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Seuss

One Fish, Studio 602 Fish – Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Is there a children’s book author more universally beloved than Dr. Seuss? Some would posit J.K. Rowling surpasses the Seuss in terms of universal adoration, but I would argue that Rowling does not write children’s books [...]

pooh

Ambling Through the Hundred Acre Wood

Should the robot apocalypse ever come, I believe I have stumbled upon a sure-fire solution for distinguishing humans from their cyborg doppelgangers: read some quotes out loud from Winnie the Pooh. If in five minutes your [...]

Holmes

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Everlasting Intrigue

There are stories so universal that they are told over and over again. The tales of Don Quixote have been made into over forty different operas; Romeo and Juliet have had their stars cross’d in opera, [...]

Jane Austen

Sketchy Details: Artist, Image and Austen

She sits at work, her back erect in over a small writing table. Scattered across its surface are the tools of her trade: a tablet of paper, a pen or two. Westminster Abbey looms outside her [...]

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Have You Read Your Twain Today?

Trying to write about Mark Twain on this, the 176th anniversary of his birth, is a distinctly daunting task. For one, the man born Samuel Clemmens is responsible for some of the greatest novels of all [...]

baseball

Pencils and Pop Culture: Joltin' Joe Never Goes Away

“Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you…” There is an aura that surrounds the life of Joe DiMaggio that doesn’t occur with any other baseball player in history. Perhaps [...]

Grover

The Monster at the End of This Blog

When I was a little kid, I was the biggest scaredy cat you’ve ever met. I was terrified of the idea of ghosts, and the mere mention of wicked witches or vampires was enough to send [...]

star wars

Pencils and Pop Culture: Happy Birthday, Carrie Fisher!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a princess was born to two parents of supernova celebrity stature. Okay, so that’s not quite how the story goes; the galaxy was Beverly Hills, the [...]

dictionary

Brabbling Over A Whisternefet

When at a loss for words, most of us reach for the dictionary to find the appropriate sentiment. However, thousands of words are omitted from stand-bys like the Oxford English Dictionary every year to make way [...]