The working title of this FTV started out as a take on Agent Maxwell Smart’s iconic line, “Missed it by that much” from the espionage comedy Get Smart. Upon further inspection, it just didn’t seem to feel quite right. The working premise here is close calls astronauts had before, during, and after their training. […]
When the new Marquette Senior High School opened for the 1964-65 school year, people were still asking, “Why do they need a planetarium?” The popular rumor at the time was the school board ran out of funds and modified the building plans as the structure began to take shape. When the available money was […]
One of the dirtiest tricks in the music business evolved when record label owners and publishers began routinely adding their names to the credit line on songs. Most artists went along with it because they were anxious to get a record out, not that they were exactly given a choice. Many times they were […]
The name ‘Micky Braddock’ not ringing any bells? His father was a film star probably most widely known for his portrayal of The Count of Monte Cristo. His mother was also ‘in the business’ but stepped back from her career to raise Micky and his three younger sisters. It was her Irish background that […]
There are so many things to learn. As a retired teacher, I still marvel at the volume of knowledge waiting out there to be absorbed. As I frequently told my students, “The key to life is to learn something new every day.” Many times, when some new piece of information comes my way, my […]
Happy New Year – here is a small and slightly late Christmas present: As of January 1, we have now regained 6 percent of our lost daylight hours. We won’t really notice the ‘extra daylight’ for a couple of weeks, but rest assured, the Sun is inching higher in the sky each day and […]
Fifty years ago this month, Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt made the last manned landing on the Moon while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans kept vigil in Lunar orbit. The mission itself took place December 7-19, 1972, but was the culmination of President John F. Kennedy’s bold statement that the United […]
For the first time in many months, ALL of the planets will be visible in December’s night sky. Venus and Mercury will begin the month deep in the Sun’s glare, but all the rest will start the month spread across the night sky. Naked-eye planets (that can be seen without the need of binoculars […]
Don’t we all have our share of anxieties stemming from various things that come (or may come) our way? Be you a ‘Little Mary Sunshine’ or ‘Debbie Downer’, or a ‘Happy Sam’ or ‘Gloomy Gus’, there are times when it just gets to be all too much. With that said, before we even get […]
On the eve of the September 20, 2022 release of the book The Byrds 1964-67, band co-founder Roger McGuinn shared his thoughts on their career on Steve Hyden’s UPROXX indie mixtape series. The book is a collectable art book about the band with input from McGuinn and the other surviving members of the band, […]