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Continue reading →: Martin, Johnny, and Bette
This 1988 Martin Short appearance on Johnny Carson is full of hilarious impersonations… and Bette Davis is not amused! LOL
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1861
Song of the Day: Cinema Paradiso (“Love Theme”) [YouTube link] was composed by Ennio Morricone for the 1988 Italian film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards. This is Academy Awards Weekend, which comes later than the typical February showing (that coincides with…
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Continue reading →: Oscar Funk You Up!
Kicking off Oscar weekend with “Uptown Funk” (by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars)—which has served as the inspiration for quite a few cinema dance mash-ups. Check ’em out! Lotsa fun! Classic Movie Stars Funk it Up! Take 2: Take 3: And finally, Take 4 (100 movie-scene mash-up): Tomorrow and Sunday,…
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Continue reading →: Sheep Labor!
This story in today’s New York Daily News, “Sheep Labor: 5 New Workers Sink Their Teeth in Job on Governor’s Island,” just made me go: “Awww…”
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1860
A fortuitous “Song of the Day” in light of today’s verdict in the Chauvin trial. Song of the Day: Strange Fruit features the words and music of Abel Meeropol (though credited under the pseudonym, “Lewis Allan,” because Meeropol was a member of the American Communist Party at the time). It…
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Continue reading →: Coronavirus (33): Dose #2 and Done—Or Not!
As I reported on 18 March 2021, I received on that date the first of two doses of the Moderna vaccine. As I said at the end of that Notablog post: I made this decision for my own health, and as a responsible caregiver to my sister [who was vaccinated…
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Continue reading →: Ski and Me: Update #2
As many of you know from my first post on the subject, way back in December 2020 (“Ski and Me: An Update“), my sister, Elizabeth Sciabarra (“Ms. Ski” to all those who know her), has had quite a few medical issues with which to deal since mid-November. This is just…
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Continue reading →: A Pearls Before Swine Potpourri!
Some recent hilarious “Pearls Before Swine” installments, courtesy of The New York Daily News and Stephan Pastis:
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Continue reading →: Holocaust Remembrance Day: The ‘White Coat’ in Art—and Resistance
Today is the internationally recognized date for “Holocaust Remembrance Day.” “Yom HaShoah” is observed in Israel as a day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who died as a result of the Nazi’s “Final Solution.” What can be said about this horrifying episode in human history that has…
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Continue reading →: Happy Western Easter!
Here’s wishing a Happy Easter to all my Western Christian friends. My Eastern Orthodox family and friends will not be joining you in this celebration of life and rebirth until May 2nd! Have a great day!
