In this issue: Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean Re: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? Re: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean Today in History -- Dec 04 RE: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? Re: RE: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? City of the Silent Re: RE: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? Re: City of the Silent Re: City of the Silent Re: City of the Silent Stewart's "Christmas Carol" Today in History -- Dec 05 RE: Stewart's "Christmas Carol" Re: Today in History -- Dec 05 Re: City of the Silent Christmas Carol Review More pirates RE: More pirates Re: More pirates Re: Christmas Carol Review Today in History -- Dec 06 Check out "Fictional Books on the Subject of Piracy" Re: Review of A Christmas Carol Re: More pirates Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 Re: City of the Silent Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 more Cities of the Silent Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 He's back? Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 -----------------------------THE POSTS----------------------------- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 14:02:48 -0800 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean >Ellen Moody's query about Burrage sent me scurrying to a book of his stories >that I recently got, but alas, no biographical information was included. >But I thought I might toss a query out of my own: Can anyone recommend >stories or books that have themes involving the Caribbean? The ideal book >would involve pirates, ghosts, and the Caribbean. It needn't be fiction. As it happens (serendipity?), a few days I grabbed a recently acquired anthology, Shivers for Christmas, edited by the indomitable Richard Dalby, to read during a necessary period of waiting. The first story is "The Discovery of the Treasure Isles," by Amelia Miles (1831-1892), best known for her travel book, A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. It's not terribly spooky, but it is fascinating. And it involves ghosts in the Caribbean. Jack Kolb Dept. of English, UCLA kolb(at)ucla.edu
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 15:42:13 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean >"TheDiscovery of the Treasure Isles," by Amelia Miles (1831-1892), best known >for her travel book, A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. This must be Amelia's nickname for all the travelling she did?--haha, but I think you mean Amelia B. Edwards. I like the name though. Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 16:23:26 -0800 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? I can probably do it, Kiwi. Let me know if you'd like me to (and I'll need a snail mail address). Cheers, Jack (kolb(at)ucla.edu). >I understand that Patrick Stewart will be starring as Scrooge in >A Christmas Carol this weekend (tomorrow) on cable (TNT?). >I don't get cable, and would be more than willing to reimburse >any Gasser who would be willing to tape it and mail the tape >to me. > >Anybody willing? > >Kiwi
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 20:08:33 -0500 From: Linda Anderson <lpa1(at)ptdprolog.net> Subject: Re: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? If it is as good as the front row seat I had the first time he was in New York City, then this will indeed be excellant! The man was incredible. All by himself he was 400 characters. Amazing. simply amazing! Linda Anderson At 04:23 PM 12/03/1999 -0800, you wrote: >I can probably do it, Kiwi. Let me know if you'd like me to (and I'll need >a snail mail address). Cheers, Jack (kolb(at)ucla.edu). > >>I understand that Patrick Stewart will be starring as Scrooge in >>A Christmas Carol this weekend (tomorrow) on cable (TNT?). >>I don't get cable, and would be more than willing to reimburse >>any Gasser who would be willing to tape it and mail the tape >>to me. >> >>Anybody willing? >> >>Kiwi
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 20:36:41 -0500 From: Kay Douglas <gwshark(at)erols.com> Subject: Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean >As it happens (serendipity?), a few days I grabbed a recently acquired >anthology, Shivers for Christmas, edited by the indomitable Richard Dalby, >to read during a necessary period of waiting. The first story is "The >Discovery of the Treasure Isles," by Amelia Miles (1831-1892), best known >for her travel book, A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. It's not terribly >spooky, but it is fascinating. And it involves ghosts in the Caribbean. > >Jack Kolb Thanks for the suggestion, Jack. I had once considered getting Dalby's "Shivers" book, as well as his Mistletoe and Mayhem. That settles it (especially as my favorite bargain book place has copies). Speaking of Amelia B. Edwards, I've always wondered if she set any weird tales in Egypt. She certainly had the background for it. I enjoyed her Thousand Miles Up the Nile as well as the ghost tales of hers I've read (such as "The Phantom Coach"), but did she ever use Egypt as a fictional setting? Kay Douglas
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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 18:28:34 -0800 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Query: Ghosts, pirates, Caribbean A slip of the fingers, Deborah: sorry. Yes, it is of course Amelia Edwards. Jack. >>"TheDiscovery of the Treasure Isles," by Amelia Miles (1831-1892), best known >>for her travel book, A Thousand Miles Up the Nile. > >This must be Amelia's nickname for all the travelling she did?--haha, >but I think you mean Amelia B. Edwards. I like the name though. > >Deborah > >Deborah McMillion >deborah(at)gloaming.com >http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 00:26:48 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu> Subject: Today in History -- Dec 04 Interesting things that happened December 4th: Birthdays on this date: In 1795 Thomas Carlyle (in Scotland), essayist, historian In 1835 Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) In 1861 Lillian Russell, American singer, actor (The Great Mogul) In 1875 Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet (Duino Elegies) In 1881 Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, historian (or 1795) In 1908 A.D. Hershey, US biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969) In 1922 Deanna Durbin, actress (100 Men and a Girl) In 1928 Maria Callas (in New York) Events worth noting: In 1909 First Grey Cup game (University of Toronto 26, Toronto Parkdale 6). In 1912 Roald Amundsen reaches the South pole. In 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens.
