When nobody becomes somebody: Elvis Presley.
In August 1953, an obscure country boy named Elvis Presley walked into the offices of Sun Records. He aimed to pay for a few minutes of studio time to record…
In August 1953, an obscure country boy named Elvis Presley walked into the offices of Sun Records. He aimed to pay for a few minutes of studio time to record…
Moving slow? Feeling snarky? Having trouble getting started? Now that it’s back to “la course de rat,” you may well be cursing what society has labeled the worst day of…
According to the market research group Nielsen, American adults now spend more than 11 hours per day watching, reading, listening to or simply interacting with media. 11 hours! That leaves…
That’s what happened to a young man named Paul McCartney on this day in 1957. A friend of his from the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys invited him to…
With Memorial Day coming up, and people taking the opportunity to do things they don’t normally do (navigating holiday traffic, eating cured meat, forgetting to apply SPF 50, firing up…
Some consider a public yawn to be a sign of ill-breeding, poor manners, and worst of all, an inability to control oneself. Nonsense! Your yawn is actually a sign that…
Performers expect to hear applause after they do their job. In fact, standing ovations have become the norm at entertainment events. But why should this be the case for actors…
In the midst of all the tributes to the former First Lady and mother of “W.”, we couldn’t help but wonder how this woman survived in the midst of two…
On this day in 1938, the first true superhero comic book was born. And the artist? Joseph “Joe” Shuster. You might think that Joe lived a charmed existence after Superman…
Society has bred us to be eager for an acknowledgment from others. We work extra hard for the praise that comes from a job well done. And yet when one steps…