by david allan van nostrand | Oct 27, 2025 | Behind the curtain, Human Behavior, The Wayback Machine, TV
The Tuscaloosa News called Queen for a Day “A daily blend of laughter and tears.” “That unspeakable horror,” said innocuous, “and an over-arching feeling of creepiness.” Critics all over the country registered their disgust with how the show exploited human...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 20, 2025 | Human Behavior, The Wayback Machine
Once upon a time, there was a series of books called The Dumpy Books for Children. These bound paper books were smaller than your hand. Little Black Sambo was the fourth in a 40-book collection of The Dumpy Books. Little Yellow Wang-Lo was 26th, Simple Simon was 38th,...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 13, 2025 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, The Wayback Machine
Before you get all excited and run out the door to see what’s going on near you today on National No Bra Day, let’s take a closer look at this bra thing. Most agree that bras were once called brassieres and are undergarments worn to confine breast movement. After...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 6, 2025 | The Wayback Machine, The world around us, Wordplay
Dorothy Parker and highbrow playwright Clare Booth arrived at the single-file door held open for them by a man with epaulets. “Age before beauty,” said Booth, gesturing toward the door with an exaggerated sweep of her arm. In one of the great all-time comebacks,...
