http://whatever.losito.net people, places and things Thu, 08 May 2008 18:24:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is always sad when someone, who barely past acne treatments and puberty is murdered. This is what happened to Dominique Dunne. Dominique Dunne was born November 23, 1959 in Santa Monica, California. Her father is the famous journalist and author Dominick Dunne. Dunne attended Colorado State University ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/05/08/dominique-dunne/ You might not remember her name, but you will remember her performance in Poltergeist. She had the line "They're Heeere." Heather O'Rourke was born on December 27, 1975 in San Diego, California. She was discovered by Steven Spielberg when she was five. Her older sister ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/05/08/heather-orourke/ Wilmington, North Carolina was once a sleepy town until Frank Capra, Jr. showed up in 1983 looking for an antebellum house to burn down for his movie "Firestarter." After looking at various Wilmington real estate, he found the perfect house. In fact, he loved the house so much, ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/30/wilmington-nc/ The name might not sound familiar, but you will probably recognize the face. Judith Barsi was born June 6, 1978 in Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of Hungarian immigrants who fled the Soviet take over of Hungary. They later immigrated to the United States right ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/30/judith-barsi/ Hewlett Packard made one of my all time favorite commercials. They actually did several of them. The commercial involved people holding frames up and then the frames becoming actual pictures. The idea was very clever and it certainly caught my eye. Here is one of them ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/30/hewlett-packard-commercial/ When you are a young actor or actress living in New York you often dream of hiring a New York Moving Company and moving to Hollywood for your big break in the movie industry. Of course, those actors that have lived in Hollywood for a while find that they ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/28/moving-tofrom-new-york/ If ever I have wanted to buy a bus, it has been this one - The Patridge Family Bus! Wasn't this the coolest thing? The bus was obtained in the pilot issue, when 10 year old Danny gets the family's song into the Top 40. Mom (played by Shirley ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/23/patridge-family-bus/ Remember the days when everyone did their jobs and the best performance metric was that your business was making a profit? If someone was not working out, they got fired. Years ago, the best resume was never needed. You usually stayed at one company until you retired. Now, ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/23/business-performance/ Odd Ogg was a strange toy from the 1960s. It was made by the Ideal Toy Corporation in 1962. Odd Ogg was half frog and half turtle. The object of the toy was to roll plastic balls toward it. If you rolled a ball right under ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/23/odd-ogg/ I just came across this bit of trivia - Albert Einstein wore a Patek Philippe watch. Patek Philippe & Co. make one of the most expensive watches in the world! In 1839, Antoni Patek started making pocket watches in Geneva. In 1845, he joined with Adrien Philippe, ... http://whatever.losito.net/2008/04/21/albert-einsteins-watch/