i ran across a case today with a plaintiff whose surname is upthegrove. never heard of it before but it seems reasonably common. it's a michigan case, but there appear to be great ties for the name to pennsylvania, as it apparently is anglicization of dutch names like updegraff and german names like op den graeff. the name itself is based on ( Read more... )

in pittsburgh on a red mini cooper: tyme yme (plus stickers and decals for dr. who, firefly, et cetera ( Read more... )

i never expected to see in person: a betamax tape containing a home movie of the 1985 hasty pudding theatricals. the man of the year was bill murray. i really ought to look into purchasing a working betamax player.

a week or so ago, i made a purchase at a gas station with cash. my change included three quarters ( Read more... )

a small thing ( Read more... )

you can't count on much. but you can count on the red wings to be in the nhl playoffs every season. every season that there is a season anyhow. since 1991 anyhow. it certainly didn't feel certain this april though. since the red wings waited until the very last day of the regular season to secure their spot (they couldn't afford to lose saturday's ( Read more... )

here's a thing*: carole lombard, at the age of thirty-three, was returning to california from her home state of indiana after raising funds for war bonds.she was traveling with her mother, elizabeth peters, and an mgm press agent, otto winkler. her party had initially been scheduled to return to los angeles by train, but lombard was anxious to ( Read more... )