Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!

I was beyond intrigued when my girlfriend told me to look in The New York Post for an article pertaining to a sexual relationship between former Brady Bunch co-stars Maureen McCormick (Oldest sister- Marcia Brady) and Eve Plumb (Middle sister- Jan Brady). From time to time I wondered if off-screen romances between television co-stars from the past existed, like 90210 and Saved by the Bell. When it came to The Brady Bunch I always wondered whether or not television siblings Marcia (Maureen McCormick) and Greg (Barry Williams) were getting it on behind the scenes. It turns out McCormick and Williams did date and Williams revealed this in his book Growing up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg turned movie Growing up Brady. Okay, so the fling between Marcia and Greg, we could have all seen that one coming, but Marcia and Jan! Can you say Marcia, Marcia, Marcia?! How about serious opportunity knocking for so many sexual jokes it's ridiculous. McCormick's book "Here's the Story" is set to be released sometime in 2008 and is to tell the story of a sexual relationship between her and co-star Eve Plumb. The original article from The New York Post can be viewed here.

Hey Mr. President (Or maybe Ms. President)

Though the next election is nearly a year away, political fever has swept our nation. Will we have a woman elected for the first time in United States history, or maybe man who has a name so close to a loathed terrorist, or maybe even the man who held New York together when it was in shambles? In any event, I deemed a little presidential trivia appropriate.

Four appear on Mount Rushmore: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

Two ran unopposed: George Washington (both terms) and James Monroe (second term).

One was elected to four terms: Franklin D. Roosevelt

One resigned: Richard Nixon

One never married: James Buchanan

Three died on the Fourth of July: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe.

Eight died in office: William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy.

Four have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln (by John Wilkes Booth), James Garfield (by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (by Leon F. Czolgosz), and John F. Kennedy (by Lee Harvey Oswald).

Five have survived assassinations: Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford (twice), and Ronald Reagan.

A quote from the movie Conspiracy Theory that fits quite well:

Jerry: David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, Richard Speck...
Alice: What about them?
Jerry: Serial killers. Serial killers only have two names. You ever notice that? But lone gunmen assassins, they always have three names. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mark David Chapman...
Alice: John Hinckley. He shot Reagan. He only has two names.
Jerry: Yeah, but he only just shot Reagan. Reagan didn't die. If Reagan had died, I'm pretty sure we probably would all know what John Hinckley's middle name was.

[about lone gunmen having three names each]
Jerry: I just thought of another one: James Earl Ray, the guy who got Luther King. Then of course, there's Sirhan Sirhan. I still haven't figured that one out. Maybe it's Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan, I don't know.

The Stratford Man

Whether you read Hamlet in high school, or watched Leonardo DiCaprio star in Romeo and Juliet, everyone has been exposed to William Shakespeare (or at least I hope). Perhaps you love him, or you can't stand him. Maybe you would be lost without the margin side notes, maybe you wouldn't. Regardless of whether or not your feelings towards Shakespeare, you are probably using terms that he coined nearly everyday, and don't even have a clue. Phrases like eaten out of house and home, spotless reputation, full circle, are neither rhyme nor reason are all phrases derived straight from the Bard himself.