A retelling, with graphics, of an old story.
Sigmund Freud postulated that dreams are the symbolic expression of frustrated desires.
The Best Wedding Photographer
A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time – 1/100thof a second.
If you are a Bruce Lee fan (and who isn’t?), you’ll like this…
90% of men exaggerate the size of their penis. Less than 1/100thof 1% percent understate it.
1967, when “Ode to Billy Joe” was at the top of the charts, I liked it but never really appreciated it.
Now I see it as a remarkable artistic accomplishment…
It’s a narrative and a very compelling one. And although the story is fundamentally sentimental, the lyrics are sophisticated and elevate it into something that is touching and bewildering and profound.
It’s interesting to think that this song was written by a young person that grew up in rural Tennessee.
Bobbie Gentry was born in Chickasaw County, Tennessee. She wrote “Ode to Billy Joe” in 1967. It was released the next year and became an international hit.
The Tallahatchie Bridge, mentioned in the song, collapsed in 1972.
The sales of Nassim Taleb’s first two books garnered an advance of $4 million for the follow-up book on antifragility.
Twisting the Night Away video with this intro: Twisting… better than Travolta and Thurman?
The original name of Los Angeles was El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Porciúncula River).