never heard of it.
It was very popular in the during the 70's

Splendour On The Grass, brings to mind and I cannot think why.


Probably the movie with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood?

Probably the movie with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood?

That's what I was thinking.

Probably the movie with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood?
May be the film, but Peter Sellers strikes a chord somewhere ?

The person of the day...Erma Bombeck
Erma Louise Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life humorously from the mid-1960s until the late '90s. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became best-sellers.

From 1965 to 1996, Erma Bombeck wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns chronicling the ordinary life of a midwestern suburban housewife with broad, and sometimes eloquent, humor. By the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of the U.S. and Canada.
In 1976, McGraw-Hill published Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank, which became a best-seller. In 1978, Bombeck arranged both a million-dollar contract for her fifth book, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? (1978) and a 700-thousand-copy advance for her subsequent book, Aunt Erma's Cope Book (1979).
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I loved her books....reading them I would laugh out loud in hysterics over what she said.  I wonder if Amazon still carries them.  She was dying for lack of a kidney, but insisted that everyone else go first.  I feel like I lost a friend.

I LOVE Erma Bombeck. She was great. The world is a much sadder place without her.




Cat

I loved her books....reading them I would laugh out loud in hysterics over what she said.  I wonder if Amazon still carries them.  She was dying for lack of a kidney, but insisted that everyone else go first.  I feel like I lost a friend.

I LOVE Erma Bombeck. She was great. The world is a much sadder place without her.




Cat

I agree ladies,sadly I had forgotten that she is no longer with us :\'(

I agree ladies,sadly I had forgotten that she is no longer with us :\'(
I am sorry to say that I have never heard of her.

I am sorry to say that I have never heard of her.

I'm not sure if her books sold well in the U.K.
Here is a list of her books
    * At Wit's End, Doubleday, 1967.
    * Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bil Keane.
    * I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression, Doubleday, 1974.
    * The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
    * If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
    * Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
    * Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, 1983.
    * Family — The Ties that Bind ... and Gag!, 1987.
    * I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, 1989. American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor in 1990. (Profits from the publication of this book were donated to a group of health-related organizations.)
    * When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.
    * A Marriage Made in Heaven ... or Too Tired For an Affair, 1991
    * Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

    * Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bil Keane.
        * The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
    * If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
       * When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.
   


These are the ones I remember reading. I'm sure I probably read a few others but I just don't remember. But I do remember "Just Wait Until..." was the first Erma book I read.



Cat

These are the ones I remember reading. I'm sure I probably read a few others but I just don't remember. But I do remember "Just Wait Until..." was the first Erma book I read.



Cat

These are the ones that I remember.
The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
    * If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
    * Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.

I'm not sure if her books sold well in the U.K.
Here is a list of her books
    * At Wit's End, Doubleday, 1967.
    * Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own, Doubleday, 1971. Written with Bil Keane.
    * I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression, Doubleday, 1974.
    * The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, McGraw-Hill, 1976.
    * If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
    * Aunt Erma's Cope Book, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
    * Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, 1983.
    * Family — The Ties that Bind ... and Gag!, 1987.
    * I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, 1989. American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor in 1990. (Profits from the publication of this book were donated to a group of health-related organizations.)
    * When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home, 1991.
    * A Marriage Made in Heaven ... or Too Tired For an Affair, 1991
    * Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

any films made from her books?

any films made from her books?

This is all I was able to find. The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank was later turned into a television movie starring Carol Burnett and Charles Grodin.

This is all I was able to find. The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank was later turned into a television movie starring Carol Burnett and Charles Grodin.
Thanks

BTW, I have heard of Carol Burnett

Thanks

BTW, I have heard of Carol Burnett



She's made The Carol Burnett Show.

She's made The Carol Burnett Show.
She was in The Front Page (1974)

The word or phrase of the day...Fallen Angel
n most Christian traditions, a fallen angel is an angel that has been exiled or banished from Heaven.

Often such banishment is a punishment for disobeying or rebelling against God. The best-known fallen angel is Lucifer. Lucifer is a name frequently given to Satan in Christian belief. This usage stems from a particular interpretation, as a reference to a fallen angel, of a passage in the Bible (Isaiah 14:3-20) that speaks of someone who is given the name of "Day Star" or "Morning Star" (in Latin, Lucifer) as fallen from heaven. The Greek etymological synonym of Lucifer, φωσφορος (phosphoros, "light-bearer") is used of the morning star in 2 Peter 1:19 and elsewhere with no relation to Satan. But Satan is called Lucifer in many writings later than the Bible, notably in Milton's Paradise Lost (7.131-134, among others), because, according to Milton, Satan was "brighter once amidst the host/Of Angels, than that star the stars among.
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The person of the day...Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-born Jewish film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood, directing over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959), and homosexuality (Advise and Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.
n the noir story mold of Laura, Preminger's next picture Fallen Angel (1945) was exactly what Preminger had been anticipating. In Fallen Angel, a con man and a womanizer ends up by chance in a small California town, where he romances a sultry waitress and a well-to-do spinster. When the waitress is found killed, the drifter, played by Dana Andrews, becomes the prime suspect. Zanuck gave Preminger the task of convincing Alice Faye, the studio's top musical star of the late 1930s and early 1940s, to play the role of the spinster. Zanuck hoped Faye's appearance would boost the film's box-office appeal and introduce Faye back into the public eye. Linda Darnell was given the role of the doomed waitress. Off set, Darnell had already begun her lifelong battle with alcohol. Despite its visual and stylistic victories, Fallen Angel did not match the achievement of Laura.
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There's also guardian angels.

