Sammy and Sinatra
6/18/2013
Sammy Cahn (Wikimedia Commons/NBC Television) Sammy Cahn was born to write for Frank Sinatra.
The award-winning songwriter, born 100 years ago today, wrote so many hits for Ol' Blue Eyes that he was, essentially, Sinatra's unofficial official songwriter. "Love and Marriage?" Cahn...
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A Tree Grows – and Goes – in Brenham
6/17/2013
Sue Sheeler (Images via Houston Chronicle) We should all be so lucky to have a Pulitzer Prize-winning son to write our obituaries. But even if we did, the leaves of our lives might not be so colorful as the ones on the tree painted for us by Jim Sheeler who wrote his mother’s obituary...
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Famous Fathers Quiz
6/16/2013
Who is this famous father and son pair? (GAB Archive / Redferns / Getty Images) There's nobody who inspires us quite like dear old Dad. Most of us learn from our fathers – some dads show us how to fix stuff or how to cook, some share the value of a good credit score or the best place to...
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