American Progress (?)
I happened to go to history.com this morning, just for the heck. I was reminded of the fact that long before Hillary Clinton seized the nation’s interest (and considerable support) as the first woman to ever even get close to winning her party’s nomination for president, there was Geraldine Ferraro. She advanced further than Hillary [...]
This just in
All the news that’s fit to roll your eyes at. (Yes, I ended a sentence in a preposition. On purpose. There, I wrote a fragment, too.) While perusing the news this morning, I found the following gems: Last Saturday, a brand-new Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum opened in Berlin. It wasn’t open but a few minutes [...]
Fond memories of the burning map
I was never much for westerns on television (that was Mavis’s department), but I did love watching Bonanza — mostly because I loved Little Joe. (Who didn’t?) The opening credits (complete with the Cartwright men approaching on horseback, and the burning map) combined with the theme song are among my most vivid TV memories growing [...]
No good deed goes unpunished
It’s an interesting story, and unfortunately, completely believable on all sides. So what really happened to the Tucker Automobile Company? Preston Tucker (1903-1956) was a car nut and entrepreneur who wanted to cash in on the post-World War II glut of factories and steel being sold off at a discount by the US government. His [...]
More Things I Hate
DANG I’m in a mood today. Got up late (6:25 is late for me, friend), then came downstairs to do my discussion assignment for class. I won’t go into it in detail, but check out this screen shot of what my “Preview Message” window looked like. (It’s supposed to contain the formatted text from the [...]