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The Devil's Dictionary: Foreordination

by Ambrose Bierce FOREFINGERFORGETFULNESSFOREORDINATION -n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider that pious and learned theologians have spent long lives in…

The Devil's Dictionary: Preside

by Ambrose Bierce PRESENTABLEPRESIDENCYPRESIDE -v To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at…

Oleg Cassini 2006 Deaths

Oleg CassiniAge: 92 Paris-born American fashion designer who, as Jacqueline Kennedy's official couturier, dressed her in her stylish dresses and pillbox hats. He also designed costumes for…

Sara Teasedale: Pity

PityThey never saw my lover's face, They only know our love was brief, Wearing awhile a windy grace And passing like an autumn leaf.They wonder why I do not weep, They think it…

Dharma & Greg

ABCWednesday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast: Jenna Elfman, Thomas Gibson, Mimi Kennedy, Alan Rachins, Susan Sullivan, Mitchell Ryan and Shea D'Lynk When free spirit Dharma Finkelstein (Elfman) and blue-…

Once and Again

ABCMonday 10:00–11:00 p.m.Cast:Sela Ward, Bill Campbell, Julia Whelan, Meredith Deane, Shane West, Evan Rachel Wood, Todd Field, Marin Hinkle, Jeffrey Nordling, and Susanna Thompson…

Chuck Taylor

Chuck TaylorBorn: June 24, 1901Converse traveling salesman whose name came to grace the classic, high-top canvas basketball sneakers known as “Chucks” over 500 million pairs have been sold…

Angie Everhart Biography

Angie Everhart model, actressBorn: 9/7/1969Birthplace: Akron, Ohio Supermodel who has branched out into acting, mostly with minor roles in mostly forgettable movies. Everhart's tall, redheaded…