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On This Day In History - August 10
* This picture of Ben Barnes is parked here for no reason at all* 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. 1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sinks… more →
Kate | Blogsworth: Saving Orlando from his "dingho-infested hell" since 2007.
On this day in history - Napper Tandy
andraoirua wrote 4 days ago: The Irishman Napper Tandy is hardly remembered now, but was once considered so dangerous by the Engl … more →
2009 Word of the Year: "unfriend"
hmunro wrote 1 week ago: This morning, my friend Tom (aka. “The Blogfodder”) sent me a blip about the New Oxford … more →
The very definition of irony
hmunro wrote 1 week ago: The opening graph from an AP story caught my eye today: President Barack Obama prodded China about I … more →
Sad news from a friend
hmunro wrote 1 week ago: I was pre-treating my whites with some Shout this morning when the phone rang. I recognized my frien … more →
On the brink of extinction
hmunro wrote 2 weeks ago: A couple of weeks ago, I attended a reunion of sorts with some of my former colleagues from the Star … more →
A Veterans Day tribute
hmunro wrote 2 weeks ago: As a lifelong pacifist, part of me feels conflicted about observing Veterans Day. It seems misguided … more →
P. H. Pearse
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andraoirua wrote 2 weeks ago: The Irish poet, educator, and revolutionary nationalist Patrick Henry Pearse (1879-1916) was a leade … more →
A lot can change in 20 years
hmunro wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m old enough to remember when Germany was divided. I visited West Germany in 1984. And altho … more →
Halloweiner 2009
hmunro wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s been a great day. I spent a king’s ransom—and then got way too wired—on kombucha. I … more →
Safety: A matter of perspective
hmunro wrote 1 month ago: So Forbes.com has named Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington as America’s safest city. Never mind that I … more →
Bye bye, Big Mac
hmunro wrote 1 month ago: Add this one to the signs of a global economic meltdown: Iceland’s three McDonald’s restaurants will … more →
Stranger than fiction
hmunro wrote 1 month ago: Life really can be stranger than fiction. There’s been some buzz this week about an “ill … more →
On October 22nd…
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calebcangelosi wrote 1 month ago: In 1836, Tennessee governor Sam Houston became the first President of the Republic of Texas. Will th … more →
On the 19th of October…
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calebcangelosi wrote 1 month ago: In 1781, General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his British army to George Washington at Yorktown, V … more →
On the 16th of October…
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calebcangelosi wrote 1 month ago: On October 16, 1758, Noah Webster was born. His dictionary of American English helped codify distinc … more →
On The 15th of October...
calebcangelosi wrote 1 month ago: On October 15, 70 B.C., the great poet Virgil was born. Caesar Augustus commissioned Virgil to write … more →
We, who are about to die, salute you
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hmunro wrote 1 month ago: This morning I partook of my first-ever push-up contest. The charity-fundraiser-slash-macho-testoste … more →
It’s like being in hell, only it’s virtual
hmunro wrote 1 month ago: I got an alarming text message this weekend from a friend: “… your email isn’t working and has … more →
A dog's life
hmunro wrote 2 months ago: Today was the fourth anniversary of my dog Arrow’s death. I still miss him every day. Arrow ca … more →