There's also guardian angels.

Yes there is. :)

Yes there is. :)



I know I have one,Do you?

My horns are the only thing holding my halo up.



Cat

The word or phrase of the day...Fallen Angel
n most Christian traditions, a fallen angel is an angel that has been exiled or banished from Heaven.

Often such banishment is a punishment for disobeying or rebelling against God. The best-known fallen angel is Lucifer. Lucifer is a name frequently given to Satan in Christian belief. This usage stems from a particular interpretation, as a reference to a fallen angel, of a passage in the Bible (Isaiah 14:3-20) that speaks of someone who is given the name of "Day Star" or "Morning Star" (in Latin, Lucifer) as fallen from heaven. The Greek etymological synonym of Lucifer, φωσφορος (phosphoros, "light-bearer") is used of the morning star in 2 Peter 1:19 and elsewhere with no relation to Satan. But Satan is called Lucifer in many writings later than the Bible, notably in Milton's Paradise Lost (7.131-134, among others), because, according to Milton, Satan was "brighter once amidst the host/Of Angels, than that star the stars among.

Fallen Angel by Frankie Valli ?

The person of the day...Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-born Jewish film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood, directing over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959), and homosexuality (Advise and Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.
n the noir story mold of Laura, Preminger's next picture Fallen Angel (1945) was exactly what Preminger had been anticipating. In Fallen Angel, a con man and a womanizer ends up by chance in a small California town, where he romances a sultry waitress and a well-to-do spinster. When the waitress is found killed, the drifter, played by Dana Andrews, becomes the prime suspect. Zanuck gave Preminger the task of convincing Alice Faye, the studio's top musical star of the late 1930s and early 1940s, to play the role of the spinster. Zanuck hoped Faye's appearance would boost the film's box-office appeal and introduce Faye back into the public eye. Linda Darnell was given the role of the doomed waitress. Off set, Darnell had already begun her lifelong battle with alcohol. Despite its visual and stylistic victories, Fallen Angel did not match the achievement of Laura.
He made Carmen Jones (1954), one of my favourites.

Yes there is. :)
...but not quite the same.

...but not quite the same.


Not quite the same as what?

I might have or have had a demon in me.  Or a good actor.  I don't know, I believe God is the boss.  I believe the Devil and demons have their place and business too.  

I might have or have had a demon in me.  Or a good actor.  I don't know, I believe God is the boss.  I believe the Devil and demons have their place and business too.  





I think if you believe in God you also have to believe in the Devil,there has to be some temptations and a little evil side to everyone. If people think they are all good then they are fake or need to look deeper inside themselves.

I might have or have had a demon in me.  Or a good actor.  I don't know, I believe God is the boss.  I believe the Devil and demons have their place and business too.  







God And The Devil are two different people.

God And The Devil are two different people.


That's one way to put it. :)  God is the Creator and the devil is the creature made by God.

The person of the day...Pete Ham
Peter William Ham (27 April 1947 – 24 April 1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger
In 1968, The Iveys came to the attention of Mal Evans (The Beatles personal assistant) and were eventually signed to the Beatles' Apple label after approval from all four Beatles who were most impressed by dozens of home demos highlighting the band's songwriting abilities.

In Badfinger

The Iveys changed their name to Badfinger with the single release of "Come And Get It," a composition written by Paul McCartney, and it became a worldwide Top Ten hit. Ham had initially protested using a non-original to promote the band, as he had gained confidence in the group's compositions, but he was quickly convinced of the springboard effect of having a likely hit single. His own creative perseverence paid off eventually, as his "No Matter What" composition became another Top Ten worldwide smash after its release in late 1970 . He followed up writing two more worldwide hits in "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue." But the peak of his craft came with his co-written composition "Without You" - a worldwide #1 as covered by Harry Nilsson. The song has since become one of the all-time ballad standards covered by hundreds of singers from many genres. An Ivor Novello award for Song Of The Year was granted in 1973 along with Grammy nominations. In 1972, Ham's group Badfinger was picked up by Warner Bros. Records, as the Apple label was crumbling and it seemed the band was primed for major recognition.

During the band's tenure at Apple, Ham also performed guitar and vocal session work for ex-Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, notably on "All Things Must Pass" and "the single "It Don't Come Easy." Ham was uncredited on other sessions as well. Ham's personality was universally described as soft-spoken, a kind disposition, a bit of a clown at a party, extremely giving and humble. He was cited for his hard-working nature.

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