Thursday, October 15, 2026

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Enterprise, Discovery (2003, 2004, 2017, 2020)

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Exile.

Released October 15, 2003.

Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Written by Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast:
Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Maury Sterling, Philip Boyd, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Correy, Evan English, John Jurgens.
 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Storm Front, Part II.

Released October 15, 2004.

Directed by David Straiton.

Written by Manny Coto.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:
Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Golden Brooks, Jack Gwaltney, John Fleck, Matt Winston, Christopher Neame, Steve Schirripa, Mark Elliott Silverberg, David Pease, Burr Middleton, Ken Lally, Alexandrea Ortiz.
 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Choose Your Pain.

Released October 15, 2017.

Directed by Lee Rose.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Kemp Powers, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika 
Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:
Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Wilson Cruz, Conrad Coates, Emily Coutts, Julianne Grossman, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Sara Mitich, Airiam, Simon Northwood, Oyin Oladejo, Christopher Russell, Kirk Salesman, Tyler Evan Webb.

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: That Hope Is You, Part 1.

Released October 15, 2020.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman, Sean Cochran, Anthony 
Maranville, Chris Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast:
Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, David Ajala, Adil Hussain, Nicole Dickinson, Riley Gilchrist, Julianne Grossman, Brandon McGibbon, Jake Michaels, Fabio Tassone, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Avaah Blackwell.

On this day in The Pie Hole - Pushing Daisies (2008)

Pushing Daisies
Season 2. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Bad Habits.

Released October 15, 2008.

Directed by Peter O’Fallon.

Written by Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.


Cast:
Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Diana Scarwid, Mo Collins, Graham McTavish, Michael Hitchcock, Samantha Bailey, Diana Costa, Mary K. DeVault, Marc Raducci.

On this day in music history:

Chant d’amour by Cecilia Bartoli (1996)

Soul Be It by Deborah Coleman (2002)

Desert Suite by Greg Maroney & Sherry Finzer (2021)

Chant d’amour

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released October 15, 1996.

Track list: Chant D’amour; Ouvre Ton Coeur; Adieux De L’hotesse Arabe; Tarentelle; La Coccinelle; Les Filles De Cadix; Hai Luli!; Havanaise; Les Filles De Cadix; La Mort d’Ophelie; Zaide; Chanson Francaise; Chanson Espagnole; Chanson Italienne; Chanson Hebraique; Vocalise-Etude (En Forme De Habanera); Kaddisch; L’Enigme Eternelle; Tripatos.

 

Soul Be It

Album by Deborah Coleman,

released October 15, 2002.

Track list: Brick; My Heart Bleeds Blue; Don’t Lie to Me; I’m a Woman; You’re with Me; I Believe; The Dream; Goodbye Misery.

Desert Suite

Album by Greg Maroney & Sherry Finzer,

released October 15, 2021.

Track list: Saguaro Sunrise; On the Great Colorado; The Gentle Night Surrounds Us; Mesa Grande; Through an Eagles Eye; Cave of the Wind; Wide Open Spaces; Rare the Snow Falls; Wild Horses Run Free; Through the Winding Canyon; Saguaro Sunset.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2:

 

Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #2


This is the second in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/


To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.

Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera

Music credit:

Ambiance#5 by Lilo Sound.


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Colors - Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1:


Abstract Acrylic Portfolio Showreel #1


This is the first in a series of portfolio showreels my husband, Jack Kost, made to promote my abstract acrylic painting.

Featured works are abstract acrylics using pour techniques.

Future work will include mixed acrylic ink abstracts.

Painting images are available from the Allegorical_Littera online Zazzle store at:

https://www.zazzle.com/


To view the image, type Abstract Color Study and the number into the Zazzle search field.

Example: Abstract Color Study 503

Images are available as cards, and can be transferred to posters, t-shirts, notebooks, magnets, mugs, and more.

A percentage of sales from Zazzle is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research.
 
Themes:

art, artwork, poster, painting, acrylic, abstract, fluid painting, Kathleen Jane Kost, showreel, video, MP4
 
Showreel design and development credit:

Jack Kost, Allegorical Littera
 
Music credit:

Ambiance#5
by Lilo Sound.

Victor Hugo, on books and reading:

 
It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.
- Victor Hugo.


Born on this day – Lillian Gish:


Lillian Gish


Actress

Director

Writer

October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993

Credits:

Books:

A Moment with Miss Gish (1995); An Actor's Life for Me (1987); Dorothy and Lillian Gish (1973); Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s (2011); Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen (2000); Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life (2002); Never Let the Camera Catch Me Acting: Lillian Gish as Actress, Star, and Theorist (2016); Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis (1977); The Movies in the Age of Innocence (1962); The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me (1969).

Album:

Show Boat (1988).

