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Because they don’t make ‘em like they used to
Cab Calloway in 1934: And Benny Goodman in 1937:
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The more things change….
I found this in an anthology of humorous stories from 1950: Quentin Reynolds calls attention to the fact that Montgomery’s campaign in the Near East altered a centuries-old custom of the natives in...
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
This has been in the works for a while, so it’s not a surprise to me, but I know it will be a surprise to you. Effective immediately, I’m switching servers, so my blog will operate at a new address:...
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Still on the road
I’ve been so isolated from the news this weekend I only just discovered that Van Jones withdrew. Of course, at the same time, my NYT reading husband first discovered that Van Jones existed, so I’m...
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Other places, other values
I’m down in the Central Valley right now. Went into a Foster’s Old Fashioned freeze (love their chocolate dipped vanilla cones) and saw, right on the counter, a packet of materials from the local...
View ArticleIt was a dark and stormy night, and day….
Wow! That was one heck of a storm that passed through here. In our neighborhood, debris was everywhere, trees and fences blew down and, as you might have guessed, power went out. We were sent back to...
View ArticleFreedom — and its opposite measure
Richard Disney has been combing archives for old political films. He posted this one on YouTube, and it’s really quite amazing, in its understanding of the benefits of America’s unique freedoms and...
View Article“if I am going to die then I would rather die like a man than a dog.”
It’s a truly dreadful story, but with a happy ending, because a man behaved like a man: A millionaire yesterday told how he fought off three armed burglars who were holding a knife to his daughter’s...
View ArticleFrom the “they deserve each other” department
I’d grown up hearing that it takes two thieves to strike an honest bargain. That’s sort of true here, with each side ending up with nothing — which is pretty fair, considering what each was offering...
View ArticleJust asking….
Is it a bad sign if you have Peanut M&Ms for breakfast because they’re the fastest thing to prepare and have lots of instant energy? Things here should shudder to a halt in a few hours, and I’ll...
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