#BornThisDay: Tommy Tucker, the Cross-Dressing Patriotic Squirrel

By Stephen Rutledge on September 13, 2022 3:03 am

NMAH Archives Center, public domain September 12, 1942 - Tommy T. Tucker: "All I wanted was to slay for the USA!" Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion and sense of attachment to your homeland and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiment, with … [Read more...]

#OnThisDay: April 15, 1912 – SOS, The Dogs of The Titanic

By Stephen Rutledge on April 15, 2022 5:05 am

April 15, 1912 - That famous luxury liner hit that damn iceberg 106 years ago, spawning: Atlantik (1929), a British early talking film starring Madeleine Carroll; a 1943 German propaganda film titled Titanic (1943), commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels to … [Read more...]

Is “The Man Who Knew Too Much” Doris Day’s Best Film?

By Stephen Rutledge on April 3, 2022 9:09 am

Can you be an icon and remain truly underrated? Doris Day (1922-2019) and her effortless talent seem especially ephemeral. Her image was so distorted as to be anachronistic, even for the 1950s and 1960s. She is a favorite at my house. All of us, my husband, the two terriers, we … [Read more...]

Rascal Becomes First Three-Legged Dog Allowed to Compete in AKC Agility Event

By Andrea James on December 31, 2021 3:08 pm

A Norwich Terrier named Rascal was a 2020 sprint champion, but he lost a leg to cancer last December. His owner Lark Shlimbaum petitioned the American Kennel Club to change their rules barring him from competing, and now Rascal was [Read more...]

Meet the Bidens’ New Puppy, Commander

By Andrea James on December 21, 2021 11:07 am

President Joe Biden just shared some delightful news: Commander, the German Shepherd puppy he got as a birthday gift, has moved into … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Doris Day

By Stephen Rutledge on April 3, 2021 3:03 am

April 3, 1922- Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff: "I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make … [Read more...]

On His Birthday Today, President-Elect Joe Biden is in the Dog House

By Stephen Rutledge on November 20, 2020 10:40 am

In a 2018 interview with The Los Angeles Times, Barbra Streisand, cuddling one of her cloned dogs, asked the question that many of us had been grappling with: "How does the president not have a dog? He's the first president in 120 years that doesn't have a dog in the White … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Writer, J.R. Ackerley

By Stephen Rutledge on November 4, 2020 3:03 am

Queenie and Ackerley, public domain November 4, 1896– J.R. Ackerley: "Unable to love each other, the English turn naturally to dogs." I love canines. Sometimes I feel a twinge of guilt that I like dogs more than people. I started collecting dog books around the time … [Read more...]