Saturday, October 11, 2025

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Pete Loves Mary.

Released October 11, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Harold Jack Bloom.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Bobby Driscoll, Mike Connors, Roberta Haynes, DeForest Kelley, Paul Birch, Lisa Golm, Jeffrey Sayre, Bob Whitney, Robert Bice, Don Rickles.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Voyager (2000)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 2.


Episode entitled: Imperfection.

Released October 11, 2000.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Carleton Eastlake, Robert Doherty, André Bormanis, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast:
Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Manu Intiraymi, Marley S. McClean, Michael McFall, Debbie Grattan, Kurt Wetherill, Cody Wetherill, Majel Barrett, Elle Alexander, Michael Bailous, Patrick Barnitt, Nichole McAuley, Linnea Soohoo.

On this day in music history - The album The Cinder Notes, by Amy Lauren (2019)


The Cinder Notes


by Amy Lauren

was released on October 11, 2019.

Track List:

Sable Island; Grey Wolf Crossing; Deep Hollow Cove; Tobacco and Branch; Spirit Cedar; Smoke on Hawk Lake; River Finn; The Visitor; Woodlands; Tamaracks; The Cinder Notes; Traveler; Wintertide.

On this day in music history - The album Still Moving, by Kathy Raimey (2011)

Still Moving


by Kathy Raimey

was released on October 11, 2011.

Track List:

Tilt 23.5; Indigo Visions; A Call to Hearts; Mockingbird Electric; Still Moving; Still Life; Moon Steps; Mockingbird Electric; Mockingbird Jam; First Day.

Friday, October 10, 2025

World Mental Health Day 2025 - October 10:



Make mental health and well-being for all a global priority

#WorldMentalHealthDay, #WorldHeathOrganization

Anne Rice, on writing:


When I write something, every word of it is meant.

I can't say it enough.

- Anne Rice. 


Recommended reading – Frozen Hell


Frozen Hell

by John W. Campbell Jr.
 
Published 2019.
Published by Wildside Press.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1479442828
ISBN-13: 978-1479442829
 
Description:
 
In 1938, acclaimed science fiction author John W. Campbell published the novella Who Goes There?, about a team of scientists in Antarctica who discover and are terrorized by a monstrous, shape-shifting alien entity. The story would later be adapted into John Carpenter's iconic movie The Thing (following an earlier film adaptation in 1951). The published novella was actually an abridged version of Campbell's original story, called Frozen Hell, which had to be shortened for publication.
 
The Frozen Hell manuscript remained unknown and unpublished for decades, and it was only recently rediscovered. Frozen Hell expands The Thing story dramatically, giving vital backstory and context to an already incredible tale. We are pleased and honored to offer Frozen Hell to you now, as Campbell intended it. You will be among the first people to ever read this completed version of the story.