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As Lisa and I settled into our new apartment at the Peppertree Villas on 1455 Bell Pepper Court, Apartment 203, she and I went about our business of unpacking and decorating while awaiting the arrival of Summer - not that we didn’t continue to take part in numerous activites all the while. As we attended […]

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“A Christmas Story” in July

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The classic 1983 film A Christmas Story has become ingrained in my mind - and I’m sure on the minds of anyone else under the age of 40 - as a necessary staple of the holiday season… especially now that it seems to play on a continuous loop for the entire month of December. In fact if […]

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Cruella de Vil

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Betty Lou Gerson was a character actress who could be seen in numerous televsion shows throughout the 1950’s and 60’s - most notably in one of my favorites The Twilight Zone, in which she starred in the episode Ring-A-Ding Girl. But Ms. Gerson really sealed her fame when she was cast to voice the evil […]

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Tippi Hedren: For the Birds

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Tippi Hedren is best known for her role as Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 thriller The Birds…and little else. Although Hitch tried to make her a big star by casting her as leading role in this film as well as the lesser-acclaimed Marnie, it never really happened for her. She was quickly relegated to low-budget films […]

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On Friday, October 7, Bob, Jimmy, and I headed from Bob’s place in San Bernardino toward Las Vegas. The main reason: to see the Penn & Teller live show at the Rio, which I covered in a previous posting found here. But while we were in town, Bob wanted to show us around a bit. […]

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