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Today: Doubting Thomas, Plymouth Colony, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, the Lockerbie Bombing, Bloody Christmas, George Patton, Bethlehem, Christmas Music, And More . . . Holidays and Observances on December 21 Feast Day of Thomas the Apostle. Thomas was one of the twelve apostles of Christ. He is most
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Today: The History of the Bill of Rights, Prohibition Ends, Battle of Nashville, the Holocaust in the Ukraine, Nero, Sitting Bull, Christmas Music And More . . . Holidays and Observances on Dec. 15 Bill of Rights Day – Today we celebrate the Bill of Rights becoming the law of
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A look at some of the history and holidays on November 18 Holidays & Observances on November 18 Feast of Dedication for Saints Peter and Paul: This celebrates the building and consecration of the home of Catholicism, old St. Peter’s Basilica as well as the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside
Continue readingA look at some of the history and holidays of this day Holidays & Observances on 13 November Sadie Hawkins Day — Ladies, it’s time to grab you’re man and drag him to a dance. This tradition dates to 1937 and the Lil’ Abner cartoons. Feast of St. Homobonus, a
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A look at the Outside Lands’ music line-up reminds us that young people, though rich in material things, live in an awfully depressing mental world. One of my Little Bookworms attended Outside Lands today. For those unaware, it’s a giant three-day music festival held in Golden Gate Park. Today, 25
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I’m sitting here in a glorious post-SOTU haze, thinking about the crazy world in which we live and hoping that Trump can find the path to fix it. I’m working on a project that will, I hope, come as a pleasant surprise to many of you. In the meantime, here’s
Continue readingA friend tipped me off to the fact that a few deranged individuals have been sending hate mail and threats to an absolutely adorable five-year-old girl who stars on the Disney Channel’s show Good Luck Charlie. The trigger for this behavior was an episode in the show that saw Disney
Continue readingThe day after Mitt Romney gave his speech, Jon Stewart went to town. It was a typical Jon Stewart exercise, replete with out-of-context snippets, juvenile sarcasm, and endlessly bleeped obscenities. One part of it, though, the very first part, stayed with me. If you watch just the first couple of
Continue readingThe great Walt Disney would have been 110 today. Here’s his and my favorite piece of Disney animation: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFKN_dz8YBE[/youtube]
Continue readingAs a great fan of Walt Disney (not the studio, but the man himself), I’m delighted that the San Francisco Presidio, a short drive for me, will be home to a new Disney museum. I have no doubt that he was imperfect, but aren’t we all? And as we get
Continue readingI’ve been mentally debriefing myself in the 36 hours since my return from a fairly intense Disney vacation and wanted to share some of those thoughts with you. I’ve always loved Disneyland. When I was young, I was taken in by the apparent magic. I didn’t notice the motors and
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