Month: May 2021

Spiders in the Rain

Excerpts from the diary of Ruth Wilson as read by Gale Sawyer The Trial of Robert Stuart Hammerstein Bob Hammerstein did not have a trial, he was shot in the right ear less than three hours after I met him. If you subtract the thirty-minutes we made love and...

Rewind – Top Novels in 1921

What books people were reading in the past is something I have always been interested in. At the bottom of this page is a top ten list of the best selling novels in the United States in 1921, as determined by Publishers Weekly. Of the ten most popular novels...

Bob Feller’s Mother’s Day Blues

The twenty year old pitching phenomenon Bob Feller promised his mother he would win the May 14, 1939 Mother’s Day game for her at Comiskey Park in Chicago. A delegation of 700 fans from Feller’s hometown of Van Meter, Iowa had come to see Feller pitch and present him...

Republicans To Introduce Bill Banning Companies From Not Publishing Pinocchio

Considering a May 12th national holiday to celebrate personal hero Pinocchio Breaking News WASHINGTON (MT) House Republicans, full of bravado and good spirits, after stripping Liz Cheney from her leadership position in 16 minutes on Wednesday, May 12 for telling the truth, indicate that they will introduce a bill...