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I was just downloading (legally from iTunes) some Cab Calloway music and I looked him up on the web. I found out his famous cartoon with Betty Boop is one of the pre-Hays Act cartoons and never would have been allowed just 3 years later because of the drug references. 2 bits of trivia I [...]

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Do you know where the phrase “Dog days of summer” comes from? I was doing a little etymology research and wandered into “phraseology” (Uh-huh, there is such a word. Mayor Shinn told me so…) and found it quite by accident. “The ancient Romans noticed that the hottest days of the year, i.e. in late July [...]

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Dick called from Pennsylvania. Said he found a better way to change the oil. He always hated crawling around on his back under the truck, just find a way to put it at eye level! 2 foxes ran out in front of him and out of instinct or reaction, he swerved. He’s alright, just a [...]

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I’m sorry I broke your dock Robin! We were invited to a friends house for a Christmas water parade. The Palm Valley Light & Boat Parade. They dress their boats up in lights and music and parade down the Intracoastal Waterway every year. Robin’s house has a dock right on the Waterway so she hosts [...]

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