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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1864
Song of the Day: I Could Fall in Love, words and music by Keith Thomas, was a promotional single off of Selena‘s fifth and final studio album, released posthumously, “Dreaming of You,” which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Album chart. Tragically shot and killed at the young…
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Continue reading →: Philosophy Laugh …
On the question of Free Will? On the annoying life of the philosopher …
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Continue reading →: Motherhood Transcending Humanhood …
This is really an amazing video … a post-Mother’s Day treat!
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Continue reading →: A Mother’s Love & Humor
It’s Mother’s Day today, and it’s only natural to think about Mom. That’s not all that unusual, because there isn’t a day that passes where I don’t think about her. She’s been gone since 1995, when she died at the age of 76, after a five-year battle with lung cancer.…
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Continue reading →: Big Apple 100!
Larry McShane, in yesterday’s New York Daily News reminds us that May 3, 2021 was the 100th anniversary of the first time the term “Big Apple” was used to refer to New York City (by New York Morning Telegraph cub reporter and horse-racing writer, John J. Fitz Gerald). In his…
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Continue reading →: Happy 90th Anniversary to the Empire State Building
It took them only 13 months to erect the greatest building in the world: The Empire State Building, which opened on May 1, 1931, ninety years + 1 day ago, (h/t to my friend Mario Rizzo for reminding me of the anniversary). Back in 1983, they put a King Kong…
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Continue reading →: Happy Easter to the Easterners!
“Christos Anesti” to all my Greek (Eastern) Orthodox family and friends: Happy Easter. Enjoy this celebration of renewal and rebirth.
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1863
Song of the Day: Come on-a My House features the words and music of Ross Bagdasarian (yes, “David Seville” of “Chipmunks” fame) and William Saroyan. Based on a traditional Armenian folk song, it was performed in the off-Broadway production of “The Son” (1950) but became a huge #1 hit for…
