that what Herr Biden was repeating was a Big Lie was abundant. Breitbart News , for one, presented him with the evidence.

Biden launched his campaign with the Charlottesville hoax, and persisted in doing so, even after Breitbart News confronted him last August with the fact that he was misquoting the president.

Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, debunked the myth over and over. Yet, he persisted...(Biden that is) in telling the Big Lie.
Of course, the "fine people" hoax was not the only Big Lie Used against Trump. From the very first day, when Trump announced his candidacy, the Big Lie was there.
Trump, in speaking about illegal immigrants, emphasize​d that, numbered among those crossing the border unvetted, were murderers and rapists. The Big Lie, still spread among Democrats and their sycophants tday, is that "Trump calls Mexicans murderers and rapists."
Four years that Big Lie has persisted, and no matter how many times they are shown the truth, they contunue to repeat the lie. Because, that's how Goebbels said it worked: Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it. A fact that did not escape Herr Beijing Biden.
He rode that lie all the way to the White House.

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Quote du jour

"...demonization has torn us apart"

-Joe Biden

As he and his party demonize anyone who disagrees with them as racists, white supremacists and domestic terrorists.

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe of the Week is Joan Vohs!

Quote du jour

"Stop spreading the myth of American exceptionism"
- Rep. Jamaal Bowman

Can we sell New York back to the Indians?

Biden Voters Will One Day Realize They've Been Sold a Bill of Goods

From the archives... She Keeps Going and Going...

Quote du jour

"If you want to stop the violence, talk to the peaceful protesters and find out what they want."

- Richard Fowler, liberal talking head

Hmm. Wonder why they didn't take Richard's advice, but brought 20,000 National Guardsmen and razor wire fences to DC for the inauguration?

Coming Attractions...

Quote du jour

“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”

- John Adams, 1775

Compare and Contrast

Quote du jour

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."

- Thomas Jefferson

Editor's Note: Typically, on Martin Luther King Day, I run a quote by MLK. But with the imminent formalization of a fraudulent election in the next 48 hours, I felt that Jefferson was more appropriate for the day.

A Little Sunday Night Music

The Lord Is My Salvation - Keith and Kristyn Getty

Quote du jour

"Nothing has done more Harm to the Christian Church than thinking the Examples recorded in Holy Scriptures, were written only to be read and not imitated by us."

- George Whitefield

Quote du jour

"The bibilical word for hope is different from our normal English use of the term. When we say in English that we hope something will happen, we are expressing our desire for a particular outcome about which we cannot be sure. In the biblical usage, hope is not an uncertainty but a certainty, which is why it is called "an anchor of the soul" (Heb. 6:19). It is theat which brings stability to us. It is faith looking to the future with the full assurance that God will do what He promises He will do."

- R.C.Sproul

A Little Saturday Night Music

Somewhere Over the Rainbow 2011 - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole

Best of the Web*

*…that Dave and I have seen all week!

(BTW, if you wonder where any of the links will take you, hover your cursor over the link.)

Political/SocioEconomic
No, Trump Did Not Incite Violence
If Biden halts border wall, it could cost taxpayers billions, CBP chief warns
They plan to impeach Trump after his term ends
New Photograph Shows Person of Interest in Death of US Capitol Police Officer
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Culture
Feel-Good Friday



Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics
Flopping Aces -Sunday Funnies
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Today's Toons 1/8/21
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Linkfests:
Larwyn’s Linx: Biden-Big Tech-Big Media Dictatorship Begins
In The Mailbox: 01.11.21
Larwyn’s Linx: Elon Musk Rips Big Tech Censorship Of Conservatives
In The Mailbox: 01.12.21
Larwyn’s Linx: Abe Lincoln’s Warning About the Perils of Mob Rule
In The Mailbox: 01.13.21
Larwyn’s Linx: How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler
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In The Mailbox: 01.15.21


Dave's Rule Five Roundup:

Proof Positive - Vintage Babes of the Week - Anna May Wong! and Best of the Web

Animal Magnetism - RULE FIVE SECOND AMENDMENT FRIDAY

By Other Means - Tuesday Tap Rack and Bang, BeCos(play) It's Friday and Seeing Red

Evi L. Bloggerlady - Michelle Lewis: January's Child

Ninety Miles From Tyranny - Hot Pick, Girls With Guns, Morning Mistress and Blogs With Rule 5 Links

IT AINT HOLY WATER - Taken For Sure

Grouchy Old Cripple - Saturday Boobage

Irons in the Fire - Friday Data and ... Saturday Data Overflow

The Feral Irishman - Friday Femme Fatale

The Daley Gator - Daley Babe

Diogenes Middle Finger News - A Good Monday Morning

A View from the Beach - Rule 5 Saturday - Chiara Bransi and Fish Pic Friday

24 Femmes Per Second - Abby Dalton

Knuckledraggin My Life Away - I'm sure she's taken, men And ... I’ll leave you with this

American Power - Yellow Bikini

Woodsterman - Rule 5 Woodsterman Style

The Other McCain - Rule 5 Sunday: Rep. Lauren Boebert

The Pirates Cove - If All You See ... and Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Wired Right - A Beautiful End to the Day

The View from LadyLake - I need something cool and some serious Rule 5

The Right Way - Friday Babe and ... Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama

Quote du jour

Don Lemon's opinion on the Bible ranks right up there with Al Capone's opinion on prohibition.

