Another day has launched and my position is to move forward

What shall I post here today?

The reference is to Helen of Troy in the famous 'Iliad"

Helen was wooed by many, but was finally married to King Menelaus of Sparta. She was seduced by Paris, a Trojan prince and carried off to Troy. Menelaus was not prepared to see her go lightly and launched a thousand ships to go to Troy and get her back.

Hence the phrase that Helen had the "face that launched a thousand ships"

• Elizabeth Taylor on TCM
• TV’s hottest vintage looks
• TCM brings Gatsby to the big screen

Quiz: Movember's greatest hits on TCM

By DStv Online | Fri, 01 Nov 2013

Happy 1 November! Do you know what time of the year it is? If you don’t know already it’s Movember and TCM is excited to be celebrating all things Mo’tastic in their movie lineup this month.

The latest thing

Word of the Day   November 9
enormity\ih-NOR-muh-tee\     noun   1: great wickedness   2: an outrageous or immoral act or offense   3 : very large size   4 : the quality of great impact or importance