Wars are expensive, and nobody knew that better than Napoleon Bonaparte, who was forced to unload some prime real estate for a lousy 42¢ an acre to pay for his latest contretemps with the British Empire, making today NATIONAL LOUISIANA PURCHASE DAY! The year was 1803, and […]
Read more →Summertime, and the living is … hot as Hades, and humid as a rain forest, dammit! Only one thing to do on a dog day like today, celebrate NATIONAL WATERMELON DAY! The fruit twice the size of our heads is our go-to snack on these scorchers, our […]
Read more →With the best of intentions, we still screw up. We all want to build a better world, to live in peace, prosperity and brotherhood and leave our children a world where they can flourish. We may have different ideas of how to go about that, but any […]
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