Monthly Archives: July 2017

ON THIS DAY; July 31, 2017

July 31 is Avocado Day – new! National Mutt Day * Raspberry Cake Day World Ranger Day * Jump for Jelly Beans Day Uncommon Musical Instruments Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Daniel Defoe, J.K. Rowling and Michael Phelps, click

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TCS: A Salute to Wacky, Weird and Wonderful Musical Instruments

Good Morning! ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading

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Life has always been socialized even as death is solitary

By ann summers Ultimately it’s never a choice between socialist death and capitalist death. It is about actions that become necessary as we suffer this century’s latest strategy of tensions. Life and death is easier for some psychopaths. Worse now … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 30, 2017

July 30 is Cheesecake Day Chicken and Waffles Day Medicare’s Birthday * International Day of Friendship * International Paperback Book Day * World Day Against Trafficking Persons * National Support Public Education Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Emily Brontë, Henry Moore and … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 29, 2017

July 29 is Army Chaplain Corps Anniversary * Chicken Wing Day Lasagna Day Lipstick Day Global Tiger Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Dag Hammarskjold, Clara Bow and Mikis Theodorakis, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 28, 2017

July 28th is Buffalo Soldiers Day * Milk Chocolate Day Talk in an Elevator Day Waterpark Day World Hepatitis Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Thomas Cromwell, Beatrix Potter and Marcel Duchamp, click

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Word Cloud: CONNECTION

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD When you finally come down to it, all Art is really about such a basic thing: Connection. Human to human, and human to art, whether it’s in a museum, or hung on your wall, up on … Continue reading

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Hacking the Vote: Part II

I recently wrote about how voting machines could be hacked. There is a second way the vote can be hacked with no one finding out, if cleverly done. Today, the web site Mother Jones published an article that someone is … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 27, 2017

July 27th is Bagpipe Appreciation Day Barbie-in-a-Blender Day Chili Dog Day Crème Brulee Day Scotch Whisky Day Walk on Stilts Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Hilaire Belloc, Peggy Lee and Przewalski’s horse, click  

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ON THIS DAY: July 26, 2017

July 26 is Americans With Disabilities Day * All or Nothing Day Aunt and Uncle’s Day Coffee Milkshake Day One Voice Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Ben Franklin, Donaldina Cameron and Aldous Huxley, click

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