A.A. Milne’s Christmas poem
A.A. Milne, the author behind Winnie the Pooh, wrote a Christmas poem as part of his collection of short stories entitled “Now We Are Six.” The Christmas Poem, “King John’s…
How about A Christmas Carol?
Everyone knows Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” right? I’ve seen numerous versions of the movie. From the 1951 “Scrooge” with Alastair Sim to the Muppet Christmas Carol, Scrooged and even…
Bird War origin story?
The Brothers Grimm were ahead of their time, no doubt. But their story titled, “The Dog and the Sparrow” tells a tale of a sparrow that makes life absolute hell…
Edgar Allan Poe: The Sphinx
Two men escape to the countryside to avoid a cholera epidemic. But what they find there may be more horrifying.
Brothers Grimm — The Golden Bird
Three brothers who are total idiots ignore the advice of a kind fox repeatedly. Sometimes the moral of the story in the Grimm stories is hard to find.
Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th, 1856 in the village of Smiljan in the Austrian Empire – in what is presently Croatia. He was born shortly after midnight –…
Everything you always wanted to know about Groundhog Day
For reasons that are difficult to explain, I have always loved Groundhog Day. Even before the 1993 movie came out, I liked it. So I was especially jazzed when the…
New side project
If you know me, you know I wear a lot of hats — figuratively and literally. In addition to doing narration, I own and operate a number of websites and…
Too many videos!
Many of you surely know that I have worked as a narrator for the past few years and that if you go to the “Narration” tab, you can learn more…