When I was a kid I had an illustrated book published in probably the '40s-'60s about a little girl (whose name I have forgotten) who got a duckling as a birthday present. Her parents (and I think just about everyone else she knows) tell her ducks are trouble but she doesn't care. Of course, the duck gets into a ton of scrapes throughout the book ( Read more... )

I came across this drawing on Tumblr and reblogged it 'cause I thought it was funny, but at the same time it looks really, really familiar. I'm pretty sure I saw it (or something that looked very similar to it) in a book or something when I was younger, but I have no idea which one. Anyone else come across this/a similar drawing in a book ( Read more... )

I recently saw a program on cable where they were discussing the of a famous scientist who died in a fall from his hotel room on the 10th floor. (I think it might have been in NYC.) His death was ruled a suicide but there was always some question about it on his family's part because of the angle at which he fell. He had also been a part of an "LSD ( Read more... )

I'm reminded of a movie where bf and gf are in this village (seems like 1950's) that they suspect is fake. So finally they discover reality by locating this dome building outside the village and can finally see that their village is nothing more than just a bland mix of VR and reality where everyone is pretending (not intentionally) that what they ( Read more... )

That's pretty much it! I remember the site was grey and fairly well organized. I don't remember any ads or anything, and the full books were available and usually separated by chapter. There were A LOT of books and it wasn't at all restricted to one subject. I'd say the publication dates range from the fifties on but I don't really know. There were ( Read more... )

This has been posted tp whatwasthatfilm without being found, so I thought I'd expand the search ( Read more... )

"I hear it when I go swing dancing. I already scoured the internet. "St. Peter" is the most repeated line in the song. Starts off with the line, "I spent my life on dice and horses, from c...haratoga to timbuckto." Longest line i know is, "St Peter, I'm a comin'. So open up your gates on Judgement Day." 1940-1950's era song/New Orleans funeral ( Read more... )

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The film is...
-- in color
-- Made between 1950s and mid-70s.
-- Has a 'Love Hina' feel. (aka A unattractive male boarding with a bunch of attractive women. They were all playful towards him and he would be embarrassed by their proud sexuality.)
-- There was a strange scene where the guy goes into a room at the apartment/boarding house--It ended ( Read more... )

I heard this song a while ago and it's driving me crazy ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm looking for a book that my friend recommended but couldn't remember the name of. She described it as: "a collection (omnibus) of short stories about the black women living in the same apartment block. set in the 50s or 60s. Some of the stories feature a young activist trying to interest the women in the neighborhood in civil rights, another ( Read more... )