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 00:07:10 +1100
From: Craig Walker <genre(at)tig.com.au>
Subject: RE: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me?
Hey Jack!!
Can you grab multiple copies?
Thanks
Craig
(in Australia and unable to see it)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
> [mailto:owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA]On Behalf Of Jack Kolb
> Sent: Saturday, 4 December 1999 11:23
> To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
> Subject: Re: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me?
>
>
> I can probably do it, Kiwi. Let me know if you'd like me to
> (and I'll need
> a snail mail address). Cheers, Jack (kolb(at)ucla.edu).
>
> >I understand that Patrick Stewart will be starring as Scrooge in
> >A Christmas Carol this weekend (tomorrow) on cable (TNT?).
> >I don't get cable, and would be more than willing to reimburse
> >any Gasser who would be willing to tape it and mail the tape
> >to me.
> >
> >Anybody willing?
> >
> >Kiwi
>
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 08:36:22 -0500 (EST) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: RE: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? Fellow Gassers... I've offered to tape CC for Kiwi. Jack, maybe you can do it for Craig? phoebe
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 12:15:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: City of the Silent
"City of the Silent" is a web page devoted to all things taphophillic.
Okay, it's a bit morbid, I admit; but I found some fascinating information
there. If you have an interest go to:
http://www.alsirat.com/silence/
Bob C.
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lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 14:58:02 -0800 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: RE: Anybody who can tape Christmas Carol for me? I'm going to try to make a master copy (i.e. at slow speed, with my best recorder). Legal concerns make me concerned about saying more publicly, except that I have several machines, including two set up to make copies. Anyone interested can write to me privately. Remember that this is VHS format; I am ignorant about compatibility. Discreetly, Jack (kolb(at)ucla.edu). >Fellow Gassers... I've offered to tape CC for Kiwi. Jack, maybe you can do >it for Craig? > >phoebe
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 15:30:00 -0800 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: City of the Silent I love cemeteries, Bob. But hell, Bob: anything you post is always wonderful. This list, and others I forward your posts to, are deeply grateful for your enriching and enlightening this medium. We are all always delighted (and often astounded). Jack Kolb Dept. of English, UCLA kolb(at)ucla.edu >"City of the Silent" is a web page devoted to all things taphophillic. >Okay, it's a bit morbid, I admit; but I found some fascinating information >there. If you have an interest go to: > >http://www.alsirat.com/silence/ > >Bob C. > >_________________________________________________ >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > >Robert L. Champ >rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu >Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity > >Whatever things are pure, whatever things are >lovely, whatever things are of good report, if >there is any virtue and if there is anything >praiseworthy, meditate on these things > Philippians 4:8 > >rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net >_________________________________________________ >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 16:47:30 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Re: City of the Silent >I love cemeteries, Bob. If you love visiting them as much as I do this site is invaluable: http://www.flash.net/~leimer/ The Tombstone Traveller's Guide They are an artistic and historical haven. The fascinating stories they tell by using one's little grey cells reading the stones could fill many a mystery book. One of my favorite's is not an old stone, but that of writer and poet Conrad Aiken. It's shaped like a bench so you can sit on it and contemplate the Savannah river and spend a little time off your feet with Conrad. Now that's thinking. Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 16:23:58 -0800 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: City of the Silent Thanks also to you, Deborah. Wonderful links. Wonderful information. Jack (kolb(at)ucla.edu) >If you love visiting them as much as I do this site is invaluable: > >http://www.flash.net/~leimer/ > >The Tombstone Traveller's Guide > >They are an artistic and historical haven. The fascinating stories >they tell by using one's little grey cells reading the stones could >fill many a mystery book. > >One of my favorite's is not an old stone, but that of writer and poet >Conrad Aiken. It's shaped like a bench so you can sit on it and >contemplate the Savannah river and spend a little time off your feet >with Conrad. Now that's thinking. > >Deborah > >Deborah McMillion >deborah(at)gloaming.com >http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 19:51:26 -0600 From: Andy Duncan <dunca012(at)bama.ua.edu> Subject: Stewart's "Christmas Carol" This TV movie is a fully dramatized "Carol" with supporting cast -- it is NOT a filmed version of Stewart's one-man show, which for my money would have been more interesting. Still, I'm sure it'll be worth seeing. I thought Stewart was quite good in the TV movie "Moby Dick," awhile back. -- Andy Andy Duncan Department of English Box 870244 103 Morgan Hall University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 andrew.duncan(at)ua.edu www.angelfire.com/al/andyduncan
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 01:16:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Dec 05
Interesting things that happened December 5th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1782 Martin Van Buren, 8th President (1837-1841)
In 1839 George Armstrong Custer, U.S. General
In 1901 Werner Heisenberg, discoverer of uncertainty (Nobel 1932)
+ Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse
In 1902 Strom Thurmond, Senator from South Carolina (D/R)
In 1903 Cecil Frank Powell, English physicist, discovered pion (Nobel 1950)
In 1905 Otto Preminger, movie director, producer (Laura, Exodus)
Events worth noting:
In 1791 Mozart dies.
In 1876 Daniel C. Stillson patents pipe wrench.
In 1933 21st Amendment ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed.
(Mozart: not murdered by Salieri. Salieri: not an untalented composer.)
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 22:18:09 +1100
From: Craig Walker <genre(at)tig.com.au>
Subject: RE: Stewart's "Christmas Carol"
Actually folks,
I was assuming that the telemovie was NOT the one man show, but was a
dra,atisation which I had heard of with Stewart starring as Scrooge. - I am
happy that I was right :)
Cheers
Craig
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
> [mailto:owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA]On Behalf Of Andy Duncan
> Sent: Sunday, 5 December 1999 12:51
> To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
> Subject: Stewart's "Christmas Carol"
>
>
> This TV movie is a fully dramatized "Carol" with supporting
> cast -- it is NOT
> a filmed version of Stewart's one-man show, which for my
> money would have been
> more interesting. Still, I'm sure it'll be worth seeing. I
> thought Stewart
> was quite good in the TV movie "Moby Dick," awhile back. -- Andy
>
> Andy Duncan
> Department of English
> Box 870244
> 103 Morgan Hall
> University of Alabama
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
> andrew.duncan(at)ua.edu
> www.angelfire.com/al/andyduncan
>
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 07:49:01 -0500 (EST) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Dec 05 Another birthday, in 1822, Elizabeth Agassiz, educator and first president of Radcliffe College cheers phoebe
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 20:49:03 +0000 From: Bob Davenport <bob(at)bobdavenport.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: City of the Silent >>I love cemeteries, Bob. > >If you love visiting them as much as I do this site is invaluable: > >http://www.flash.net/~leimer/ > Also worth a look is http://www.totentanz.de/europe.htm Bob D.
