If readers enter the search term "dead parrot" on Google, the first item retrieved is a video frame from Monty Python – as it should be. This remains one of those comic chestnuts like "Who's on First?" or the sounds rising from Jack Benny's cellar vault.
A recent news story reported that the world’s highest bridge has opened in China, which spans the Beipan River and connects the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan.
Meanwhile, what is believed to be the world’s most expensive bridge is being built here in Long Beach.
Pickles and ice cream, oil and water, drinking and driving are but a few examples of mis-combinations – entities or activities that are best left separate.
We already know the story, but what we don’t know are the stories. With great tenderness and sensitivity, Perter Berg (director) takes us by the hand and leads us through the times before the Boston Marathon bombings, during the actual explosions and the aftermath.
The article I recently stumbled upon provided some pretty good financial advice to the younger set. The author, Manisha Thakor, is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) with a BA from Wellesley College, an MBA from Harvard Business School and over 23 years in the financial services industry. Amon
There is always a line. A line between too far and not far enough. Between good and bad, enough and too much, tasteful and tasteless, funny and vulgar, old and new.
As usual, the headline is chosen to attract attention: “Jurors weigh killer’s fate.” The following line summarizes the article: “They can recommend death penalty for Steven Gordon.” His offense: convicted of murdering four prostitutes in 2013 and 2014 and disposing of their bodies in an Anaheim t
Without getting into details, it took longer than expected to get www.beachcomber.news online last Saturday. Now we can post news stories more frequently and breaking news alerts as appropriate.
