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May 24, 2016
The Horror DR. SEUSS WROTE “GREEN EGGS AND HAM” ON A BET THAT HE COULDN’T WRITE A BOOK WITH 50 OR FEWER WORDS Today I found out Dr. Seuss wrote “Green Eggs and Ham” on a bet that he couldn’t write a...
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May 25, 2016
Katydid THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAY 25TH- TO THE MOON This Day In History: May 25, 1961 “I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man...
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May 26, 2016
QED and his sister, QED, with Eniac THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAY 26TH- DRACULA This Day In History: May 26, 1897 On May 26, 1897, Irish author Bram Stoker’s masterpiece Dracula was released for sale in...
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May 27, 2016
Is it art, or is it vandalism? That’s for the courts to decide Click image to embiggen THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAY 27TH- THE MIRACLE AT DUNKIRK This Day In History: May 27, 1940 In late May 1940, Allied...
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May 28, 2016
Just Hanging Around THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAY 28TH- PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE This Day In History: May 28, 1961 “Only when the last prisoner of conscience has been freed, when the last torture chamber has...
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May 29, 2016
Okie Dokie… THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAY 29TH- AIN’T I A WOMAN? This Day In History: May 29, 1851 Sojourner Truth, abolitionist, orator, and women’s rights activist, delivered a ground-breaking speech on...
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May 30, 2016
“This is my happy stick!” THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MAY 30TH- BAD BOY STABBED Today in History: May 30, 1593 The Bad Boy of Elizabethan England, playwright Christopher Marlowe, was stabbed in a tavern and...
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May 31, 2016
My Little Pony? MARS: THE MATCHLESS WARSHIP THAT SANK DURING ITS FIRST BATTLE With irony equal to that of the unsinkable Titanic drowning on her maiden voyage, the Swedish warship, Mars, called “the...
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June 1, 2016
Smile for the Camera THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 1ST- SGT. PEPPER This Day In History: June 1, 1967 ‘Sgt. Pepper is the one. It was a peak. Paul and I were definitely working together.” – John Lennon...
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June 2, 2016
Who broke the cat? THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 2ND- MOSES AND THE RIVER RAID This Day In History: June 2, 1863 On June 2, 1863, three Union gunboats set sail up the Combahee River from Beaufort, South...
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June 3, 2016
Who broke the cat? What an interesting box THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 3RD- HUTCHINSON’S DEMISE This Day In History: June 3, 1780 Born on September 9, 1711, Thomas Hutchinson was the fifth generation of...
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June 4, 2016
MEH!!! THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 4TH- THE LADIES’ MAN This Day In History: June 4, 1798 “As well as good looks he possesses the rare gift of befriending women. He has the knack of addressing them as...
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June 5, 2016
Looking at Longs Peak (and the hot air balloon that rose from the ground as I walked) Is it art, or is it vandalism? That’s for the courts to decide… Not sure if you can call footprints left in wet...
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June 6, 2016
“Are we there yet?” THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 6TH- DRIVE-IN MOVIES This Day In History: June 6, 1933 On this day in 1933, amorous teenagers and parents lacking a babysitter had reason to rejoice when...
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June 7, 2016
Cat’s Broken Again… THE LOST LEONARDO Only 15 paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci are known to exist. But what if there were more…and what if Leonardo’s greatest work—one...
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June 8, 2016 in 3,544 words
Cat’s Broken Again… THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 8TH- THE REPORT This Day In History: June 8, 1949 On June 8, 1949, hugely popular screen idols, including Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield and Frederic...
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June 9, 2016 in 3,494 words
BUBBLES!!! CAUTION: From today forward, I will no longer post a cautionary warning regarding inappropriate language in embedded media. To me, they’re just words. I have self-flagged my website as...
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June 10, 2016 in 3,311 words
BUBBLES? THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 10TH- A KITE IN A STORM This Day In History: June 10, 1752 On a stormy June night in Philadelphia, American Renaissance man Benjamin Franklin purportedly decided to...
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June 11, 2016 in 4,251 words
BUBBLES!!! THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 11TH- SELF IMMOLATION This Day In History: June 11, 1963 On June 11, 1963, a 67-year-old Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc walked into the middle of a busy...
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June 12, 2016 in 4,010 words
“Giddy Up” THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 12TH- THE ASSAM EARTHQUAKE This Day In History: June 12, 1897 Just after 5 pm on the evening of June 12, 1897, ominous rumbling was heard coming from the ground in...
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