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Sonic Gems: Elvis Presley – Elvis’ Christmas Album
Continuing in our Christmas season’s musical celebration and in talking it over with Ally, it seems to both of us that you just can’t have a full and complete Christmas music presentation without wanting to Blue Christmas or for that matter … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Christmas, Christmas Music, Elvis Presley, Elvis' Christmas Album, Sonic Gems, The King
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Locke – Some Thoughts Concerning Education
The English philosopher and physician John Locke was born on August 29, 1632 and passed away on October 28, 1704. He is the influential Enlightenment thinker widely regarded as the “Father of Liberalism”. It is important to note that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Identity, Liberalism, Locke, Self, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Treatise
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Sonic Gems: Classical Crossover Christmas II
There are so many great musicians who have provided us a unique combination of classical and pop. This time of year, I just can’t get enough of the work they have done with Christmas songs. Hopefully, this will be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebration, Christmas, Classical, Classical Crossover, Joy, Music, Pop Music, Sonic Gems
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Thought For the Day: The Battle To Be Yourself Is the Hardest, Best Battle Fought
“To be nobody but myself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Conformity, ee cummings, Individual, Self, Struggle, Thought For the Day
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Sonic Gems: A Classical Crossover Christmas
Between my computer’s keyboard having issues and being busy with all the hectic days of Christmas activities, we have been a little busy and not as productive in our number of posts as usual. Still, I have tried to post … Continue reading
The Proof Is In The Evidence
“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.” – Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist (13 Apr 1949-2011) Even a wide awake drunk is right sometimes… 😉
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Tagged Argumentation, Assertions, Christopher Hitchens, Conclusions, Deduction, Evidence, Faith, Premises, Proof
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Thought For the Day: The Work of Science Has Nothing To Do With Consensus
“The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are … Continue reading
Thought for the Day: When Books Are Allowed To Burn, Men Burn Next
“Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned.” – Heinrich Heine, poet, journalist, and essayist (13 Dec 1797-1856)
Sonic Gems: Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
We have previously discussed the career of the one and only Nat King Cole. That being said, he is a unique part of American entertainment history that I will always treasure in my memories. Though I was not but an … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Memories, Nat King Cole, Ralph Carmichael, Sonic Gems, The Christmas Song
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