March 6, 2005
"Warp nine, Mr. Sulu".
Those words, and many more like them bring back memories of a television show from the 1960's that has achieved cult status, and then some. "Star Trek" is one of the best known and most watched television shows of all time. The cast and characters are s... continue reading...
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Back in the days before the Internet (yes, there was such a time), back before there were even computers, the major form of communication was the written and printed word. Books, magazines, newspapers all contributed to the spread ... continue reading...
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Movie serials were popular in the 1930's and 1940's. These episodic cliffhangers brought generations of kids, both young and old, to the theatres to see the latest installment, and see how the hero got out of the predicament they got into last week. It was, and still is, great entertainmen... continue reading...
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Today's Family First Site is not, as the title may suggest, about electricity, or power supplies, or anything electronic oriented. It is a site that is there simply for fun. So settle back, get in a leisure mode, and have a great time.
The name of the site is Light Up Your Brain. It is t... continue reading...
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I can't remember where I read about this statistic, but it involved the amount of time that an average newscast spends on negative news stories. Stories that involve murder, kidnapping, and all the bad things that happen in our world these days. It is great to have found a site on the Internet that o... continue reading...
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Little House on the Prarie. Little House in the Big Woods. By the Shores of Silver Lake. These book titles, along with others, are the work of Laura Ingalls Wilder. They are books that have been read by countless children and young adults over the past seventy years o... continue reading...
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Like to curl up with a good book? Like to spend time reading and dreaming about far off lands and adventures of long ago? Like to do all that, but just don't have the time? Well, then welcome to the world of short stories, courtesy of today's site Classic Short Stories. Here is a site t... continue reading...