Monthly Archives: October 2017

#TrumpRussia gets closer as GOP keeps looking for snipes

By ann summers Breaking: it’s the media’s fault that Trump is uncivil while we’re forgetting that last Friday, Michael Cohen’s meeting today with the Senate Intel committee was “postponed” again probably because they knew Cohen would not cooperate. More importantly, … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: October 25, 2017

October 25th is International Artist Day * National Greasy Food Day Sourest Day World Pasta Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE!   Henry V,  Deborah Sampson and  Abel Gance, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 24, 2017

October 24th is Tony Bennett Day * Food Day * Through-the-Lens Day * International United Nations Day * World Development Information Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  Belva Lockwood, Alice Perry and Denise Levertov, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 23, 2017

October 23rd is Boston Cream Pie Day * iPod Day * National Mole Day TV Talk Show Host Day * San Juan Capistrano Swallows Depart Day ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  ‘Speckled Red’, Ellie Greenwich and “Weird Al” Yankovic, click

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TCS: More Music for All Hallow’s Eve

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 comment. … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: October 22, 2017

October 22nd is Make a Difference Day * National Knee Day * National Nut Day National Color Day National Smart is Cool Day International Stuttering Awareness Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Franz Liszt, Doris Lessing and Jean-Paul Sartre, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 21, 2017

October 21th is Apple Day * Babbling Day Back to the Future Day * Celebration of the Mind Day * Count Your Buttons Day Pumpkin Cheesecake Day Reptile Awareness Day ________________________________________________ MORE! Alfred Nobel, Ursula K. Le Guin and Derek … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: October 20, 2017

October 20th is All American Rose Day Brandied Fruit Day International Sloth Day * Mammography Day ________________________________________________________ MORE! Christopher Wren, Nellie McClung and Robert Pinsky, click

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Word Cloud: WITCH

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Witch . . . There’s a long and often tragic history attached to that word. In our enlightened 21st century Western culture, it’s more likely to be used as a somewhat more polite euphemism for that … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: October 19, 2017

October 19th is Conflict Resolution Day * Evaluate Your Life Day Global Dignity Day * Seafood Bisque Day Hagfish Day * ________________________________________________________ MORE! Scipio, Annie Smith Peck and Auguste Lumière, click

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