A Brief History On July 27, 2019, while enjoying Sirius/XM Radio, the subject of one-word-title songs was the theme, giving this author the inspiration to compile a list of the 6 Best Songs wherein the title is a person’s name, just a one word name. Obviously, since the list is not based on scientific data such as record sales, it is necessarily subjective and based only on my humble opinion. You are welcome to criticize the choices on the list and to nominate your own choices for songs that should be named on such a list. To be fair, we…
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A Brief History From 1993 to 2001, The Best College Football Player ESPY Award was presented annually to the collegiate American football player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. Running back Gerard Garrison Hearst (born 1971), playing for the University of Georgia, was the first winner of this historic award. History, including the history of college football, is one of the most interesting subjects students study. Human history spans back thousands of years. Due to this fact, there is a huge range of eras and subjects to choose from. Trying to narrow down a particular subject and topic can be…
A Brief History On February 25, 1980, Yes Minister, a political satire British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, was first transmitted on BBC2. This list of fictional places in Yes Minister elaborates on the details provided in Yes Minister and The Complete Yes Minister, the diary-based novelisation of the series. Digging Deeper Buranda Buranda is a fictional West African less developed country, later known as a developing country, that features in the second episode of Yes Minister (“The Official Visit”) and (briefly) in Yes, Prime Minister (“A Conflict of Interest”). Formerly British Equatorial Africa, it is referred to privately by James Hacker as a “TPLAC” (tin-pot little African country), much to Sir Humphrey’s consternation. Buranda’s leader in both episodes is Colonel Selim…
A Brief History This article presents a list of fictional comics, which includes both comic books and comic strips. Digging Deeper Fictional comic books From The Simpsons Adam Galaxy The Adventures of The Good Shepherd Batcat Batchick Batman and Rhoda. Biclops Bloodzilla Bongo, a comic seen in “Worst Episode Ever”, but the character is actually from Matt Groening’s comic strip Life in Hell. In the episode it is referred to as a “lesser-comic” Bot Pilgrim Cap Apple Car Trek Catgirl The Clash Comic-Book Guy Comics Coming-Of-Age Sad Happy Book Death Of… Aquaman Death Of… Casper The Death of Sad Sack Dogkid Duck! Enter The Ant Evel Knievel jumps the Jackson 5 Everyman, comic…
A Brief History Many forms of fiction feature characters attributed with superhuman, supernatural, or paranormal abilities, often referred to as “superpowers” (also spelled “super powers” and “super-powers”) or “powers”. This tradition is especially rich in the fictional universes of various comic book stories. This is a list of many of those powers that have been known to be used. Some of these categories overlap. Digging Deeper Origins Examples of ways in which a character has gained the ability to generate an effect. Type Examples See also Inhuman nature Homo mermanus; Kryptonians;[1] Saiyans; Homo superior The character belongs to a class of wholly or partially non-human beings for whom superhuman capabilities are typical or natural. This includes, but…