In the midst of everything we've been through in the last year and, well, the first month of 2021, I wanted to share some good news!
This morning I just received my letter of acceptance for the PhD program in history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I will start in the Fall 2021...
An episode of American Experience about cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman who was instrumental in breaking codes during WW1, WW2, AND during Prohibition! Really fascinating woman.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/codebreaker-learn-more-elizebeth-smith-friedman/
The Man Who Came to Dinner. Great movie!
Now watching The Out-of-Towners with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, an old favorite. I need a silly comedy right now.
Still plugging away on my novel about an American-made Nazi bent on sabotage in the Midwest during WW2. I'm halfway done, and hoping to have it finished by the end of February, but thinking that might be a little too optimistic.
Richard J. Evans The Third Reich in Power. It's a trilogy and I started with the middle one, but that's okay!
Also going to start reading Ginger Rogers' autobiography.
I, too, watched The Glass Key this morning. Thank goodness for Watch TCM! I really hope they make a streaming service available just for TCM.
I'm watching The Big Heat with Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Lee Marvin right now. Noir done right.
The Tender Trap with Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, and Celeste Holm. A favorite. The morning after the engagement party scene always cracks me up. Those two stumbling through the apartment with the world's worst hangover gets me every time.
My Reputation with Barbara Stanwyck. I love this...
A few episodes of American Masters on PBS last night. First one was on Walter Winchell. Geeze, that guy was a piece of work. His poor kids...wow. I don't much like him.
Second one, Charlie Pride! I had no idea that he was in the Negro Baseball League! (BTW, their museum is in Kansas City and...
Oh god. As bad as Aquaman???? I hated that movie, and not even the fineness that is Jason Momoa could save it. It. Was. AWFUL.
So if it's that bad...I will wait until I can watch it for free. And even then, I might pass.
Reunion In France (1942) with Joan Crawford and John Wayne. A favorite of mine.
Now watching the original Ocean's Eleven with Frank Sinatra!
THANK THE POWERS THAT BE THAT WE HAVE TCM!!!
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