Tag Archive for 'Anniversary'

ElevenElevenEleven

by Richard Really, dudes, it means absolutely nothing. Let me repeat that, but use slightly different wording for emphasis: There is nothing special about today’s date being 11-11-11. Seriously. I mean, sure it’s neat and all that because we’ve got the same number for the day, month and year (as long as we’re apostrophying the [...]

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Earth Day 2011

by Richard Today marks the 41st anniversary of the celebration of Earth Day, a day we set aside to honor the earth. Well, not so much honor as we try to do something to make the physical world a better place. That might be something as simple as picking up trash alongside the road or [...]

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Infamy

by Richard Forever is a long, long time. When speaking to Congress following the attack, American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that Dec. 7, 1941, was “. . . a day that will live in infamy, forever.” I’m speaking, of course, about the sneak attack by Japanese air forces on the naval base in Pearl [...]

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