Here I am slamming this out on the last day of the year. Rather than trying to come up with something clever and pithy about the year just ending, let’s get right into the usual grab bag of random images I’ve collected over time that interest or amuse me in one way or another.

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This is pretty interesting. Appeared in 1934. Newspaper on a screen. Sure, why not?

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My Forbidden Past – 1951                                                                     Seven Year Itch – 1955

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Stephen Miller, senior advisor for policy and White House speechwriter for the Trump presidency, drops his mask.

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I think that about does it. Stay tuned for my picks for best feature films, documentaries, and television for 2022, as well as my much delayed post on Bela Lugosi. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Stay safe. — Ted Hicks

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