Movies and television:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Cry for Help (1912); A Duel for Love (1914); A Gift of Music (1981); A Misunderstood Boy (1913); A Modest Hero (1913); A Romance of Happy Valley (1919); A SĂ©tima Arte (2021); A Timely Interception (1913); A Wedding (1978); A Woman in the Ultimate (1913); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1984); AFI Life Achievement Award (1988); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1988–1993); American Playhouse (1986); An Indian's Loyalty (1913); An Innocent Magdalene (1916); An Unseen Enemy (1912); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Annie Laurie (1927); Arena (2012); Arsenic and Old Lace (1969); At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper (1993); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Bienvenue Ă  Cannes (2007); Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975); Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008); Breaking Point (1963); Broken Blossoms (1919); Brutality (1912); Camera Three (1975); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain Macklin (1915); CBS Early Morning News (1982); Celanese Theatre (1951); Celebrity Time (1950); Century of Cinema (1995); Christmas Festival Hour of Music (1953); CineficciĂłn Radio (2021); Citizen Langlois (1995); Classified X (2007); Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942); Compression (2023–2025); D.W. Griffith (1975); Daphne and the Pirate (1916); Day for Night (1973); De pelĂ­cula (1987); Diane of the Follies (1916); Dinah! (1978); Duel in the Sun (1946); During the Round-Up (1913); Enoch Arden (1915); Entertainment Tonight (1983); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Et la femme crĂ©a Hollywood (2016); Fashions in Love (1936); Film '74 (1974); Film Fun (1955); Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (1947); Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 2 (1945); Flicker Flashbacks No. 6, Series 2 (1945); Follow Me, Boys! (1966); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); From Farm to Fame (1922); Gaslight Follies (1945); Gold and Glitter (1912); Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1985); Hallelujah the Hills (1963); Hambone and Hillie (1983); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harty (1983); Hearts of the World (1918); His Double Life (1933); His Lesson (1915); Hobson's Choice (1983); Hollywood (1972 / 1980); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Home, Sweet Home (1914); Hometown Legend (2002); Howard K. Smith (1962); In Concert at the Met (1984); In the Aisles of the Wild (1912); Intolerance (1916); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); Judith of Bethulia (1914); Just Gold (1913); Kraft Theatre (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1953); La Bohème (1926); Langlois (1970); Late Night Line-Up (1969); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les Ă©vangĂ©liques Ă  la conquĂŞte du monde (2023); Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972); Lillian Gish (1984); Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Lord Chumley (1914); Madonna of the Storm (1913); Man's Enemy (1914); Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); Movies Golden Age (1961); Moving Pictures (1995); Mr. Novak (1963); Mrs. Winchester's House (1963); My Baby (1912); Never Apologize (2007); Night Hunter (2011); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Oil and Water (1913); One Romantic Night (1930); Orders to Kill (1958); Orphans of the Storm (1921); Over Easy (1980); Parkinson (1980); Pathways of Life (1916); Person to Person (1954); Play of the Week (1960); Playwrights '56 (1955); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Project Twenty (1957–1961); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Remodeling Her Husband (1920); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1954); Romola (1924); Royal Variety Performance (1980); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 20 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 4 (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 9 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 28, No. 3: Stars to Remember (1948); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Ship's Reporter (1948–1952); Sigrid Holmquist (2010); Silver Glory (1951); So Near, Yet So Far (1912); So Runs the Way (1913); Sold for Marriage (1916); Souls Triumphant (1917); Sparrow (1978); Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998); Sweet Liberty (1986); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Angel of Contention (1914); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (1913); The Battle of the Sexes (1914); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Burglar's Dilemma (1912); The Carol Burnett Show (1978); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1979); The Children Pay (1916); The Cobweb (1955); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dick Cavett Show (1971 / 1979); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955 / 1961); The Enemy (1927); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1986); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Laurence Olivier (1983); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Folly of Anne (1914); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Great Chase (1962); The Great Director (1966); The Great Love (1918); The Greatest Question (1919); The Greatest Thing in Life (1918); The Green-Eyed Devil (1914); The House Built Upon Sand (1916); The House of Darkness (1913); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Hunchback (1914); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982); The Lady and the Mouse (1913); The Left-Handed Man (1913); The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961); The Lily and the Rose (1915); The Lost House (1915); The Love Boat (1981); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Making of 'the Birth of a Nation' (1998); The March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 12: The Movies March On (1939); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1978); The Mothering Heart (1913); The Movie Album (1932); The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975); The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912); The New York Hat (1912); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Painted Lady (1912); The Quicksands (1914); The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914); The Scarlet Letter (1926); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Silent Years (1975); The Sisters (1914); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Tear That Burned (1914); The Trip to Bountiful (1953); The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022); The Unforgiven (1960); The Unwelcome Guest (1913); The Whales of August (1987); The White Sister (1923); The Wind (1928); Theatre '62 (1961); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Thin Ice (1981); This Is Your Life (1985); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975); Top Man (1943); True Heart Susie (1919); Twin Detectives (1976); Two Daughters of Eve (1912); Valkokangas (1989); VM Show Vol. 2 (2005); Warning Shot (1966); Way Down East (1920); Wide Wide World (1955); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951).