Category Archives: remarkable days
Days worth remarking upon.
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A Sonnet for Shakespeare on His BirthdayApril 23, 2009
Four-hundred five and forty spring times past,
When sweet the rushy Avon swell’d its banks
And crimson tulips round the hillsides massed,
Was born The Bard, to whom we still owe thanks
For words so true and beautifully wrought
That though the calendar long years between
Has interposed, those words infuse our thought
And speech to-day with perfume no less keen
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The day some music was born, and some music died.February 3, 2009
200 years ago today, Felix Mendelssohn was born, and thus the world could enjoy music like this:
Meanwhile, it’s interesting to wonder what the world might have been like if things had gone differently in the snowy sky over Iowa 50 years ago.
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What a nice day.January 20, 2009
Seems like there’s a breath of spring in the air.
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you don’t look a day over 70.November 19, 2008
Happy birthday to Steamboat Willie (aka Mickey Mouse), who is 80 today.
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Wow.November 4, 2008
Anyone else feel like they just got done running a marathon?
And like you came in first? -
Getting Out the VoteNovember 2, 2008
I only work every other Friday, and since this past Friday, Halloween, was my day off, and it’s looking like turnout for the General Election on Tuesday might be kind of bananas, I decided to trek down to Norwalk to cast my vote early.
Norwalk, you ask? Don’t you live in the Fairfax District, [...] -
Aww.August 27, 2008
Sometimes, little brothers are the best.
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71 Years Ago TodayMay 6, 2008
“It’s practically standing still now. They’ve dropped ropes out of the nose of the ship; and, uh, they’ve been taken a hold of down on the field by a number of men. It’s starting to rain again; it’s—the rain had, uh, slacked up a little bit. The back motors of the ship are just holding [...]