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Pigs Do That

Pigs are apparently nearly inextricable from Human society. One author says you can find them in more settlements than you find dogs, which confirmed his suspicions about humanity. One conspiracy theorist connected all the dots a few decades ago, and endorsed a ban on eating pork: he declared this a form of cannibalism. (See,Continue reading “Pigs Do That”

Screen Scrooges: And So To Fred

He went to church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and fro, and patted children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of houses. And up to the windows; and found that everything could yield hi pleasure. He had never dreamed that any walk—thatContinue reading “Screen Scrooges: And So To Fred”

Nag Nag Nag

We have addressed this question before, but addressing things gets to be a habit when you’re dealing with postcards. (Please, please: so much applause frightens the neighbors.) Although “Having wonderful time”, “Wish you were here” and “I am fine; how are you?” are all popular postcard messages, back around the turn of the lastContinue reading “Nag Nag Nag”

Flying Up From Rio

This is January, and this is NOT a food blog. Nonetheless, we are going to discuss a Christmas-related food experience. Those who are bothered by this may run out and buy Valentines. Nuts in the shell were always included in Christmas stockings at our hose, resulting in the appearance of the family nutcrackerContinue reading “Flying Up From Rio”

SCREEN SCROOGES: To Cheat Or Not To Cheat

Interlude Even the movies which do not cheat the ending like to toss in a scene showing the arrival of a prize turkey at the home of the Cratchits. They NEED to see that turkey done all the way through. None I have seen quite discuss the effect of the arrival of aContinue reading “SCREEN SCROOGES: To Cheat Or Not To Cheat”

Polarizing Plate

I don’t go LOOKING for trouble, Heaven knows. I was just curious about a food item—though I certainly do not write a food blog—and went into the Interwebs to answer my question. Someday I shall sum up my research into the history of the BLT, but I was sidetracked into a completely unrelated issueContinue reading “Polarizing Plate”

Informational Mailings

Last week in this space we discussed those informational postcards which informed you about candidates who knew you were the right kind of citizen and would vote for them. These are considered by most of America to be part of a larger subclass of educational material known as “junk mail”. The custom ofContinue reading “Informational Mailings”

SCREEN SCROOGES: Scrooge’s Christmas

The hand in which he wrote the address was not a steady one, but write it he did, somehow, and went down stairs to open the street door, ready for the coming of the poulterer’s man. As he stood there, waiting his arrival, the knocker caught his eye. “I shall love it asContinue reading “SCREEN SCROOGES: Scrooge’s Christmas”

Election Year!

Let’s continue to celebrate the New Year while we can. It is 2024, after all, a (FM) as the Farmer’s Almanac likes to remind us, a year that’s one day longer than the rest: a Leap year, an Olympic Year, a…well, yes, in these United States, a big Election Year! We are notContinue reading “Election Year!”

Centennial Volumes

Well, I just don’t know. It’s about time for me to do my annual summary of book stuff celebrating a centennial in 2024. But besides the fact that 1928 has been grabbing all the media attention (since works published in that year are not officially in the public domain) I am struck byContinue reading “Centennial Volumes”