How did the Jack O’ Lantern come to be? Here is my retelling of the Irish fable that got it all started:
A very long time ago there lived an Irish man named Jack. Now Jack was a very stingy man, but cunning as well. Stingy Jack, as he was known in the […]

Henry Thomas played the cute kid Elliott, in E.T. He was born Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. on September 9, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas. After starring in E.T. he returned to Texas and led a relatively normal child life. After graduating high school he attended Blinn College in Bryan, Texas. […]

I was watching the movie with Harrison Ford the other day - Firewall. The movie is ok, a little flimsy on the plot, but what caught my attention is the car. The car was a Chrysler 300 all decked out with Chrysler 300 accessory grill. The car is a nice looking ride. […]

I was watching E.T. last night and started to wonder what happened to Robert MacNaughton who played the oldest brother Michael in the movie. Robert MacNaughton was born December 19, 1966 in New York City. He won a 1983 Young Artist Award for Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his […]

When I was little we used to go fishing with my Grandpa and Grandma all the time. They were both big anglers. I wish now that I would have save some of their old fishing tackle. It seems that there is quite the antique market for old fishing supplies! They had […]

There back, but are they better? I remember as a kid in the 60s, my brother getting this gift for Christmas. This game was released by Marx toys in the 1960s. Marx was later acquired by Tyco Toys, which was itself acquired by Mattel in 1997.

The game consisted of two boxers (Red […]

Long before a Penn State football game was ever played, Walter Camp invented football. It really was a combination of soccer and rugby. Walter Camp was a player and coach at Yale University in the 1870s. Walter Camp’s influence came from William Ebb Ellis a Rugby and Soccer player. In 1823, […]

Las Vegas used to be a dry piece of land out in the desert. It wasn’t until 1941, that the first hotel was built with 63 rooms. What a far cry from the 1,000 + rooms now available at the Excalibur Las Vegas!
Previously inhabited by Native Americans, Mormon Settlers from […]

John Gavin plays the boyfriend of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in the movie Psycho. Gavin was born John Anthony Golenor Pablos on April 8, 1931 in Los Angeles, California. His father’s family was Irish and were land owners in California when it was still under Spanish control. Gavin’s mother was a member […]

Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates in the movie Psycho. He is very creepy. I love how he signs Marion Crane in the big, old-fashioned book at the front desk. Now everything is done on a computer or laptop.

Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City. He moved […]