Valentine's Day at the Canteen. ✌️🪖🚬💋

Happy Valentine's Day! Celebrate by sending a 2,000-word letter of resignation to your significant other today. 😘

Henrico County’s musical history includes the remarkable rise of Thomas Jefferson “Tommy” Edwards, a singer and songwriter whose smooth vocals carried him from Central Virginia to the top of the national charts. www.henricocitizen.c... #CitizenBlackHistorySpotlight

Happy Friday the 13th! This photo was taken by Cliff Wesselmann in early 1939 and first published in newspapers nationwide on January 13, 1939 (also a Friday). Photo provided by Gregory Paul Williams. #judygarland #thejudyroom #fridaythe13th @judygarlandmedia.com @judygarlandestate.bsky.social

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 13,1946

Boreanaz will take on the role of low-rent L.A. private eye Jim Rockford, played by James Garner in the original series. www.avclub.com/david-borean...

Last night's 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files episode Piper Maru was a few days late. Jingle Jangle was out of town.

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[February 8th, 1946] Harry Gibson records his single "Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine"

Forgot to post my 1946 February movie pick from last night: THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE starring Dorothy McGuire, George Brent and Ethel Barrymore. It opened this week in 1946 at the Byrd and State in Richmond.

Next up in my #1946 reading: THE HOLLOW

This morning we caught the Buddhist monks on the 101st day of their 2300-mile "Walk for Peace" from Texas to Washington D.C. 🌷

Our 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files continues. Tonight's episode aired February 2nd, 1996.

View of the Snow Moon this morning.

The Donald Duck Sunday strip by Al Taliaferro from February 1, 1942.

Playing today at the Canteen: DOLL FACE starring Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Carmen Miranda and Perry Como. It opened on this date in 1946 at the Byrd and State in Richmond.

Next up is THE SWORD OF FATE (1941) published in the U.S. in 1944.

[January 30th, 1946] "Ailanthus Branch in Winter" by Charles E. Burchfield

Happy birthday, FDR! 🎉 🎂 This is the first birthday since his passing. #1946

Yourself, as a cartoon.

[January 27th, 1946] "How to Look at a Cubist Painting" by Ad Reinhardt

Our 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files continues. Tonight's episode aired January 26th, 1996.

We were hoping to watch SPELLBOUND this weekend but it's OOP and not on streaming anywhere that I could find. It opened this week in Richmond in 1946.

[January 24th, 1946] Today's Nancy comic by Ernie Bushmiller

My 1946 flick for January is SCARLET STREET starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea. It opened on this date in 1946 at the Byrd and State in Richmond.

Playing tonight in the Canteen: WOMAN WHO CAME BACK (1945)

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This is often how I have to find my portion of dinner. 😆 @valancourtbooks.bsky.social

Next up in my 1946 reading: THE TURQUOISE by Anya Seton, author of last year's Dragonwyck.

This morning's paper includes a teaser poster for my first 1946 movie pick! Opens January 23rd.

🎙️🎶 Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh, I heard it through the grapevine Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

I'm a week behind on work and reading because of the influenza outbreak. Getting back into the swing of things and starting Gore Vidal's first novel published in 1946. 👏

Another thing to look forward to in 1946!

[January 6th, 1946] Pastor Martin Niemöller delivered a pivotal sermon to representatives of the Confessing Church in Frankfurt.

[January 6th, 1946] Don Knotts was discharged from the U.S. Army after nearly three years of service during World War II.

Our 30th anniversary rewatch of The X-Files continues. Tonight's episode aired January 5th, 1996.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller January 4,1940

First book for 1946: Ann Petry's THE STREET. The back cover says it's the first novel by an African American woman to sell more than a million copies. #1946

Happy heavenly birthday to one of my favorite actors, Dana Andrews. #BOTD Photo taken by John Florea in 1944.

I'm old and it's not really 1945 so I'm starting this a few hours early. 😆 The complete program "exactly as heard shortly before Midnight December 31, 1945."

Happy New Year 1946 from the Canteen! We'll be bringing in the new year with a recording of Swing Around the Clock, a radio program by the Armed Forces Radio Service broadcast to G.I.'s around the world on December 31st, 1945. Shanghai, fellas! 🥃🥳

Playing this afternoon at the Canteen: SAN ANTONIO starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. It opened on this day in 1945 at the Colonial in Richmond.

NORDIC NOIR 🖤 🎞️ Coming to the Criterion Channel on January 1! The dark cloud of disillusionment that spread across international screens in the wake of World War II didn’t spare the land of the midnight sun, as evidenced by this selection of stylishly shadowy, ripe-for-discovery crime dramas

Evening drinks with Jingle Jangle.

My 1945 monthly movie picks in review. Favorites were Lady on a Train and Fallen Angel. This doesn't include the many we streamed. 🍿🎬

Sue Ellen aka Swing Shift Sue has been with us for a year as of today. 💝

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Merry Christmas! 🎄 from the Jengles

Introducing next year's 1946 profile picture:

[December 25th, 1945] America celebrated its first peacetime Christmas in five years, with soldiers returning home and families reuniting. President Truman declared it a long-awaited peace, echoed by religious leaders and citizens nationwide.