Seth Meyers returned to Late Night With Seth Meyers on Monday after being off-air for two weeks and I felt so much better. Meyers helps me cope. I know he works hard and deserves a vacation, plus he has a new baby, but so much happened while he was gone. Every day brought new … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Singer, Martha Reeves
July 18, 1941– Martha Reeves: ''The only thing that can change things is music.'' Martha Reeves served on the city council of Detroit from 2005-2009 and she has been active in promoting the great city's rise from the ashes. I love Detroit and the idea of Detroit. If I had any … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Feeling So Blessed Today That My Beauty is the Conventional Kind.” – Michael Ian Black, Twitter
Michael Ian Black is a comedian, actor, director, and bestselling writer. He has starred in several television comedy series, including The State, Reno 911!, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp, Inside Amy Schumer, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later and Another … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Comedian, Phyllis Diller
July 17, 1917: Phyllis Diller: "I admit it; I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives 40 miles away." I absolutely adored her when I was growing up. Phyllis Diller's appearances on The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show, and The Tonight Show certainly informed my … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Egotism: Just a Case of Mistaken Nonentity.” – Barbara Stanwyck
She is my favorite female film star. Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) was born Ruby Catherine Stevens in Brooklyn. She possessed an unusual beauty and a distinctive husky voice. She was an extremely versatile actor, moving easily between Melodramas, Thrillers, Westerns, and Screwball … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: “Backwards & In Heels”, Ginger Rogers
July 16, 1911 - Virginia Katherine McMath: "After all, it's not as if we were Abbott and Costello. We did have careers apart from each other." Ginger Rogers was a very versatile dancer/singer/actor of the stage and screen. She worked in dramas, musicals and comedies … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: Is Photography Art? A Consideration with Photos from the Collection of a “World of Wonder” Writer
Is a photograph art? Why? Why not? For 180 years, people have been asking the question. At an 1853 meeting of the Photographic Society of London, one of the members complained that the new technique was "too literal to compete with works of art because it was unable to … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Homophobia Is Anti-Family Values. Period, End Of Story.” – Linda Ronstadt
Linda Marie Ronstadt has been providing me with listening pleasure for 45 years, often taking a leading role on the soundtrack of my life, taking me through ups, downs, fears, and tears. Folk, Rock, Punk, Country, Broadway, Standards, Opera, Jazz, Traditional Mexican, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay, Lyricist, Dorothy Fields
July 15, 1905- Dorothy Fields In his first inauguration speech, President Barack Obama pleaded: ''Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America''. He was referencing the lyrics from Pick Yourself Up: ''Pick … [Read more...]
#OnThisDay: 1933, In Germany, All Political Parties are Outlawed Except the Nazi Party, and That is One Party You Don’t Want To Attend
July 14, 1933 - In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party Trump's presidency reminds me of a word fraught with dark meaning: Gleichschaltung. It literally means synchronization or ''to bring into line'', but it refers to the process in Nazi Germany … [Read more...]
