Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches

I far prefer Frank Sinatra's version of the Gordon Jenkins (notes)/Johnny Mercer (words) classic, as recorded for his relatively obscu...

I just re-watched the documentary Crumb about artist Robert Crumb for the first time in about seventeen years. It has this great segment d...

I was going to make a diabetes joke, but opted for a milder post title...

Today's history lesson, chitlins, is about Abilene, Texas . Now, first I must admit that every single time I saw the word Abilene, wheth...

from the "There's a Small Hotel" sequence of Pal Joey

John J. Welder Home carriage stone and gate post

In the fifth episode of the third season of Mad Men , "The Fog," Betty Draper gives birth to the Draper's third child. She is...