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    Monthly Archives: November 2014

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    Black Friday strikes again

    Posted on November 28, 2014 by moc
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    It is here. The most anticipated holiday and hotly debated political topic of the year: Black Friday. Mark my words, before the decade is out we’ll be calling Thanksgiving “Black Friday Eve.” Black Friday is the day on which no … Continue reading →

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    ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving

    Posted on November 26, 2014 by moc
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    Having done this blog now for more than a year I realize I’m in a position simply to repeat posts in a never-ending 365-day cycle. For example, on November 25th I’m always going to mention Joe DiMaggio’s birthday, and on … Continue reading →

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    Cent’anni, Clipper!

    Posted on November 24, 2014 by moc
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    Hardly in need of another tribute, one of the most feted men of the Twentieth Century turns 100 tomorrow. Sure, he’s been gone for nearly two decades, but Joe DiMaggio’s place as an American icon stands as strong today as … Continue reading →

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    Mike Nichols, 1931-2014

    Posted on November 21, 2014 by moc
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    I don’t think there’s been a tribute to Mike Nichols over the past two days that hasn’t included the phrase “Hollywood legend.” I will not break code here. The man was a Hollywood legend. Born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin in … Continue reading →

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    Cola wars

    Posted on November 19, 2014 by moc
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    It’s one of the most asked questions of our time. A simple survey. And most people have an answer. Pepsi or Coke? It’s been a couple decades since I gave serious thought to the question. I was a Coke man. … Continue reading →

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    The following is not a piece of clever satire

    Posted on November 17, 2014 by moc
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    Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up. Okay, so this news has been around for some time, but I’m hearing it more and more these days so here it is. ’Round these parts we’ve got this subway/train system called … Continue reading →

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    What’s an Irish Bearcat to do?

    Posted on November 14, 2014 by moc
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    Big news tonight from the University of Notre Dame. No, not football but basketball sweet basketball. Tonight from South Bend the Irish host the boys from my alma mater, the famous Bearcats of Binghamton University. So what’s an Irish Bearcat … Continue reading →

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    Sprite on a plane

    Posted on November 12, 2014 by moc
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    I’ve seen the news in several places from several different sources backed up by various scientists and I think we can now conclude: your tastebuds really are different while flying the friendly skies. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany … Continue reading →

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    Honoring veterans everywhere

    Posted on November 10, 2014 by moc
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    Ah, November, chock full of holidays to every schoolchild’s delight. I’ll admit that when I was a kid I barely understood Veterans Day, confusing it with Memorial Day as so many do. At least Veterans Day never went the way … Continue reading →

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    The most remembered thing about it was it came down

    Posted on November 7, 2014 by moc
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    Twenty-five years ago this Sunday the East German government made a surprising announcement. It would do what its citizens and the Western world had been demanding for years. It would tear down the Berlin Wall. For 38 years the wall … Continue reading →

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