A little girl on our list is getting several American Girl Doll outfits (much more fun to make than Barbie clothes). One baby boy is getting a fisherman crocheted blanket, one of my favorite things to make for babies (he already got a ...

By lizzieskurnick Okay, so there's this girl in the 20s, and she's all out on the town, working, new job, having fun. Has a great boyfriend. He's gotta go off to the war. [So a little before the 20s. —Lizzie] She's loving her job, and somehow gets hooked up with the suffragette movement, Saratoga, the whole nine. She...

Which brings me to the following question...which is stranger? The propensity of actors, when cast in a film depicting an ancient culture, to speak in English accents, irrespective of the country being portrayed -- see Troy, Rome, Hunt for Red October* --, or for all Native American charac...