Arts and Entertainment

The military, for a number of years, had a draft.  It was done away with in the 1970s and there has been an all voluntary military ever since.  I think it is time we go back and re-institute the...

Welcome to our Friday Night Music thread! This week's theme is the music you grew up with, the songs you heard as a kid that always stayed with you,  the music you first chose as "your" music, the songs...

Since the orbit of The Planet periodically brings it close to the wormhole that is The Huffington Post (mainly after full moons), I think it is high time that I made an oath here and now to stop talking...

I still cannot for the life of me get these blasted images inserted correctly. Anyway, any good scuttlebutt that you have heard about Up In The Air is entirely justified.    The movie is in limited release in LA and NY...

Music has always been a part of film, even while running silent movies a pianist would play in the theater to enhance the drama, comedy or action that was being shown on the big screen.  From the 40's to...

I see fewer movies than ever in theaters. I've come to regard it as showing greater respect for a film to go through the hassle and expense of seeing it at a theater as opposed to seeing it on...

A friend sent this to my inbox this morning and I thought I would like to share it with you. I think that we all need to laugh a little more, it's good for us I hear. It's hard to...

The earworms are coming!

Thanksgiving can be a day of joyful family reunion or, a dreaded day of obligation that must be attended out of guilt. Does Thanksgiving for you mean a warm home with the mouth-watering scents of spices from pumpkin pie, the...

I was struck by a clip of Joe Lieberman during his most recent campaign for the senate. I heard the clip on Randi Rhodes and now it has been posted by the Daily Kos. Thanks to both of...