Flamingos can be seen balancing effortlessly in shallow lagoons, mudflats, and salt lakes, with one leg tucked neatly beneath their bodies while the other supports their entire weight.
Flamingos are famous for their unusual habit of standing on one leg, often for long periods of time, even while sleeping. For centuries this behavior puzzled observers, leading to many theories ranging from simple comfort to complex social signaling. Flamingos can be seen balancing effortlessly in shallow lagoons, mudflats, and salt lakes, with one leg tucked neatly beneath their bodies while the other supports their entire weight.
The enterprise began as a commercial effort to raise ostriches for their highly prized feathers.
The Cawston Ostrich Farm was one of the most unusual and successful tourist attractions in the history of Southern California. Founded by English-born entrepreneur Edwin Cawston during the late nineteenth century, the enterprise began as a commercial
This is a series of posts that will talk about the Monkees songs that Peter Tork had lead vocals.
“Lady’s Baby” is one of the most unusual and intriguing recordings in the Monkees’ catalog, notable both because it was written by and features lead vocals from Peter Tork and because it remained unreleased during the group’s original 1960s run despite extensive work on it. Written entirely by Tork in late 1967, the song emerged during the fertile but increasingly
The Beau Brummels performed their big breakout hit, “Laugh, Laugh,” on The Flintstones as The Beau Brummelstones in the 1965, season six episode titled, ”Shinrock A Go-Go”.
The Beau Brummels were one of the most influential yet underappreciated American rock bands of the 1960s. Formed in San Francisco in 1964, the group’s classic lineup consisted of lead singer Sal Valentino, guitarist and songwriter Ron Elliott, bassist Ron Meagher, guitarist and harmonica player Declan Mulligan, and drummer John Petersen.
The film concentrates on the tense seventy-two hours leading up to the D-Day landings, when Allied commanders had to determine whether weather conditions would permit the largest amphibious invasion in history.
Pressure (2026) is a British-French historical war drama directed, co-written, and edited by Anthony Maras. Adapted from David Haig’s acclaimed 2014 stage play of the same name, the screenplay was written by Haig and Maras, expanding the original theatrical work into a more cinematic account of one of the most consequential decisions of the Second World War. Rather than focusing on the combat itself, the film concentrates on the tense seventy-two hours leading up to the D-Day landings,
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026 …
These individuals were a Welsh singer known for songs such as “Total Eclipse of the Heart”; an actor who was the firefighter John Gage in Emergency!; was an actress who played Mata Bond in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale; and a character actor who was known for his roles in Police Academy 2 and The Naked Gun 2½.
The album Rumours became a phenomenon almost without precedent, eventually spending 31 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Fleetwood Mac began in London in 1967 during the peak of the British blues explosion, growing directly out of the enormously influential circle surrounding John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
I love this movie and the soundtrack as well.
Josie and the Pussycats: Music from the Motion Picture was released on March 27, 2001, as the soundtrack to the film Josie and the Pussycats. While marketed as an album by the fictional band Josie and the Pussycats, it also features songs by the fictional boy band DuJour and was designed to function both as a soundtrack
I have updated the “Memorials” page to include all the people that I have written about.
If you’ve been looking at my posts, you already know that I create Memorials when celebrities pass away. What you may not realize is that I have a Memorials page that lists all the names that have been entered. You can find it in the menu section of Doyle’s Space (doyletatum.com).
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026…
These individuals were a woodwind musician and a founding member of Chicago; an American economist who served as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve; a visual effects artist known for his work in films such as Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, etc.; and an actress, television writer, best known for being Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
