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Hope4Others

Doug Dale............

Doug Dale is an American actor, best known for hosting the Comedy Central series TV Funhouse.

Doug is currently a soccer instructor in NJ.

Cheers!

hope4others

Forgot about this thread last night.

TheSilence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_%28opera%29

The Postman Always Rings Twice is an opera about a man and woman who are having an affair and attempting to kill the woman's husband so they can be together without her losing the diner.

I don't think I'll be seeing that one, although it apparently originated right here in St. Louis... what are the odds? ;)

Jackie

Switch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Brocket

red brocket - also known as Peruvian Red Deer. Small deer in South America

hamilcarr

Ever heard of Brynbella? Me neither.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynbella

The name is part Welsh, part Italian meaning "beautiful hill". It refers to a neoclassical villa in northeast Wales. If you've ever heard about the Salusbury Family, it may interest you that they have been living there up to 1920.

JimmyPage

Ten wikipedia facts about H.P. Lovecraft:

1) H. P. Lovecraft was born in Rhode Island.

2) He died at 46 of intestinal cancer.

3) His father went insane due to syphillis when H. P. was 3.

4) H. P. never graduated high school.

5) H. P. stands for Howard Phillips.

6) Lovecraft used to write letters back and forth with Robert E. Howard and was deeply affected by his suicide.

7) His mother had to be committed due to a nervous breakdown.

8) In 1997 someone tried to dig up Lovecraft's body.

9) Lovecraft created the fictional Arkham Asylum, which DC Comics borrowed as the place where insane criminals like the Joker resided.

10) Much of Lovecraft's work was inspired by his "night terrors".

Princess Daisy Boo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Yeomanry
94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron recently became a member of 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment. They are based in three locations in the Home Counties. The Headquarters of the Squadron is based in Windsor along with 908 troop and a support troop. They have 885 troop in Reading, Berkshire and 886 troop in Chertsey, Surrey

Wow - now my life is comoplete - I can die happy having known this!

AK - Jeff

I got a list of American Jazz institutions.

The only text said:

Although jazz music is sometimes hard to find in American public media, the art form is alive and well in colleges, universities and in established institutions world-wide, as evinced by the following abbreviated list:

It listed about 60 institutions that promote the art form.

Neat little game here.

Jeff

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