Monthly Archives: January 2018

ON THIS DAY: January 23, 2018

Posted on January 23, 2018 by wordcloud9

January 23rd is Handwriting Day Into the Deep Day * National Pie Day * Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day __________________________________________ MORE! Edouard Manet, Gertrude Elion and Django Reinhardt, click

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Looking at Jeff Flake’s anti-Trump speech on the media

Posted on January 23, 2018 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers The collective false consciousness that is US democracy has many manifestations, so without casting aspersions on Arizona GOP senator Jeff Flake’s motives, his speech on the floor of the US Senate is useful if only to … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 22, 2018

Posted on January 22, 2018 by wordcloud9

January 22nd is Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day Blonde Brownie Day National Hot Sauce Day * Southern Food Day Roe v Wade Day * __________________________________________ MORE! John Donne, Beatrice Webb and Arthur Miller, click

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TCS: A Virtual Burns Night Supper

Posted on January 22, 2018 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! A silver tumbler for a wee dram – So “take a cup of kindness yet” and join in! ___________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 21, 2018

Posted on January 21, 2018 by wordcloud9

January 21st is New England Clam Chowder Day   Granola Bar Day Hugging Day * Squirrel Appreciation Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Ethan Allen, Eva Ibbotson and Wolfman Jack, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 20, 2018

Posted on January 20, 2018 by wordcloud9

January 20th is Buttercrunch Day Cheese Lover’s Day Day of Acceptance * Disc Jockey Day Penguin Awareness Day * __________________________________________ MORE! John Marshall, Clarice Cliff and Federico Fellini, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 19, 2018

Posted on January 19, 2018 by wordcloud9

January 19th is National Neon Day * National Popcorn Day Tin Can Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Edgar Allan Poe, Janis Joplin and Robert Palmer, click

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Word Cloud: WORKING-DAYS

Posted on January 19, 2018 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In William Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice says in mock lament: I may sit in a corner and cry heigh-ho for a husband! When Don Pedro offers to get her one, she asks if … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 18, 2018

Posted on January 18, 2018 by wordcloud9

January 18th is Gourmet Coffee Day Peking Duck Day Thesaurus Day * Winnie the Pooh Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Peter Roget,  Elena Arizmendi and Louis Mantin, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 17, 2018

Posted on January 17, 2018 by wordcloud9

January 17th is Popeye the Sailor Day * Cable Car Day * Kid Inventors’ Day * Hot Buttered Rum Day No More Fad Diets Day International Mentoring Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Benjamin Franklin, Anne Brontë and Muhammad Ali, click

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