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 21:28:50 -0800 From: Marta Dawes <smdawes(at)home.com> Subject: Christmas Carol Review I've just finished watching Patrick Stewart's "Carol", and am mightily disappointed. A more joyless production I've never seen; "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" was a masterpiece compared to this (actually it is far superior to most "Carol's" and a favorite of mine), and Mr. Magoo a far better actor. I've got lots of bones to pick with him for his adaptation, but here are just a few. I know he's been playing Scrooge on stage and it's a hit, but something was very wrong with this TV version. In both the 1951 Alister Sim version and the 1984 George C. Scott version, the Ghost of Christmas Present was a strong, jovial presence who roundly told Scrooge what was what. I just watched the 1984 version this morning, and Edward Woodward's portrayal of this ghost was bold, forceful and unforgettable. He didn't mince words and Scrooge got the point. Stewart's chosen actor looked like he'd raided Eva Gabor's closet to get dressed for his part, and he acted like a henpecked husband who was afraid he'd get decked if he spoke above a whisper. I could barely hear his lines, and he had no personality. In fact, none of the actors in this thing had any personality. Richard E. Grant was charmless and so was Tiny Tim; the Ghost of Christmas yet to come looked like a 7-foot-tall Jawa; and worst of all, I didn't care a fig about Stewart's Scrooge and whether he was redeemed or not. There was nothing he did during those two hours to make me care; no spark of emotion, no regret in his eyes, nothing. I've always liked Patrick Stewart, but I don't think this is a role suited to him. He doesn't have that inate warmth that a Scrooge needs, to force you to care about him, and he doesn't have a mobile enough face. It seemed frozen in a perpetual glare, even when he was supposedly happy. The only warmth I got from the entire production was at the very end, when Cratchit's family was on Scrooge's doorstep. A great waste of 2 hours time. - -- Marta "The Graveyards of Omaha" http://members.xoom.com/martadawes "The New Twilight Zone" http://members.xoom.com/newtwilzone
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 19:46:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Ginger Johnson <ferret(at)eskimo.com>
Subject: More pirates
I fear there are no ghosts, but what about A High Wind in Jamaica by
Richard Hughes? There's the Caribbean and there are certainly pirates in
it.
BTW, I saw Sleepy Hollow this afternoon. I enjoyed it vastly.
Ginger Johnson
"It isn't the extravagances of life we regret, it's the economies."
- Somerville and Ross
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 21:53:32 -0600 From: Andy Duncan <dunca012(at)bama.ua.edu> Subject: RE: More pirates >===== Original Message From Ginger Johnson ===== >BTW, I saw Sleepy Hollow this afternoon. I enjoyed it vastly. I did, too, and I'm sorry to have joined this list apparently just a bit too late for the discussion of it! I'd be happy to hear from any kindred stragglers, though. -- Andy Andy Duncan Department of English Box 870244 103 Morgan Hall University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 andrew.duncan(at)ua.edu www.angelfire.com/al/andyduncan
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 23:54:42 -0500
From: "John D. Squires" <jdsbooks(at)ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: More pirates
Actually, my favorite "pirate" novel is set in Maryland in the 1920s
& never gets close to Jamaica, "Listen Moon!" by Leonard Cline.
Though outside the Gaslight period, Cline (1893-1929) is another
of my favorite forgotten writers. All of his books are worth tracking
down ["Poems", The Poet Lore Company (1914); "God Head",
Viking (1925); "Listen Moon!", Viking (1926); "The Dark Chamber",
Viking (1927); "After-Walker", Viking (1930) & "The Lady of
Frozen Death and Other Weird Tales", Necronomican Press (1992).]
Doug Anderson edited that last one, a collection of stories from the
pulps written as by "Alan Forsyth" & is editing for future publication
an omnibus collection with three more "Forsyth" mystery novels, also
rescued from the pulps. "The Dark Chamber" was recommended
by Lovecraft & has been reprinted in paperback several times. If
you run across any of the others in your local used book store, grab
them.
Happy reading.
John Squires
Ginger Johnson wrote:
> I fear there are no ghosts, but what about A High Wind in Jamaica by
> Richard Hughes? There's the Caribbean and there are certainly pirates in
> it.
>
> BTW, I saw Sleepy Hollow this afternoon. I enjoyed it vastly.
>
> Ginger Johnson
>
> "It isn't the extravagances of life we regret, it's the economies."
