Category Archives: History

In Memory of Andrew Koenig, Part One: Jeffty and the Joker

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Your Humble Narrator

Getting a few things out of the way up front: I’m writing this for me because I need to get all the crap in my head about Andrew out there.  I was very far away from him and everyone else … Continue reading →

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Happy World AIDS Day?

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

This one sort of snuck up on me.  I wouldn’t have noticed but for the internets and the sign at Starbucks. Quick thoughts:  Number of people I knew personally who have died? Top of my head, four, low for a … Continue reading →

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The Creation of the World and Other Business

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

This is the sort of thing that gets into my head and starts knocking down dominos. Today was marked by the recitation by Jews world-wide of the Birkat Hachama, a prayer offered once every 28 years in honor of the … Continue reading →

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Greatest American Death Masks

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

It’s cool to see how many of our Historical Greats looked like mutant dockworkers. Here’s Thomas Paine.

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Happy 200th Birthday, Mr. President

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

We once had a President who wrote this on the fly: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created … Continue reading →

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Hey, Evildoers!

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

Today really happened!  The Internets tell me it is so! Eat this link.

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Inauguration Day at My Son’s Kindergarten

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator
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Thoughts

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Your Humble Narrator

1.  ”Slumdog Millionaire” is the best damn movie I have seen this year.  Okay, it’s still January.  Let’s say “in a year.”  ”Years.”  Yeah, that’s good.  Go see it and if you’re SAG vote for it before Friday. 2.  Because … Continue reading →

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