-Mike B

Quote du jour

"When you're the leader of the free world, every sylable matters."

- Trey Gowdy

Two Words: Why Swalwell Should Never Be Trusted

Vintage Babe of the Week

This week's Vintage Babe of the Week is Anna May Wong!

Past Time

Quote du jour

The Latin word for noon is meridiem, or middle of the day. The hours of the morning, which come before noon, are ante meridiem (a.m.), and those that come after noon are post meridiem (p.m.).

- Kevin Williamson

Will Twitter Cancel Me for This?

Quote du jour

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

- Aristotle

If there's One Thing the Left is Consistent About, It's Diversity!

Quote du jour

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

- Aristotle

The Clowns of Cable Commentary said "If Black Lives Matter Had Rushed the Capitol, They'd have Been 'Shot in the Face' "

Exhibit A: Actual Black Man, Black Lives Matter activist, arrested for breaching the Capitol

Apparently NOT "shot in the face".

Quote du jour

“Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.”

George Patton

A Little Sunday Night Music

How Deep the Father's Love for Us - Sovereign Grace Music · Bob Kauflin

Quote du jour

Consider what thou wouldst have been but for divine grace. Look upon thyself as thou art now. Doth not thy conscience reproach thee? Do not thy thousand wanderings stand before thee, and tell thee that thou art unworthy to be called his son? And if he hath made thee anything, art thou not taught thereby that it is grace which hath made thee to differ?

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Quote du jour

How can we ever be so ungenerous as to doubt our God? Lord, throw down the Jezebel of our unbelief, and let the dogs devour it.

-Charles H. Spurgeon

A Little Saturday Night Music

Landslide - The Petersens

AOC at the White House Wall

Hat tip @Drfessel

Best of the Web*

*…that Dave and I have seen all week!

(BTW, if you wonder where any of the links will take you, hover your cursor over the link.)

Political/SocioEconomic

28 Times Media And Democrats Excused Or Endorsed Violence Committed By Left-Wing Activists


Culture
Feel Good Friday


Science/Technology
Liquid glass discovered as new state of matter

Photoshops/Cartoons/Graphics
Flopping Aces -Sunday Funnies
Sunday Funnies, 01-03-21
>Today's Toons 12/30/20
Today's Toons 12/31/20
Today's Toons 1/1/21




Linkfests:
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Dave's Rule Five Roundup:

Proof Positive - Vintage Babes of the Week - Tina Louise! and Best of the Web

Animal Magnetism - RULE FIVE IMMORTALITY FRIDAY

By Other Means - Tuesday Tap Rack and Bang, BeCos(play) It's Friday and Seeing Red

Evi L. Bloggerlady - Cavalleria Rusticana 🎭 and Pagliacci 🎭🤡

Ninety Miles From Tyranny - Hot Pick, Girls With Guns, Morning Mistress and Blogs With Rule 5 Links

Snooter's Doggone Right - Snootin Around on Saturday

Grouchy Old Cripple - Saturday Boobage

Irons in the Fire - Friday Data and ... Saturday Data Overflow

The Feral Irishman - Friday Femme Fatale

The Daley Gator - Daley Babe

Diogenes Middle Finger News - A Good Monday Morning

A View from the Beach - Rule 5 Saturday - Post-Christmas Clearance and Fish Pic Friday

24 Femmes Per Second - Virna Lisi

Knuckledraggin My Life Away - I'm sure she's taken, men And ... I’ll leave you with this

American Power - Lindsey Pelas

Woodsterman - Rule 5 Woodsterman Style

The Other McCain - Rule 5 Sunday: Mindy Robinson

The Pirates Cove - If All You See ... and Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Wired Right - A Beautiful End to the Day

The View from LadyLake - What would we do if there weren't any beautiful women out there?

The Right Way - Friday Babe and ... Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama

Quote du jour

Every time a child, or other innocent bystander is killed by gang violence, and you call it "gun violence", you are not addressing the real problem. You will never find any real solutions if you never correctly identify the problem.

- Mike B

Joe Biden as President Reminded Me of This Toon

The punchline is from a favorite old toon, which I might have tucked away somewhere, but I recreated it here as best I could, using the talents of a couple of different artists.

Quote du jour

That which thy fathers have bequesthed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst posess it.

- Goethe

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe of the Week is Tina Louise! With the recent passing of Mary Wells, Tina is the last surviving cast member of Gilligan's Island, at 86.