Monthly Archives: November 2015

Anticipation

Carly Simon wrote the song “Anticipation” in 1971 in 15 minutes while playing her guitar as she waited for Cat Stevens to pick her up so the two could go on a date.  The song became one of her biggest … Continue reading

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Thanks for Nothing

http://en.protothema.gr/once-homeless-greek-restaurant-owner-gives-free-thanksgiving-dinners/ In the 1998 movie “You’ve Got Mail”, the character Kathleen Kelly (played by Meg Ryan) says “The odd thing about this form of communication is you’re more likely to talk about nothing than something.  But I just want to … Continue reading

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Seeing Red

A red cup; that’s what makes me really angry – or at least it should.   That’s what I’m being told.   Religious bloggers and talking heads are claiming no snowflakes on Starbucks cups equals an anti-religious corporate statement.  Even worse, some … Continue reading

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Italians at War

In the North Beach-Telegraph Hill section of San Francisco, Giuseppe Di Maggio was raising nine children while earning a living as a commercial fisherman.  By 1937, three of his sons, Vince, Joe and Dom were playing center field for Major … Continue reading

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VOTER

What can every adult in America be on the first Tuesday in November?  We can all be voters except those of us who have been convicted of certain crimes and who live in states that enforce felony disenfranchisement.   The right … Continue reading

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