Hollywood ... bloodsuckers. Who knew? Roget's Thesaurus would. But then, go figure that Hollywood would borrow journalism's historic axiom and run with it: "If it bleeds, it leads."
During the 1920s and '30s, the frontier of discovery was found in the dusty fields and dug pits of archaeological expeditions.
As I was approaching a milestone birthday, my family deliberated before selecting an appropriate gift.