Film Karol

I enjoyed this movie about our last pope. He was an actor and antifascist and anticommunist dissident in Poland as a youth. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II for some history.

My mother and I saw him when he came to Des Moines in '77.

Sir, thank you. Rest In Peace.

Happy Easter Sunday

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter for some history.

Thank you Lord.

Like Milan and Hickory, Butler Is In The Final Four

See http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2010-03-29-butler_N.htm.

Go Bulldogs.

Great alum...my father, Warren Kingsbury Sparks, who passed on this year. There is a plate on one of the Hinkle Fieldhouse chairs for Mom and Dad. Dad played baseball there for Coach Tony Hinkle. I miss you Dad. Hello to Coach Baird.

The Masters

See www.masters.org for next week's great golf major tournament.

The Final Four

See www.ncaa.com, www.si.com, www.espn.com, www.cbssports.com, etc. for information on this weekend's games between Michigan State and Butler and West Virginia and Duke.

Nothing better than the NCAA tourney in the world of sports.

Oscar Robertson Gallery From SI

See http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/oscar.robertson/images/oscar-robertson-larry-costello.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/oscar.robertson/content.5.html&h=800&w=666&sz=80&tbnid=JqDyMbfCpufEtM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Doscar%2Brobertson%2Bhigh%2Bschool%2Bphoto&hl=en&usg=__em6KSN35_sgnnS4V8XMA0Ewo6bo=&ei=7leyS8DrG4Wclgfc1OSVBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=5&ct=image&ved=0CBIQ9QEwBA.

The great Big O.

76 Year Old Valentine Mystery

See http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100324/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1325.

Ferry-Morse Seed Company

See http://www.ferry-morse.com/ for the seeds we've bought every spring since 1856.

ABBA, Genesis, Geffen Lead Rock Hall Inductees

See http://rockhall.com/inductees.

This Is It, Michael Jackson

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_It_(Michael_Jackson_album) and your favorite retailers such as Amazon, Target, AAFES, Walmart, Sears, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Walgreens, Osco, etc. for this first album after his death.

I saw his concert in Kansas City in the early 80s.

Bicycle Playing Cards

See www.bicyclecards.com for THE playing cards since 1880.

The website includes the rules for over 100 card games.

In Memoriam 2010

See www.oscar.com and www.youtube.com for the film talents we lost in 2009.

Also see the special tribute to director John Hughes, one of those we lost. He did Uncle Buck, Home Alone, Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and many other great movies.