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Art Garfunkel

I’ve always felt sorry for Art Gar­funkel because its always felt like he’s got­ten a raw deal from the music world. While Paul Simon has basked in the lime­light for decades, poor Art could prob­a­bly walk down the street and … Con­tinue read­ing

23. December 2010 by Glenn Vance
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George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Here it is in its entirety, ver­ba­tim from the orig­i­nal — Gen­eral Thanks­giv­ing By the PRESIDENT of the United States Of Amer­ica A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowl­edge the prov­i­dence of Almighty God, to … Con­tinue read­ing

24. November 2010 by Glenn Vance
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The Blue’s Clues Ability to Skidoo Could Have Astounding Military Applications

On almost every sin­gle episode of Blue’s Clues the human char­ac­ter (either Joe or Steve, or in the UK, Kevin) and the dog Blue “ski­doo” some­where, which is an amaz­ingly sim­ple form of tele­port­ing (trans­port­ing one­self from one place to … Con­tinue read­ing

12. July 2010 by Glenn Vance
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George is a Monkey, and He Can Do Things That You Can’t Do. Ever.

My old­est son loves the Curi­ous George show on PBS. He laughs along with it and after­wards will tell me the intri­cate plot points that moved the show from point A to Z. He has his favorites and his not-so-favorites, but gen­er­ally he enjoys all of them, some­what, even if he doesn’t love all of them. Con­tinue read­ing

02. July 2010 by Glenn Vance
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