Thunderstorms yesterday evening -- made it a bit more humid, but cooled the evening down. I sure hope that lightning didn't start any more fires -- we had a dreadfully smokey one about 40 miles south of us near Lake Mary Ronan after those storms blew through last week. They sometimes smoulder awhile before bursting into flame.

Footbarn's Celebration of Theatre: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
Spitfires of the Spaceways
UPDATED! Wilma Deering & Dale Arden to the rescue; Bodacious Princess Aura I; Hapless Aura II; The fiery Emperor Ming; and BOTH incarnations of Jean Rogers!

Charity Alert: Make a resolution this Summer to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: Some new material on the Hockaday Museum of Art's website. I'm going to be pulling cable and installing more equipment in the new building on campus today.

Media Watch: I was busy finishing Spitfires of the Spaceways during the thunderstorms last night -- thank goodness for battery power!


Busy "B" actress Anne Gwynne got her start in the third Flash Gordon serial, playing nefarious spy Lady Sonja, a clone of Milady de Winter from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Sr. Here are photos of Ms. Gwynne as a pinup, the original Sonja by Alex Raymond, and how she appeared in the movie. The similarities between these poses are remarkable.