diaporama
“You big dummy”
San Ildefonso Pueblo Feast Day
These late-January festivities mark a highlight in the ceremonial year at San Ildefonso Pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico. January 23 is the pueblo’s feast day, celebrated with a special church service and dances, such as the Buffalo, Coma…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Its First Members (1986)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a museum dedicated to archiving the history of rock music. It was created in 1983 but did not have a home until 1995, when it opened its Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, after civic leaders pledged $65 million in publi…
“Nothing good gets away.” – John Steinbeck
Janis Joplin (1943)
Joplin began singing folk rock in Texas bars after running away from home at the age of 17. In 1966, she moved to San Francisco and became lead vocalist of the rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. The band catapulted Joplin to stardom. By the late 1960s, she was almost as well…
“Champertous Connivance”
The Tennis Court Oath (1789)
In the first days of the French Revolution, the deputies of the Third Estate were locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles. Believing that their newly formed National Assembly was to be disbanded, they met at a nearby tennis court and took an oath to not separate until a constitution was established for…
“I don’t know.” – W. Somerset Maugham
It wasn’t until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say “I don’t know.” Discuss
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“Enjoy every sandwich” – Warren Zevon
Kilroy Was Here
“Kilroy was here” is an American popular culture expression that is believed to have originated during World War II, when a US shipyard worker began scrawling the phrase on ships he had inspected. US servicemen then…
bear the brunt
‘People get what they get. It has nothing to do with what they deserve’ – Dr.Gregory House (House M.D)
mugwump
Definition: (noun) A person who acts independently or remains neutral, especially in politics.
Synonyms: fencesitter, independent.
Usage: The public relations firm believed that the key to victory was to capture the hearts and minds of the mugwumps…
“Yabba Dabba Doo”
“It’ll be alright!”
“North to the Future” Alaska’s Motto
The Palermo Stone
The Palermo stone is the largest known fragment of an ancient Egyptian stele containing the earliest extant historic annals. It was engraved around the 25th century BCE and includes a hieroglyphic listing of the kings of ancient Egypt, the years of th…
A flute with no holes, is not a flute
The juice is worth the squeeze
Adoxography
“At some point, we’ve all parked in the wrong garage.”
quietude
Definition: (noun) A state of peace and quiet.
Synonyms: tranquility, quietness.
Usage: Who can tell how scenes of peace and quietude sink into the minds of pain-worn dwellers in close and noisy places. …read more