Sunday, September 13, 2026

Born on this day – Isiah Whitlock Jr.:


Isiah Whitlock Jr.


Actor

Writer

September 13, 1954 – December 30, 2025

Credits:
1408 (2007); 23 Blast (2014); 25th Hour (2002); A Christmas Carol (1981); A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); A Nick in Time (2007); All in with Chris Hayes (2025); All Square (2018); Apple & Onion (2020–2021); As the World Turns (1992); Atlanta (2016–2022); Beautiful Ohio (2006); BlacKkKlansman (2018); BoJack Horseman (2018); Bought & Sold (2003); Brooklyn's Finest (2009); Cadillac Records (2008); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Cars 3 (2017); Cars 3: Legendary (2017); Cedar Rapids (2011); Chaos (2011); Chappelle's Show (2003–2006); Charity Case (2016); CHIPS (2017); Chi-Raq (2015); Choke (2008); Cocaine Bear (2023); Constance Cooks (2026); Corporate Animals (2019); Da 5 Bloods (2020); Detachment (2011); Driving Fish (2002); Duane Hopwood (2005); Dunkin' Donuts: Oven-Toasted (2007); Ed (2001); Eddie (1996); Elementary (2017); Enchanted (2007); Europa Report (2013); Everyone Says I Love You (1996); FBI (2019); Film Festival Radio / Podcast Series (2022); GoodFellas (1990); Gotham (2015); Grand Theft Auto V (2013); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Gun Hill Road (2011); Harlem Aria (1999); History of Swear Words (2021); Home (2013); Honey Trap (2005); Hoppers (2026); Human Giant (2008); I Care a Lot (2020); I Hate Valentine's Day (2009); Jay & Pluto (2016); Jerome's Bouquet (2013); Jump Tomorrow (2001); Kettle of Fish (2006); Kevin Can Wait (2017); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2012); Law & Order (1995–2004); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000–2015); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); Lightyear (2022); Limitless (2015); Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show (2021); Lost Holiday (2019); Louie (2012); Lucas Bros Moving Co (2014); Lucifer (2016); Lucky 7 (2013–2014); Lying and Stealing (2019); Madam Secretary (2018); Made in Hollywood (2020); Madigan Men (2000); Main Street (2010); Meet the Browns (2010); New Amsterdam (2008); New York Undercover (1996); Newlyweeds (2013); Not Fade Away (2012); NYPD Blue (2002); Ocean (1989); Onion SportsDome (2011); Person to Person (2017); Pete's Dragon (2016); Pieces of April (2003); Queen (1993); Red Dead Redemption II (2018); Red Hook Summer (2012); Rubicon (2010); Run with the Hunted (2019); Say Goodnight Kevin (2018); Seneca (2019); She Hate Me (2004); She's Gotta Have It (2017); Showtime: YouTube Channel (2021); Slavery and the Making of America (2005); Sloan Hearts Neckface (2020); Smash (2012); Son of Zorn (2017); Speed Grieving (2009); Spike Lee: American Cinematheque Tribute (2021); Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods: Casting and Crafting a Timely Epic (2021); Stealing Martin Lane (2005); Survivor's Remorse (2017); Thanks for Sharing (2012); The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014); The Blacklist (2014); The Body is Water (2026); The Carmichael Show (2015); The Divide (2014); The Good Cop (2018); The Good Wife (2011); The Jury (2004); The Kings of Napa (2022); The Lost Husband (2020); The Man in My House (2007); The Mist (2017); The Old Man & the Gun (2018); The Oscars (2026); The Residence (2025); The Spanish Prisoner (1997); The Things We Know (2008); The Unusuals (2009); The Whitlock Academy (2015–2016); The Wire (2002–2008); The Wire Odyssey (2007); Thin Ice (2017); Third Watch (1999); Triggered (2022); Twelve (2010); Under New Management (2009); Veep (2013–2015); Why Stop Now? (2012); Woke (2022); Wonderland (2000); WW 3 (2001); Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (2018); Your Honor (2020–2023).

On this day in television history - Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 - 2005)


Everybody Loves Raymond


was released on September 13, 1996,

and ran for nine seasons until May 16, 2005.


One of my very favorite 'go to' shows.

Most times my hubby and I laugh so hard when watching we can't breathe.

Sign of a totally wicked great show!

Cast:
Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Monica Horan, Madylin Sweeten, Sawyer Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten, Katherine Helmond, Philip Rosenthal, Robert Culp, Chris Elliott, Fred Willard, Kevin James, Fred Stoller, Jon Manfrellotti, Amy Aquino, Andy Kindler, Bob Odenkirk, Tom McGowan, Skyler Gisondo, Charles Durning, Julie Hagerty, Len Lesser, Victor Raider-Wexler, Dave Mallow, Sarah Rush, Alex Meneses, Sherri Shepherd, Tina Arning, Stephanie Courtney, Sam Anderson.

On this day in movie history - Dead Birds (2004)

Dead Birds

directed by Alex Turner,

written by Simon Barrett,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 13, 2004.

Music by Peter C. Lopez.