> - Somerville and Ross
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Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 23:17:59 -0600
From: James Rogers <jetan(at)ionet.net>
Subject: Re: Christmas Carol Review
At 09:28 PM 12/5/99 -0800, Marta D. wrote:
worst of all,
>I didn't care a fig about Stewart's Scrooge and whether he was redeemed
>or not. There was nothing he did during those two hours to make me
>care; no spark of emotion, no regret in his eyes, nothing. I've always
>liked Patrick Stewart, but I don't think this is a role suited to him.
>He doesn't have that inate warmth that a Scrooge needs, to force you to
>care about him, and he doesn't have a mobile enough face. It seemed
>frozen in a perpetual glare, even when he was supposedly happy. The
>only warmth I got from the entire production was at the very end, when
>Cratchit's family was on Scrooge's doorstep. A great waste of 2 hours
>time.
>--
>Marta
>
Yes, I think the makers had right intentions but it didn't work
somehow. Seems like ACC actually benefits from a little chewing of the
scenery and these guys seemed so determined to underplay the parts.
James
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 01:38:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Dec 06
Interesting things that happened December 6th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1803 Susanna Moodie, Canadian author (Roughing It In the Bush)
In 1822 John Eberhard, built first large scale pencil factory in US
In 1870 William S. Hart, star of silent Western movies
In 1886 Joyce Kilmer, poet (Trees)
In 1887 Lynn Fontanne, Broadway actress (Dulcy, Arms and the Man)
In 1896 George Trafton, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
+ Ira Gershwin, lyricist, ('S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm)
In 1898 Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist, economist
In 1906 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Bewitched)
In 1907 R. York Wilson, Canadian painter, muralist (O'Keefe Center, Toronto)
In 1920 Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist
In 1921 Otto Graham, AAFC, NFL quarterback (Cleveland Browns)
+ George "Buzz" Beurling, WWII flying ace & Coca Cola affectionado
Events worth noting:
In 1825 President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory.
In 1876 City of Anaheim incorporated for a second time.
In 1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit.
In 1900 First caisse populaire established by Alphonse Desjardins.
In 1907 Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, killed 361 men.
In 1917 Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day).
In 1921 Irish Free State gains independence from Britain.
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 07:55:30 -0500 (EST) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: Check out "Fictional Books on the Subject of Piracy" Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.buccaneer.net/piratefiction.htm">Fictional Books on the Subject of Piracy</A> http://www.buccaneer.net/piratefiction.htm Here is a link to fictional books on the subject of piracy linked to the web page established for F.O.C. Darley. It includes the Water Witch, illustrated by Darley. Carol Digel LoracLegid(at)aol.com www.focdarley.org
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:29:03 -0500 (EST) From: LoracLegid(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Review of A Christmas Carol John Kiesewetter of the Cincinnati Enquirer said that the costumes for the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future look as if they were borrowed from the World Wrestling Federation. Carol Digel
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:59:21 -0500 From: Kay Douglas <gwshark(at)erols.com> Subject: Re: More pirates John Squires wrote: >Actually, my favorite "pirate" novel is set in Maryland in the 1920s >& never gets close to Jamaica, "Listen Moon!" by Leonard Cline. As a Marylander, I feel honor bound to read this one. Thanks again for all the piratical suggestions, everyone. Here's a site I found which I enjoyed with extensive pirate links as well as a massive "pirate fiction" list: Pirates of the Spanish Main http://www.sonic.net/~press/ Also, Bob Champs' great cemetery links page reminded me of something a friend unearthed at Halloween, a grotesquely beautiful ossuary in Czechoslovakia: http://www.kostnice.cz Kay Douglas "I D0N'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW." (epitaph in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA) This was one of many interesting inscriptions from "The Epitaph Browser" http://www.alsirat.com/epitaphs/index.html
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:57:33 -0600 From: puddlejumpers(at)birch.net (Michael Keating) Subject: Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 >Interesting things that happened December 6th: > >Birthdays on this date: > > In 1906 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Bewitched) BEWITCHED? Forget it! In 1906 Agnes Moorehead, actress (The Shadow)!!!!! He's back, like a bad penny!!! (and he still does not have spell checker on his old fashioned Mac.) >
