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The Perfect Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2016 by curtsavagemedia

  I’ve always been kind of 50/50 on my feelings about Valentine’s Day.  Up until about fourth grade, I liked it.  I went to the same school for 3 years, so I had a lot of friends and got lots … Continue reading →

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That’s Life

Posted on January 17, 2016 by curtsavagemedia

When I was ten, my friends and I would engage in the verbal merry-go-round “That’s life.  What’s life?  A magazine.  How much does cost?  Fifty cents. I only have a quarter.  That’s Life. What’s Life?….” and around it would go, … Continue reading →

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Auld Lanxiety

Posted on December 29, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

Every time I watch the New Year’s Eve “ball drop” at Times Square, NY and they start to sing Auld Lang Syne, I find myself wondering “why is everyone mumbling the words after the first verse?”  Does anyone really know … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Guest

Posted on December 24, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

Who’s coming to your house tonight?  “The Christmas Guest” by Helen Steiner Rice is my favorite Christmas poem.  I hope you enjoy it.  Merry Christmas! It happened one day near December’s end, Two neighbors called on an old-time friend And … Continue reading →

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Angels Among Us

Posted on December 13, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

I traveled past the famed Anaheim Angels Stadium hundreds of times while living in Southern California.  When I was twelve, I played Little League Baseball and chose to play for the Little League Angels because Nolan Ryan came to the … Continue reading →

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Royally Skewed

Posted on December 10, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

I’m sharing this story because of the number of people I’ve found who don’t know about what happened.  On the day before Thanksgiving, a baby boy, only a few hours old, was left in a church in Queens, NY.  New … Continue reading →

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Anticipation

Posted on November 30, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

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

Posted on November 24, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

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 … Continue reading →

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Seeing Red

Posted on November 10, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

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

Posted on November 7, 2015 by curtsavagemedia

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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