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Happy 115th Birthday Samuel Beckett
Today is the 115th birthday of the playwright Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot was a big read one summer at Interlochen, it went around my

Happy 451st Birthday Guy Fawkes
Today is the 451st birthday of Guy Fawkes. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that

Public Image Ltd. – “Home” (1986)
Public Image Ltd. – “Home” (1986) John Lydon was no stranger to incensed takes on culture and politics, whether in Sex Pistols or Public Image

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (1985)
Thirty-six years ago today, the film Girls Just Wanna Have Fun premiered. Title: Girls Just Wanna Have FunDirected by: Alan MetterProduced by: Chuck RussellWritten by:

Happy 105th Birthday Beverly Cleary
Today is the 105th birthday of universally-loved award-winning children’s author Beverly Cleary. You will have a difficult time finding anyone who has not read her

‘Poppy Flowers’ by Vincent Van Gogh – Lost Art
Painted by Vincent Van Gogh, Poppy Flowers (also known as Vase and Flowers) was stolen from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo in August 2010. The painting depicts yellow and red poppy

Prince – “ Let’s Go Crazy” (1984)
Prince – “ Let’s Go Crazy” (1984)

National 8-Track Day
The 8 track tape was designed by jet plane designer William Powell Lear. He is most famous for his jet, the Learjet, he also developed

Happy 96th Birthday Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Today is the 96th birthday of the civil rights activist Viola Gregg Liuzzo. Even through the smear campaigns and coverups (of which some were conducted

Words To Live By
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. – African Proverb

We all need to do our part.
Sure, hiding the body isn’t the fun part. But you’re in too deep to walk away.