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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1899
Song of the Day: New Year’s Day, words and lyrics by Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kevin Olusola, Martin Johnson, and Sam Hollander, is performed by Pentatonix. As the lyrics declare, when the Apple Falls in Time, we embrace the moments to come, our friends forever by our side … it’s…
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Continue reading →: Betty White, RIP
Betty White was just about to celebrate her 100th birthday and was inviting everyone along for the ride. Sadly, she passed away today at the age of 99. She leaves behind a lot of warmth—and a ton of laughs!
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Continue reading →: OED: “Crappo”
Okay, okay, I count my blessings that I and my loved ones are here … but this was still funny. 🙂
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Continue reading →: RIP, Dr. Hiromi Shinya
Today, I learned of the passing of Dr. Hiromi Shinya, who died in Tokyo, Japan on December 9, 2021. Dr. Shinya was a pioneer of colonoscopic techniques, the inventor of the electrosurgical polypectomy snare, which allowed for the removal of colon polyps without the need for invasive surgery. This is…
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Continue reading →: A Cat’s Life
After putting up a hilarious graphic depicting “A Dog’s Life”, the cats are demanding equal time. Well, H/T to my friend, Kevin Carson.
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1898
Song of the Day: Ben-Hur / King of Kings (“A Christmas Sequence”) [YouTube link], composed by Miklos Rozsa, arranged by Christopher Palmer, is a lovely ‘mash-up’ of the music from two of Rozsa’s film score masterpieces: “Ben-Hur” (1959) and “King of Kings” (1961). It takes the cues related to the…
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Continue reading →: Santa Stops By The Big Apple …
… though if you ask me, it’s a little early for “the city that never sleeps,” but hey, we’re traditionalists. We don’t open up presents until Christmas morning! (Okay, maybe one after midnight! 😉 )
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Continue reading →: Peace and Goodwill … in the Midst of Carnage
This is still one of the most remarkable stories of spontaneous peace and goodwill … in the midst of the carnage of war. From today’s Los Angeles Times article by Kevin Baxter: The first Christmas of World War I was a hellish time for Alfred Dougan Chater, a second lieutenant…
