Theodore Roosevelt, on books:

There are rainy days in autumn and stormy days in winter

when the rocking chair in front of the fire

simply demands an accompanying book.

- Theodore Roosevelt.

Happy Halloween:

October 31 - Halloween

 

Go Pens!

October 30, 2025

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4

Minnesota Wild: 1

YEAH!

GO PENS!

On this day in music history - Long Road Out of Eden, by the Eagles (2007):

Long Road Out of Eden

Album by the Eagles,

released October 30, 2007.

Track list:

No More Walks in the Wood; How Long; Busy Being Fabulous; What Do I Do With My Heart; Guilty of the Crime; I Don’t Want to Hear Any More; Waiting in the Weeds; No More Cloudy Days; Fast Company; Do Something; You Are Not Alone; Long Road Out of Eden; I Dreamed There Was No War; Somebody; Frail Grasp on the Big Picture; Last Good Time In Town; I Love to Watch a Woman Dance; Business As Usual; Center of the Universe; It’s Your World Now.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: Voyager (1995 & 1996)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Dark Page.

Released October 30, 1993.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Hilary J. Bader, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Majel Barrett, Norman Large, Kirsten Dunst, Amick Byram, Andreana Weiner, David Keith Anderson, Michael Braveheart, Buck (the Wolf), Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Debbie David, Hal Donahue, Gunnel Eriksson, Fumiko Hamada, Deborah Landis, Christina Wegler Miles, Rad Milo, Gina Saadi, Richard Sarstedt, Teddy (the Wolf); Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Persistence of Vision.

Released October 30, 1995.

Directed by James L. Conway.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Jeri Taylor, Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Michael Cumpsty, Carolyn Seymour, Stan Ivar, Warren Munson, Lindsey Haun, Thomas Dekker, Patrick Kerr, Marva Hicks, Majel Barrett, John Copage, Tarik Ergin, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Susan Lewis, Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Sacred Ground.

Released October 30, 1996.

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Lisa Klink, Geo Athena Trevarthen / Geo Cameron.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Becky Ann Baker, Estelle Harris, Keene Curtis, Parley Baer, Harry Groener, Renna Bartlett, T. Budeck, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Gregg France, Dorio Gray, Kerry Hoyt, Diane Lee, Irene Lonker.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Marauders.

Released October 30, 2002.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Written by David Wilcox, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Larry Cedar, Steven Flynn, Bari Hochwald, Jesse James Rutherford, Robertson Dean, Wayne King, Peewee Piemonte, Alexandrea Ortiz, Michael Bailous, Chelsea Bond, Michael Braveheart, Mark Correy, Vince Deadrick Jr., Christopher Doyle, Leigh Hennessy, Pablo Soriano.

On this day in movie history - The Hidden (1987):

The Hidden

directed by Jack Sholder,

written by Bob Hunt,

was released in the United States on October 30, 1987.
Music by Michael Convertino.

Cast:

Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clarence Felder, Clu Gulager, Ed O’Ross, William Boyett, Richard Brooks, Larry Cedar, Katherine Cannon, John McCann, Chris Mulkey, Lin Shaye, James Luisi, Frank Renzulli, Duane Davis, Kristen Clayton, Whitney Reis, Joey Sagal, Jeff Levine, Mark Morante, Jill Friedman, Rick Lieberman, Joseph Whipp, Donald Willis, Beau Gibson, Joe Perce, Jason Edwards, Joy N. Houck Jr., Mary Petrie, Joey Aresco, Judy Kerr, Luce Morgan, Richard B. Whitaker, Michael Yama, Charlene White, Marc Siegler, Jack McGee, Steve Eastin, Ted White, Loren Haynes, Rachel Todd, Buckley Norris, Lenna Robinson, Cate Caplin, Joe Gilbride, Deke Anderson, Wren T. Brown, Alan Marcus, Mark Phelan, Danny Trejo, Branscombe Richmond, Charles Edward Smith, Lew Hopson, Doug Collins, Bob K. Cummings, Alonzo Brown Jr., Rick Diamond, Charlie Skeen, Robert Brown, Chris Wentzel, Jake (the Dog), Kris Gilpin, Michael Joiner, Robert Shaye.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Mama’s Boy.

Released October 30, 1959.

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller.

Written by Arthur Rowe.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Allyn, John Beradino, Katharine Warren, Joseph Vitale, Julie Scott, Mary Alan Hokanson, Mike Bradford, Joe Conley, Larry Perron, Sue Randall.