The A-12 Oxcart was conceived as a clandestine reconnaissance machine capable of outrunning enemy defenses and photographing hostile territory at unprecedented speeds and altitudes.
The North American X-15 and the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart stand among the most extraordinary aircraft ever developed in the United States, representing two different but overlapping paths into the extreme frontiers of speed, altitude, and aerospace
Got a feeling that I don’t belong
Got a feeling that I shouldn’t be here
Can’t stand another single day
I gotta get away
Dancing the Whole Way Home was released by Swedish singer, Miss Li on 3-31-2009 and became one of the defining albums of her early career, combining quirky indie pop, cabaret influences, jazz-inflected arrangements, and emotionally sharp songwriting into a record that helped expand her audience beyond Sweden.
The sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales, became especially prized because of the unique substances found within its massive head and body.
The hunting of sperm whales has a long and complex history rooted in economic necessity, technological development, and cultural tradition, stretching back centuries before the modern conservation era. Indigenous peoples in various parts of the world, including the Arctic and Pacific regions,
These products were marketed primarily to women who desired the fashionable pale, translucent skin associated with wealth, refinement, and aristocratic beauty.
During the late Victorian era and into the early 20th century, few beauty products captured the strange mix of vanity, pseudoscience, and outright danger quite like Arsenic Complexion Wafers. These products were marketed primarily to women who desired the fashionable pale, translucent skin associated with wealth, refinement,
Their long “stingers” are actually delicate egg-laying organs incapable of harming humans.
Parasitoid wasps are among the most fascinating and complex insects in the natural world, occupying a strange middle ground between predators and parasites. Unlike ordinary parasites, which typically avoid killing their hosts, parasitoids ultimately destroy the organisms they inhabit. The term “parasitoid” was created in the early twentieth century to distinguish this lifestyle from conventional parasitism.
Sonny & Cher was a huge part of my childhood, both musically and visually on their wonderful television show.
Before they became a defining pop duo of the mid-1960s, Sonny & Cher emerged from the restless, transitional landscape of early rock and roll, when the industry was shifting from the dominance of teen idols toward more experimental studio-driven sounds. Their eventual chemistry was rooted not only in their contrasting personalities and voices, but also in the musical apprenticeship each underwent separately in Los Angeles, a city rapidly becoming the epicenter of American pop production.
This “Stand Out Single” was one of my Mother’s 45s that I kept in my play stack growing up.
Johnny Horton’s 1959 Columbia Records single “The Battle of New Orleans” backed with “All for the Love of a Girl” became one of the defining country-pop releases of its era and helped establish Horton as one of the premier story-song performers in American music. Released on April 6, 1959,
Here, on the Semiquincentennial of America, I found it fitting to write about Ken Burns, the filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States history and culture.
Ken Burns was born Kenneth Lauren Burns on July 29, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, into a family that experienced both cultural richness and early tragedy, as his mother, Lyla Smith Burns, died of cancer when he was just eleven years old, an event that would later shape his sensitivity to themes of memory,
Entropy is the natural tendency for things to move from order to disorder over time.
Entropy is one of those scientific ideas that sounds intimidating until you realize people deal with it every single day without noticing. Entropy is the natural tendency for things to move from order to disorder over time. Left alone, organized systems gradually become less organized.
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026…
These individuals were a professional baseball player, playing third base for the Atlanta Braves; a founding member, guitarist, and primary lead vocalist of Dr. Hook; a Movie and TV actress, older sister of Jamie Lee Curtis; and a pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer.
