Fun Facts and Trivia About The Great Escape (1963 Film)
The Great Escape was released in 1963 and became one of the defining war films of its era. John Sturges directed it, and the cast included Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, and James Coburn. The film drew from a real event. It was adapted from Paul Brickhill’s 1950……
Introducing Our New Puppy Coco
In late June, my wife discovered that her cousin’s dog had a litter of puppies. We had been keeping an eye out for the right dog since earlier in the year, when the whole family started feeling that pull toward getting one. We had actually fostered a puppy with the plan of adopting him, but……
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Video Game GunPey
Gunpey is a puzzle game series developed by Koto Laboratory and originally released by Bandai for the WonderSwan in 1999. Modest in appearance but surprisingly deep in practice, it became one of the handheld’s defining puzzle titles and eventually found its way to several other platforms. The name is a tribute to Gunpei Yokoi, the……
Things I Like: Amanda Waller (DCEU)
Amanda Waller is one of the more distinctive presences in the DC Extended Universe. She occupies an unusual space, neither the stereotypical villain nor hero, possessing no powers whatsoever but making up for it entirely through intelligence, political reach, and an absolute willingness to do whatever she determines is necessary. Her two most prominent appearances……
Fun Facts and Trivia About Squares
The word “square” has ancient roots in the Proto-Indo-European root kwetwer, meaning “four.” That root fed into the Latin quadrus, denoting a four-sided shape, and then into the Vulgar Latin verb exquadrare, meaning to make something square. From there, it passed through Old French as esquarre before entering Middle English as “square,” displacing the older……
Things I Like: Alexis Meade (Ugly Betty)
Alexis Meade was one of the most memorable characters on Ugly Betty, which is saying something given that she was kept hidden for the first half of season one and was long gone before the show reached its conclusion. I had a significant crush on Rebecca Romijn when I was around ten years old, having……
Fun Facts and Trivia About Emojis
Emojis are small digital symbols that have grown into one of the most widely recognized communication systems in modern history 🌎📱, drawing on writing ✍️, visual art 🎨, and technology 💻 to help people convey emotions 😊, objects 🏠, and ideas 💡 across language barriers 🌐. The word itself is Japanese in origin 🇯🇵: “e”……
Things I Like: Mad Mixer (Donkey Kong Bananza)
Mad Mixer is a minor boss in Donkey Kong Bananza for the Nintendo Switch 2. He shows up early in the game and left more of an impression on me than he probably should have, given how minor a role he plays overall. It has been more than 25 years since Rare developed a Donkey……
Fun Facts and Trivia About Mark Antony of Ancient Rome
He was born Marcus Antonius on January 14, 83 BC, but the English-speaking world has known him as Mark Antony for centuries, a rendering rooted in literary tradition and cemented above all by Shakespeare. His military career began in the cavalry before he rose to become one of the most consequential generals of the late……
Things I Like: X-Men ’97 (TV Series) Season 2
I remember catching the X-Men cartoon as a kid in the 1990s, though it always seemed to air at inconvenient times. It was my first real introduction to the team, and when X-Men ’97 arrived and picked up the old series as though it had never stopped, I was genuinely excited. Season 1 delivered on……
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