Genre

  • Ugly Mailboxes

    Almost all of us have some sort of receptacle that allows us to receive mail. Most of these are nondescript. Perhaps a slot in the door, or a modest receptacle hanging on the house, or maybe you have one like mine: the classic rounded-top aluminium model with the red flag that raises indicating mail needing…

  • James Best

    Perhaps you’ve heard of James Best. Perhaps you haven’t. But I’m betting you’ve seen him, especially if you watch Nick at Night. James Best was (he’s still around, just retired) was a character actor. He played in over 600 TV episodes as a tough in shows like Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, rawhide, Wagon…

  • Movie Mistakes’ All-Time Greatest List

    Hey, mistakes happen. I check my blog entries diligently, yet the occasional typo slips through. In the moviemaking biz, your mistakes live on in infamy. There’s no option to edit and rebuild your movie. Today’s FamilyFirst pick is moviemistakes.com’s all-time greatest movie mistakes. No genre is immune to movie mistakes. Historical dramas? What’s a gas…

  • Filter Music

    There are still a lot of internet radio stations that the RIAA gestapo have not shut down. But how do you select and choose among them? Well, you just might give today’s FamilyFirst site a try. It’s called FilterMusic. What makes them so special? Well check this out:

  • Lyrics Directory

    If you’re into lyrics, today’s FamilyFirst site is for you. It’s called Lyrics Directory, and it’s loaded with the lyrics to thousands of songas. It’s searchable, of course, and also alphabetically browseable. How many times have you been listening to a song on the radio and you just couldn’t quite make out the words? Did…

  • Musicovery

    Today’s FamilyFirst site put a big smile on my face. Many clueless web designers out there insist on using Microsoft technologies in their sites. And Microsoft, of course, is reluctant to have their technologies work in any environment other than their own, which they charge you dearly for. And Java is another finicky platform that…

  • Classic 45’s

    You grew up with them. Well, if you’re forty or older, you grew up with them. I’m talking about 45’s, those discs of vinyl designed to be spun at precisely 45 revolutions per minute, while a needle traces its way towards the center and translates the grooves into music. And music from a 45 sounds…

  • TV.com

    So, what’s on the old idiot box tonight? For most of us, it’s a daily ritual to turn on the one-eyed monster after dinner and watch whatever pleases us. I’ve been playing my recorded episodes of the 2006 World series over and over. I also watch the History and military Channels a lot. I’m just…