Salad Greens In these days of healthful “slow food” and vegan dieting, just about any kind of green can be and is added to our salads. Here are a few of the more common ones. This list is complimented with a list of the most popular salad dressings. Head lettuce Romaine Arugula Cabbage Swiss chard […]
Routine Medical Tests Since the early 20th the medical profession has experienced a scientific explosion as new technology and techniques emerged to diagnose and treat human illness. Nowadays many tests have become routine, especially if their cost is borne by insurance companies. I know there are many I do not have first-hand knowledge of but […]
Retired Automobile Nameplates In the early 20th century a slew of start-ups emerged in the heady days of the automobile, as driverless carriages came to be called. Most didn’t make it past their fledgling years but others survived for a time or even a decade or two. Many dissolved into mergers and consolidations. Here is […]
Protestant Denominations The Protestant Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries was fermented by opposition to the established Christian hierarchy of the Catholic Church centered in Rome. But it quickly splintered into a miasma of evangelical movements because it was both personality and geographically driven. Here are the most popular ones. Lutheran Methodist Baptist Episcopal […]
Popular Duos Duos or screen teams have been popular devices in both film and TV. Here are a few that I ran across while looking up something else. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Bert Wheeler […]
People with Three Names Did you ever notice that some people are known for including their middle name alongside their first and surnames? Perhaps it’s a matter of choice or maybe of convenience. Whatever. This is how we have come to know them. Odd that three of them have Lloyd as their middle name. John […]
Famous People Who Use a Middle Initial Did you ever notice that some people are known for including their middle initial in their full names? For Smiths and Jones and other common surnames this is actually a goof idea. But for others, it seems more an affectation. John F. Kennedy Edward G. Robinson Edward R. […]
Old Diseases Thankfully this list is a long one and that these ailments are pretty much a thing of the past due to the marvelous advances of modern medicine. Diptheria Typhus Tuberculosis Gout Polio Septicemia Consumption Scarlet Fever Grippe Scurvy Yellow Fever Gangrene Croup Elephantitus Scabies Smallpox Ebola
Mythical Places Myths and folklore are filled with imaginary lands and places. Here are a few of them but don’t ask me where they are located. Heaven Hell Valhalla Paradise Purgatory Xanadu Cloud 9 Atlantis Brigadoon Elysium
Mythical Creatures Mythical creatures are always cool to list because there are so many of them. I don’t profess to know them all but this is a good start. I don’t read fantasy novels. Ogres Trolls Mermaid Dragons Gnomes Orcs Sprites Angels Devils Witches Vampires Unicorns Werewolves Zombies Ghouls Gremlins Satyrs Centaurs Minotaur Amazons Leprechauns […]