Tag Archive | "History"

WFW: Would You Die For the Truth?

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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WFW: Would You Die For the Truth?

My title could also be: “What Happens When a People Forget Their History.” In Ancient Rome, shortly after the Flavian Emperors began their dynasty (circa A.D. 80), the Roman government began to come down very hard on other peoples. Whereas the Empire had once been quite tolerant of the nations they’d conquered, they now felt it [...]

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WFW: Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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WFW: Happy Thanksgiving!

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. This is our favorite holiday. It is America’s very first holiday, when the Separatists (who had come from England to escape religious persecution) had a great feast and gave thanks to God for providing for them: for the abundant and beautiful [...]

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My 160-Year Old Aunt

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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That’s her. Her name is was Lydia. She was the sister of my great-great grandfather. That photo was taken probably sometime in the 1880 or so, when she was about 23 or 24 years old. I think about her sometimes. Today I was tooling around with Twitter, following more folks and checking out profiles and profile [...]

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Mardon Me, Padam, and Other Spoonerisms

Saturday, July 18, 2009

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I’m reading a book, The Best of the Old Farmer’s Almanac: The First 200 Years, and what a hoot! It’s got a lot of history, but it’s also got a lot of really funny articles. While reading another gut-busting story, I would exclaim to my family, “Oh WAIT WAIT, here’s another one!” And when I [...]

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Review: Drive Thru History, Columbus, the Pilgrims, and Early Boston DVD

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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OMG!!! We love Dave Stotts. I mean it– we looooove him. That guy has made some of the greatest, funniest, most educational history DVDs evah! His DVDs are the few I will actually purchase, so you know we are nuts about them. We have all the older Drive Thru History DVDs, and we also have [...]

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Great Epic Movies

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

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Wanna see some of the greatest films ever made, of all time? I am absolutely nuts about epic movies– those great, big, larger than life movies with a sweeping musical store, casts of thousands, and, most importantly, a solid plot with great acting. Here they are! Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). This is one of [...]

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A Fun Picture Meme

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Ana of Chica&Pumuckl tagged me with a picture meme! I am so excited, I haven’t done a meme in so long. I know some folks don’t like memes (they can be a chore sometimes), but I rather like them. So Ana, thank you for thinking of me. I’d been wanting to do a meme. Here are [...]

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