The surprising thing about being, so help me, 57 years old (as of yesterday: happy birthday to me!), is that your insides age just like your...

Couldn't resist a few more comparisons of Cass Ole with the kind of Arabian I see on web sites today. Whew. Though he does have a tapere...

I don't know how many times I've seen this movie, but it always knocks me out. Almost brings me to tears with its beauty. It's ...

No, this ain't the Playboy mansion (or a bath house somewhere in deepest Arkansas): it's Ted Haggard and his hapless family having ...

It amazes me how quickly spare change can morph into wooden nickels. Case in point. About a month ago, a homeless guy named Ted Williams (pr...

Right, so everybody's been a-sayin' how much Kelsey Grammer's latest fiancee looks like the woman he's been trying so hard ...

Is this too inflammatory to write about? We're all so dependent on the medical profession, especially as we age (and we're all doing...

(Note: these excerpts from the classic phrasebook English as she is Spoke have been boiled down enormously. Hope they still make sense.) ...

ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE By Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino Here is a small fragment of a little-known classic: an English phrasebook crea...

Since it's Sunday, I think it's time for a little confession. I watched that goldern show about Ted Haggard. That TLC show. Which me...

Today I found two books I had given up for dead. You know how you just can't find a book? It must be somewhere. I felt as if I was going...

The press has this totally wrong : she says "Oh, about thirty pounds' worth": meaning thirty pounds of weight gain . I am sur...

Right after his huge success in Camelot (or was it before? Ah, my mind's a wall!), Richard Harris had a brief turn as a pop star. MacAr...

I love clips like this (the original scene from the movie Camelot dubbed in Italian). I don't know where it came from. This Marzocchi fe...

OK, here's the truth about what Jackie said. JFK's royal reign was never known as Camelot until after he died, and his widow spoke...

You gotta dig this Mark Twain fella. He seemed to move from situation to situation like a mercilessly sharp camera lens, taking everything i...

So I guess I was right about Ted Williams. After the homeless hero insisted he wanted rehab, needed rehab, was all ready to go to rehab, Dr...

"Ted Williams, “The Man with the Golden Voice”, has agreed to check into a rehabilitation facility after prompting by psychologist and ...

You say you'd never compromise with the mystery tramp but now you realize he's not selling any alibis as you stare into the vacuum ...