Do you have a pet peeve? Everybody can usually sound off about something that annoys them in life. Generally I’m happy with most things, but in thinking about the topic I realized that an entire column could be written about the subject. For instance:
There are few that do not know the names Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (Laurel and Hardy). Those that do, know that this famous comedy team began their partnership in the mid 20s and continued working together until the mid 40s, appearing in the last of their 170 films together in 1950.
Contrary to a widespread adage, there is such a thing as a free lunch. It’s available to anyone in Long Beach who owns their own business or is in a decision-making position (aka “buyer’) at a larger organization.
When discussing a controversial subject – which socialism most certainly is – it helps to explain at the onset exactly what the term actually means. It’s not an easy task in this case, as it means different things to different people … and not benignly so.
The tempestuous life of Mary Stewart (Saoirse Ronan) begins in Linlithgow, Scotland in December of 1542. It was to be a challenging, tortuous and sad life only endured by a person of iron will, determination and staggering intestinal fortitude.
I admit it. I smoked a joint back in my college days while attending Long Beach State. It really did not have much effect on me, so that experiment died a quick death.
Just two months ago California inaugurated its newly elected governor, Gavin Newsom, who assumed this prominent office despite an inauspicious start in life. As the child of a broken family, his mother raised him as she worked three jobs.
“Photograph 51”debuted on London’s West End in the autumn of 2015. It starred Nicole Kidman as X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) and is the true story of her under appreciated role in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA while employed at King’s College.
