Monday, March 2, 2026

Born on this day – Marjorie Weaver:


Marjorie Weaver


Actress

March 2, 1913 – October 1, 1994

Credits:

Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Boston Blackie (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Big Town (1952); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Fashion Model (1945); Leave It to Blondie (1945); Shadow of Suspicion (1944); Pardon My Rhythm (1944); The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944); You Can't Ration Love (1944); Let's Face It (1943); Just Off Broadway (1942); The Mad Martindales (1942); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); Man at Large (1941); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Murder Among Friends (1941); Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940); Murder Over New York (1940); Maryland (1940); Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940); Shooting High (1940); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); The Honeymoon's Over (1939); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Hold That Co-ed (1938); I'll Give a Million (1938); Three Blind Mice (1938); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Second Honeymoon (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Hot Water (1937); The Californian (1937); Big Business (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); Melody for Two (1937); On the Avenue (1937); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Polo Joe (1936); Here Comes Carter (1936); China Clipper (1936).

Born on this day – Dr. Seuss:


Dr. Seuss


Writer

Illustrator

Animator

Director

March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991

Credits:

Horton Hatches the Egg (1940); Horton Hears a Who! (1954); The Cat in the Hat (1957); The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958); The Cat in the Hat Songbook (1967); The Cat's Quizzer (1976); I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978); And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937); The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938); The Seven Lady Godivas (1939); The King's Stilts (1939); McElligot's Pool (1947); Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948); Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949); If I Ran the Zoo (1950); Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953); On Beyond Zebra! (1955); If I Ran the Circus (1956); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957); Happy Birthday to You! (1959); Green Eggs and Ham (1960); One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960); Ten Apples Up on Top! (1961); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962); Hop on Pop (1963); Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963); Fox in Socks (1965); I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965); I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965); Come over to My House (1966); The Foot Book (1968); The Eye Book (1968); My Book about Me (1969); Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970); The Lorax (1971); I Can Write! (1971); In a People House (1972); Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972); The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973); Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973); There's a Wocket in my Pocket! (1974); Great Day for Up (1974); The Many Mice of Mr. Brice (1974); Wacky Wednesday (1974); Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975); Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! (1975); Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (1975); Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (1976); Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (1977); Oh Say Can You Say? (1979); Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! (1980); Hunches in Bunches (1982); The Butter Battle Book (1984); The Tooth Book (1984); You're Only Old Once! (1986); I Am Not Going to Get up Today! (1987); Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990); Daisy-Head Mayzie (1994); My Many Colored Days (1996); Seuss-isms (1997); Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998); Dr. Seuss's Clever Creatures (2008); What Was I Scared Of? (2009); Fox in Socks, Bricks and Blocks (2011); Sneetches on Beaches (2012); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Softly Book (2012); My, Oh My--A Butterfly! (2014); The Grinch's Great Big Flap Book (2014); What Pet Should I Get? (2015); Oh, the Places I'll Go! (2016); My Book About Christmas (2016); Happy Birthday to Me! by Me, Myself (2017); Gerald McBoing Boing (2017); Dr. Seuss's 1 2 3 (2019); Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop! (2019); Dr. Seuss's People, Places, and Things (2019); Dr. Seuss's Oh, What I've Learned: Thanks to My Teachers! (2022); I Can Draw It Myself, By Me, Myself (1970); Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958); The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961); A Hatful of Seuss (1967); I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (1969); The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough (1987); The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (2011); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (2011); A Who's Who of the Dr. Seuss Crew (2013); Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories (2014).

Catherine Drinker Bowen, on writing:


For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

- Catherine Drinker Bowen.

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Go Pens!


March 1, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins: 5

Vegas Golden Knights: 0

YEAH!

GO PENS!


On this day in music history:

Enya by Enya (1986)
Arctic Sunrise by Kerani (2014)
Altered States: Music for the Journey Within by Uma Silbey (2016)
Story of Ghosts by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2018)


Enya
Album by Enya,
released March 1986.
Exact release date unknown.
Track list: The Celts; Aldebaran; I Want Tomorrow; March Of The Celts; Deireadh An Tuath; The Sun In The Stream; To Go Beyond (l); Fairytale; Epona; Triad: St. Patrick/Cu Chulainn/Oisin; Portrait; Boadicea; Bard Dance; Dan Y Dwr; To Go Beyond (ll).


Arctic Sunrise
Album by Kerani,
released March 1, 2014.
Track list: Arctic Sunrise; Ice Kingdom; Far Away from Home; Norway; Drifting Ice; Aurora Sky; Discovery; Spirit of the Last Wilderness.


Altered States: Music for the Journey Within
Album by Uma Silbey,
released March 1, 2016.
Track list: Voices from the Deep; Morning Embrace; Mountain; Streaming; Cloudscapes; Levitation; Remembering; Moonscape; Tide Travel; Destination Infinity; Lightfield; Heartfelt.


Story of Ghosts
Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,
released March 1, 2018.
Track list: Song For Dunnie; Story of Angels; Contemplating (Solo); Blue Dream (Solo); The Solo Tango; The White Light; Story of Ghosts; Twilight; Story of Insanity; Before The Light.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1968)
Star Trek: Voyager (2000)


Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 23.
Episode entitled: The Omega Glory.
Released March 1, 1968.
Directed by Vincent McEveety.
Written by Gene Roddenberry.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Alexander Courage.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Morgan Woodward, Roy Jenson, Irene Kelly, Morgan Farley, David L. Ross, Lloyd Kino, Ed McCready, Frank Atienza, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Ed Fury, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie, Walter Soo Hoo, Adele Yoshioka.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: Ashes to Ashes.
Released March 1, 2000.
Directed by Terry Windell.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Robert Doherty, Ronald Wilkerson, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Kim Rhodes, Marley McClean, Scarlett Pomers, Kevin Lowe, Manu Intiraymi, Kurt Wetherill, Cody Wetherill, Majel Barrett, Carter Edwards, Tarik Ergin, Tom Miller, Louis Ortiz.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):


M Squad

Season 3. Episode 24.
Episode entitled: Race to Death.
Released March 1, 1960.
Directed by Jerry Hopper.
Written by Whitman Chambers.
Music by Benny Carter.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don O’Kelly, J. Pat O’Malley, Mary Munday, Diana Crawford, Bill Baldwin, Len Hendry.