After what was possibly the worst flight ever in my life on Thursday because I was still so sick, I’ve spent the last two days recuperating at my emm’s villa and have just returned to my own villa just this morning. The antibiotics are doing wonders, but I’m still not 100%…still coughing, still going through a box of tissues a day (a slight exaggeration), still can’t hear properly, but at least I’m home. I miss those girls like  you wouldn’t believe, though.

That’s it for now. Just wanted to pop in and say hello, I’m home and updates will be forthcoming.

Bonnie and Clyde were killed May 23, 1934, on a desolate road
near their Bienville Parish, Louisiana hideout.

1998

1929

Just a few random observations in no particular order:

I love my nieces more than anything in the world.

I think I want to buy a small brick house with a nice tree in the front yard somewhere close to them.

Miss Carole Lombard and Miss Myrna Loy are getting some serious flippin’ competition from Norma Shearer as my favorite.classic.actress.ever.

Although I have access to the internets here, my email client is set up only to receive, not to send. If you’ve sent me email in the last six days, I’ve received it and will reply once I get home.

Fraiser is funnier than hell, but Niles is even funnier. Roz is hot and so is Daphne.

Dreaming about S! J! S! is always a good thing (young Sarah Jane or old Sarah Jane) and even better when there’s lots of hugging, even if it is only (ummm…somewhat) platonic. Throw in a background of a weird dystopian setting and being on the run from the government with S! J! S! and you’ve got a recipe for a dream I never wanted to end.

Claudine Longet
29 January 1942
from imdb.com
…was born in Paris, France on January 29, 1942. Although known as an actress and singer, her career still is overshadowed by being known as a former wife of Andy Williams as well as shooting boyfriend, ski legend Spider Sabich in 1976. After a number of roles in episodes of high profile TV programs such as “Combat!” (1962), “Hogan’s Heroes” (1965), “Dr. Kildare” (1961), “Mr. Novak” (1963), and “12 O’Clock High” (1964), Claudine landed the role of Michele Monet in the Blake Edwards film The Party (1968). As a recording artist, Claudine was signed by Herb Alpert’s A&M Records. She released a string of albums in the late 60s (”Claudine”, “The Look of Love”, “Love is Blue”, “Colours”, and “Run Wild, Run Free”) covering songs from the Bee Gees and Donovan among others. She had four hits reach the US top 100 singles chart including “Love is Blue”. After switching to the Barnaby label, she released another two albums, “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together”. A third album, “Sugar Me”, recorded in 1974, had to wait almost 20 years before it was finally released. Standout songs included the title track, a cover of the Lynsey De Paul hit, as well as “Guess Who I Saw in Paris” by Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Still working on getting these images out of my SCS Post folder.

How absolutely sweet is it to be staying with a family who a) has cable, b) gets BBC America with their cable package, and c) sees Doctor Who airing on BBC America, and then d) upon further investigation, notices it’s School Reunion?

Seriously, how often can - and does - this type of thing happen in my life?

Definitely not often enough.

Jean Seberg
13 November 1938 - 8 September 1979
from imdb.com
(1957) after a much-publicized contest involving some 18,000 hopefuls. The failure of that film and the only moderate success of her next, Educated at Iowa University, this blonde actress landed the title role in Otto Preminger’s Saint JoanBonjour tristesse (1958), combined to stall Seberg’s career, until her role in Jean-Luc Godard’s landmark feature, À bout de souffle (1960), brought her renewed international attention. Seberg gave a memorable performance as a schizophrenic in the title role of Robert Rossen’s Lilith (1964) and was directed by husbands François Moreuil, in Récréation, La (1961), and Romain Gary, in Oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou, Les (1968).

Later in her life Seberg became involved in anti-war politics and was the target of an undercover campaign by the FBI to discredit her because of her association with several members of the Black Panther party. She was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a Paris suburb in 1979 (…in the back seat of an automobile in a Paris suburb. Her body wasn’t found until 11 days later.).

Rumors flew that Jean’s suicide was masterminded by the FBI but it was never proven. Buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris, France, her funeral was attended by such notables as Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir