Mary's Ramble

Virginia Beach, Virginia

...of our city leaders. No real post today. I'm in mourning for the Florence Library. Florence library closing for '09

I was flipping through a magazine the other day and came across a picture from the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet . I was shocked, shocked...

Some of these are funny! Others are where I expect your thoughts would go, given recent events. RecW Mary: "Did you see where Steven T...

Okay, so I'm not in Sturgis, but I'm having a much easier time attending "virtually" this year than ever before. And no, ...

I shot this at the Henry Doorly Zoo a few years ago.

I documented the beginning of my addiction in the Feb 15, 1996 edition of The Eagle , my college's student newspaper. Discipline ? What...

While reading this article on hidden art today, I was reminded of a painting I saw in the Norwich Castle Museum years ago. The paintings i...

Sticky Note Experiment by EepyBird from Eepybird on Vimeo . For more fantastic experiments go to www.eepybird.com Thanks to The Happiness ...

I'll let Sheldon explain how it works:

Wasn't he adorable...way back when? I've been scanning old negatives Mom brought me, and these were a bunch I think my aunt shot. I...

Some of you may have known me to mention A Room With A View as the gold standard of "Mary Movies." The funny thing about A Room ...

Haven't had a Shakespeare-related post in awhile. Here's a clip from Red Nose Day featuring Dr. Who (David Tennant), Catherine Tat...

My boss came across this hilarious blog the other day. Two Molecular and Cell Biology graduate students at UC Berkeley gather articles on ...

Because.... wait for it!... Seven Ate Nine! Okay, go ahead and groan. One last note: Later today we'll see 12:34:56 7/8/09 the only tim...

On top of everyone else the world has lost lately, Mollie Sugden passed away yesterday. " Are You Being Served " has always been ...

A year ago today we made it through a tremendous storm. Luckily we had no damage to our house. In fact, I think our ultimate loss was a coup...

An oldie but a goodie, from the people who brought you Badgers !

I am bouncing up and down right now - and kicking myself at the same time. This is no easy feat, but somehow I'm managing it. In July 19...