Quote of the Week: “Get rid of the ballots.” – the guy who’s losing Quote #2 of The Week: “I foresee no role for the U.S. armed forces in this process.” – General Mark Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Week #193 of the Trump Era begins […]
Read more →John Chapman doesn’t ring a bell with most people outside the Chapman family, but mention apple seeds and hard cider, and you’ll know why we celebrate NATIONAL JOHNNY APPLESEED DAY Born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts, John Chapman became an American legend in his own lifetime as Johnny […]
Read more →John Fred and His Playboy Band or the Lemon Pipers may not be household names, but their songs, “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)” and “Green Tambourine’ sure ring a bell. Well this is their day, the day we celebrate NATIONAL ONE-HIT WONDER DAY! You know a bunch of them, […]
Read more →May the Bluebird of Happiness light upon your shoulder and sing you sweet melodies forever and a day. Or, at the very least, not soil your car on this most auspicious of celebrations, NATIONAL BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS DAY! The Bluebird of Happiness was dreamed up by a […]
Read more →On September 23, 1952, a 29 year-old Country music star from Alabama booked time in Castle Studio in Nashville’s Tulane Hotel and recorded 3 songs; “Kaw-Liga,” “Take These Chains From My Heart” and one of the most iconic Country songs of all time, which is why we […]
Read more →September 22 is not always the end of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but when it is… we call it NATIONAL AUTUMNAL EQUINOX DAY! Today’s holiday didn’t actually commence until 3:50 AM, but once it starts, Summer officially ends. We knew this was coming. The kids have […]
Read more →Today is when the entire world celebrates International Day of Peace, but screw that, that’s just not happening. Instead, let’s talk about the time I repelled an alien invasion with a dozen bottle rockets and a switch blade on NATIONAL BIG WHOPPER LIAR DAY! As Secretary of Defense Chuck Norris […]
Read more →Words and music by Dion Di Mucci and Earnest Maresca, arrangement by Jeff Funk. Who, you say? What song you talking about? Talking about Dion, of course, formerly of Dion & The Belmonts, who went solo in 1961 to pursue a more edgy brand of Rock & […]
Read more →WEEK #192 OF THE TRUMP ERA IN REVIEW, FRIDAY, 9/11/20 TO THURSDAY, 9/17/20
On September 19th, 2020 / General Interest, Politics, Trump Week in Review / Comments Off on WEEK #192 OF THE TRUMP ERA IN REVIEW, FRIDAY, 9/11/20 TO THURSDAY, 9/17/20
Quote of The Week: “Can’t anyone here play this game?” ~ Casey Stengel, Major League Baseball Manager, sizing up the talent of his 1962 Mets Quote #2 of the Week – “My mental health has failed. I don’t like being alone in Washington. Shadows on the ceiling […]
Read more →“Give us ten million dollars or we will sell your oil tanker to black marketeers with whom we are already in negotiations via satellite phone!” Sorry, Somalian dudes, but that just doesn’t have the cachet of Wallace Beery swilling grog, hobbling around on a peg leg, and […]
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