HELP! I’m being held hostage by the Fed-Ex man! |
Well, not REALLY, except I am home here waiting on my Nu-Wave oven. I had one delivery Thursday. They left a door tag. So I called to see if I could pick it up at the Lawrence Fed Ex center. I was tol...
Posted by Lesli on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:06:00 PST |
Woo hoo, new toys!!! |
This blog entry is the first thing I am composing on my new monitor. YES after 7 years of a 17 inch CRT, I was finally able to get a flat screen, LCD! And it's a HUGE 22 inches! Just perfect for my w...
Posted by Lesli on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:16:00 PST |
I bought my tickets to see James Thierree in Chicago! |
For those of you who have not been paying attention, James Thierree is the fellow whose picture sits above my little visitor map on this page. The show is called Au Revoir Parapluie which translates i...
Posted by Lesli on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:03:00 PST |
A quick update while I’m having a bout of insomnia |
School starts Monday. I've almost got all my books and my software is on order. I'm excited to be starting classes, but a little nervous too. KCKCC was a known entity. This will be a new experience.Wo...
Posted by Lesli on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:44:00 PST |
Grandma Walton...in PRISON???!!! |
No, I am not here to report on a "lost" episode of the Walton's where Grandma kicks CoraBeth's ass (although I wish I were. I always hated CoraBeth!) This blog is about "Caged," a 1950 movie which air...
Posted by Lesli on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:56:00 PST |
Shame on you, Turner Classic Movies!!! |
Today is the 100th birthday of Rosalind Russell, who is one of my favorite actresses. But did Roz get an extra-special birthday movie marathon on TCM today? NO! Maybe they were still reeling over thei...
Posted by Lesli on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:33:00 PST |
I was once branded a member of the Valentino cult |
Several years ago I attended my first Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS. I was still living in Utah at the time, and investigating Lawrence while in the same general area. The festival was showing "B...
Posted by Lesli on Mon, 28 May 2007 06:57:00 PST |
My Flapper Girl's Bio |
I was born on November 21, 1902 in a small town in W. PA. Abandoned by my father, my mother and I struggled to make ends meet. When I was two I won a pretty baby contest and mother saw that there wa...
Posted by Lesli on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:10:00 PST |
Gee, I wish I could pull this off... |
The lady above is Alla Nazimova in her 1923 film Salome. Depending on when the movie was made, she was either 43 or 44 at the time this photo was taken. She was playing a 14 year old girl (I believe)....
Posted by Lesli on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:54:00 PST |
Chaplin Adventure #2 |
In 1998 I traveled to LA to meet up with two internet friends for a week of Chaplin immersion. One of the things we got to do was tour the old Chaplin studio, courtesy of Mr. David Totheroh, the grand...
Posted by Lesli on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:58:00 PST |
