How To Win Friends And Influence People!

Today there was a protest in the Melbourne CBD. A group of about 2000 Indian students decided to block off the intersection of Swanston and Flinders Streets, bringing cars, buses and trams to a standstill. They were protesting against the recent attacks against Indians in Melbourne, which they say is indicative of the racism that [...]

Take It from Buzzy

Here’s a positive article regarding comic books from a 1949 edition of TIME magazine, not long before the comicbook medium would be demonized by Estes Kaufauver and Frederick Wertham. Take It from Buzzy Monday, Aug. 29, 1949 The comic book, Gang Busters, usually a hectic free-for-all of ricocheting bullets, cold-blooded criminals and implacable law enforcers, [...]

Disney Records

Next time I go back to my parent’s home I am going to have to go through a few of my old things. Hopefully they have not given any of my stuff to my nieces and nephews. In particular I will be looking for my old Disney records, the ones that had an accompanying story [...]

AOL Sucks

The last post took me over an hour to get put up onto the blog and four attempts, thanks to AOL running so slowly and the browser mucking up again. Sigh!!! Yeah, I know I should get broadband and stop complaining, but as I have said, that is not my decision to make.

The Living Desert

Here’s a cute clip of squirrels from Disney’s True Life Adventure – The Living Desert. This may not seem that unique when you consider that today there are Animal Planet and National Geographic, as well as Sir Richard Attenborough out there chronicling the lives of animals in the wild, but in the 50s and 60s [...]

This Might Be Useful

With all the current hysteria surrounding the current Swine Flu crisis, I thought that this product from WWII may prove useful. This product was designed after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, as there was more hysteria (perhaps justified) that there could possibly be a chemical weapon attack on the United States. Click here for more [...]

Disney film Up sparks ageism debate

Have been browsing the web looking for interesting articles on Disney, when I came across this one from the Telegraph newspaper in the UK. Disney film Up sparks ageism debate It is destined to be one of the hit films of the year and has become the first animated movie ever chosen to launch the [...]

Saved from Embarrassment

I have been going through the Time magazine website to see if there are any interesting articles. The website has articles dating back in their archive at least to the 1930s, so you can find all sorts of good stuff there, even letters to the editor.  “Letters, Jan. 23, 1939 Monday, Jan. 23, 1939 Saved [...]

The Last Race

Going through the archives at the Time website, I came across the obituary for Tazio Nuvolari, the greatest of the pre-war Grand Prix drivers and someone who was idolised by none other than Enzo Ferrari. “The Last Race Monday, Aug. 24, 1953   Most men shrink from death. Tazio Nuvolari spent most of his life [...]

Monaco Results

Last night Jenson Button increased his stranglehold on the World Driver’s Championship with a dominant victory in the streets of Monte Carlo, beating his team mate Rubens Barrichello, with Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen in third. Race Result After 78 of 78 laps J Button R Barrichello K Raikkonen F Massa M Webber N Rosberg F Alonso [...]