Shit My Brain Says

Orson Welles uses black face in a 1934 student film. What is the world coming to?

Alan Abel was an accomplished drummer, but he marched to his own beat. I met him in the 90s while playing in the Westport Community Band. What a long, strange trip it has been.

Was Bob Keeshan really a Captain or was he just some clown on TV? Stay tuned for the next episode of Kangaroo Court where YOU’LL be the judge.

In the world of Mad Men, the day that Sonny Liston fought Muhammad Ali was a day for putting ideas on the canvas and taking punches. Peggy Olson proved she was a hard case as she sparred with her boss over a Samsonite campaign on her birthday.

Most kids send their Christmas letters to Santa. I sent mine directly to the head of NASA.

It might choke artie, but it won’t buckle fatty.

On April 10, 2019, scientists unveiled an image of Messier 87, a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo.

Call me Trishmael. Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.