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Civil War enlistees by age
This was interesting.
One of the magazines we get at our library is Everton's Genealogical Helper. It has a lot of interesting historical, geographical, and genealogical tidbits and I look at most of the issues ( Read more... ) -
Panorama of the Cathedral of Learning's Commons Room
Where I went to school. And why. I fell in love with this space when we went to see the Nationality Rooms on our sixth-grade field trip. (I was 11.)
From today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Post-Gazette NOW - Local News - Pittsburgh PanoramaUsually the room is full of people sitting at the tables studying, mostly commuter students (who frowned upon ( Read more... ) -
Whales related to horses: see how they jumped!
(Note: updated to include the actual photo!)
That's what it looks like it's doing over that bar, which I take it is a measuring stick (probably a meter).
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Here come ol' Flat Top...
Another odd West Virginia placename. I found it in an article about
Winterplace Ski Resort, 100 Old Flat Top Mt. Rd., Ghent, WV 25843 ( Read more... ) -
Man was not meant to play golf on the Moon
According to today's Non Sequitur comic strip, our lack of moon landings in the last 35 years is apparently Alan Shepard's fault:
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Watch Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band's Super Bowl Halftime Show
I guess I'll have to take back some of the nasty comments I've made about Comcast (which is my cable-TV provider). They've put The Boss's Super Bowl performance online!
Watch Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band's Super Bowl Halftime Show - Blinded by the Hype
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Gods, I'm old
50 years ago ( Read more... ) -
Top Republican: Scrap 'buy American' stimulus clause - Yahoo! News
Yeah, I need to post about the Super Bowl, but speaking of Steelers (I bet Mitch McConnell was rooting for Arizona, too):
This is not going to go over well with a lot of my neighbors, including ones who voted for McCain:
Top Republican: Scrap 'buy American' stimulus clause - Yahoo! NewsI'm talking people who won't buy a Toyota or Honda that's made ( Read more... ) -
The Terrible Towel’s Wonderful Legacy - NYTimes.com
The Terrible Towel’s Wonderful Legacy - NYTimes.com
A very nice article about the Terrible Towel and the Allegheny Valley School, the "network of campuses and group homes across Pennsylvania for people with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities", one of whom is the son of the inventor of the Terrible Towel, the late great Myron Cope ( Read more... )