Cast:
Henry Thomas, Patrick Fugit, Nicki Aycox, Michael Shannon, Muse Watson, Mark Boone Junior, Isaiah Washington, Harris Mann, Melanie Abramoff, Donna Biscoe, Brian Bremer, Russell Durham Comegys, David Dwyer, Michael Faella, Steve Green, Douglas M. Griffin, Drew Hall, Evan Hipps, Sydney Jones, Terry Jones, Danny Kamin, Mikal Kartvedt, Ted Manson, Ken McGhee, Michael Purnell, Sam Rhymes, Bret Roberts, Terrie Thompson, Sam Breslin Wright, Allan B. Holt, Robbie (the dog).

On this day in music history - Bodyrock, by Lee Aaron (1989)

Bodyrock by Lee Aaron (1989)

Mozart Portraits by Cecilia Bartoli (1994)

B.B. King & Friends: 80 by B.B. King (2005)

I’ll Meet You In The Morning by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2013)

Bodyrock

Album by Lee Aaron,

released September 13, 1989.

Track list: Nasty Boyz; Yesterday; Gotta Thing for You; Rock Candy; Tough Girls Don’t Cry; Sweet Talk; Rock the Hard Way; Shame; Whatcha Do to My Body; Hands on; Rebel Angel; How Deep.


Mozart Portraits

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 13, 1994.

Track list: Mozart: Così fan tutte / Act 1 - “Temerari! Sortite!” - “Come scoglio!”; Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 2 - “Ei parte...Per pietà”; Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - “In uomini, in soldati”; Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Act 3 - “E Susanna non vien!” - “Dove sono i bei momenti”; Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Act 4 - Giunse alfin il momento...Al desio di chi t’adora; Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 1 - “Batti, batti, o bel Masetto” Cecilia Bartoli, Franz Bartolomey, Wiener Kammerorchester & György Fischer; Mozart: Don Giovanni: In quali eccessi... Mi tradi; Mozart: Davidde Penitente, K.469 - 3. Aria: “Lungi le cure ingrate”; Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 Cecilia Bartoli, Ingomar Raimer, Wiener Kammerorchester & György Fischer.

 

B.B. King & Friends: 80

Album by B.B. King,

released September 13, 2005.

Track list: Early in the Morning, by Van Morrison; Tired of Your Jive, by Billy Gibbons; The Thrill Is Gone, by Eric Clapton; Need Your Love So Bad, by Sheryl Crow; Ain’t Nobody Home, by Daryl Hall & John Oates, Daryl Hall; Hummingbird, by John Mayer; All Over Again, by Mark Knopfler; Drivin’ Wheel, by Glenn Frey; There Must Be a Better World Somewhere, by Gloria Estefan; Never Make Your Move Too Soon, by Roger Daltrey; Funny How Time Slips Away, by Bobby Bland; Rock This House, by Elton John.


I’ll Meet You In The Morning

Album by Kristin Asbjørnsen,

released September 13, 2013.

Track list: Take My Mother Home; I’m Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan; I Made My Vow To The Lord; Tramping; Shine; Run All The Way; Balm In Gilead; Wasn`t That a Wide River; Do Don`t You Weep For My Baby; No More; Spring Is Coming.

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Just one more chapter ... and another ... and another ...

 
Bookworms will rule the world ... as soon as we finish one more chapter.


Mildred D. Taylor, on writing:

I do not know how old I was when the daydreams became more than that,

and I decided to write them down,

but by the time I entered high school,

I was confident that I would one day be a writer.

- Mildred D. Taylor.


Recommended reading - Jealous Woman by James M. Cain (1950)

Jealous Woman

by James M. Cain

 

First published in 1950.

Published by Black Lizard Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0887390889

ISBN-13: 978-0887390883

 

Description:

An ambitious Reno salesman. A wealthy would-be divorcée. An insurance policy. It’s a toxic combination in this noir thriller by an MWA Grand Master . . .

Jane Delvan had dark, red hair and plenty of shape of a nice, refined kind. To Ed Horner she was only a little fancy flirtation under the Nevada moon, but he found some peculiar circumstances developing when Jane’s husband, Tom Delavan, himself came to town, followed very shortly afterwards by his first wife, the beautiful but jealous Lady Sperry.

Ed wondered what kind of game Jane Delavan was playing with him, leading him on as she was? And why should Lady Sperry take a heated interest in him of a sudden? What were the cause of secret midnight callers roaming at will through hotel bedrooms? Suddenly Ed Horner found himself slowly being ringed about by a group of hard-hating, highly emotional people who all had motives that involved them in a case of murder and the Jealous Woman.

If Las Vegas is a city of lovers, in Reno, the business is divorce. Six weeks in Reno can erase the darkest marriages, and the only question is how to pass the time – craps or roulette? Jane Delavan is a roulette woman, a stately beauty from back East who is too classy for the motel where she’s shacked up. She’s come for a divorce, but her husband has other ideas. He wants an annulment, and in exchange offers to take out a $100,000 insurance policy on himself – just in case something happens to him before their paperwork goes through. Jane is cunning enough to make sure that if she wants something to happen, it will. Ed Horner is the insurance agent sent to settle the agreement, and it doesn’t take long for Jane to settle him. They fall in love over twenty-five-cent roulette and soon have a bigger score in mind. In the Biggest Little City in the World, a king-size scheme is brewing . . .

“Cleverly plotted.” – The New York Times.

“Swift and absorbing.” – The Wall Street Journal.