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:26:38 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 >In 1906 Agnes Moorehead, actress (The Shadow)!!!!! No! Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte--she stold the movie! > >He's back, like a bad penny!!! We never thought we'd see the likes. But does he have library books overdue? Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 09:30:10 -0600 From: athan chilton <ayc(at)UIUC.EDU> Subject: Re: City of the Silent >One of my favorite's is not an old stone, but that of writer and poet >Conrad Aiken. It's shaped like a bench so you can sit on it and >contemplate the Savannah river and spend a little time off your feet >with Conrad. Now that's thinking. Some years back, I was gathering 'atmosphere' for a story, which took me to Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. While there, (with Kiwi) we found two delightful sites, one of which became pivotal in my story. The first was a bench with a carved dog, eternally awaiting his master's call--just charming. The second, which has a wonderful history, is a larger-than-life-size statue of a beautiful young woman which stands in a niche protected by plexiglass in front of her (supposedly to prevent vandalism). When condensation collects on the plex, it looks exactly like she is breathing (this came in handy in my story). At her feet lies buried the man who commissioned her. At one time the statue resided in the foyer of his house, but was too heavy for it and damaged the supporting foundation of the house, and apparently also caused considerable discord between the man and his wife--the statue was a tribute to a young artist's model with whom he had fallen in love while in Italy. Meandering through the flower-named aisles of this Victorian cemetery, Kiwi and I neglected to notice how late it had become. We barely made it out of the place before they locked the gates. We were already considering what it would be like to spend the night locked in Bellefontaine! It would certainly have added further verisimilitude to my already rather Gothic narrative! Athan ayc(at)uiuc.edu
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 10:43:39 -0500 (EST) From: TFox434690(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 Really it was as Charles Kane's mother in Citizen Kane.
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 11:17:46 -0500 (EST) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: more Cities of the Silent There's an old cemetery in nearby Littleton, MA, wherein is buried a Revolutionary War Captain. On his right is his "consort of" with a different last name. On his left is his wife. When you check the dates, you see that the wife buried them both. Ahhh what a tale is in this one? I visit them whenever I go to that cemetery... and smile and wonder. Maybe that's what the wife intended? smiling, phoebe
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:27:00 -0800 From: Patricia Teter <PTeter(at)getty.edu> Subject: Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 Michael K. wrote: <<He's back, like a bad penny!!! (and he still does not have spell checker on his old fashioned Mac.)>> WOW! The Legend has returned to Gaslight! :-) Glad to have you back, Michael! Patricia
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 10:38:05 -0600 From: puddlejumpers(at)birch.net (Michael Keating) Subject: Re: Today in History -- Dec 06 >NO!!!!! (though there are a few unpaid late fees) > >We never thought we'd see the likes. But does he have library books overdue? > >Deborah > >Deborah McMillion >deborah(at)gloaming.com >http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 11:49:17 -0500 (EST) From: Richard King <rking6king(at)netscape.net> Subject: He's back? Welcome back, Gildy! Are you really back? Michael K. wrote: <<He's back, like a bad penny!!! (and he still does not have spell checker on his old fashioned Mac.)>> WOW! The Legend has returned to Gaslight! :-) Glad to have you back, Michael! Patricia Richard King rking(at)indian.vinu.edu Michael K. wrote: <<He's back, like a bad penny!!! (and he still does not have spell checker on his old fashioned Mac.)>> WOW! The Legend has returned to Gaslight! :-) Glad to have you back, Michael! Patricia ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:41:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Today in History -- Dec 06
Wow, the Sleeve is back. How many discussions have we had on Gaslight
when I've thought, If only the Sleeve were here with his blunt honesty and
humor!
Welcome back, Michael. It really is a pleasure to see your name and
address in my e-mail again.
Bob C.
On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Michael Keating wrote:
> >Interesting things that happened December 6th:
> >
> >Birthdays on this date:
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> > In 1906 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Bewitched)
> BEWITCHED? Forget it!
> In 1906 Agnes Moorehead, actress (The Shadow)!!!!!
>
> He's back, like a bad penny!!! (and he still does not have spell checker
> on his old fashioned Mac.)
> >
>
>
>
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Robert L. Champ
rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu
Editor, teacher, anglophile, human curiosity
Whatever things are pure, whatever things are
lovely, whatever things are of good report, if
there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy, meditate on these things
Philippians 4:8
rchamp7927(at)aol.com robertchamp(at)netscape.net
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