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Sonic Gems: The Pajama Game – Adler and Ross
The Pajama Game is a musical that opened on May 13, 1954 and is based on the 1953 novel 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. The music and lyrics were composed by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is that of … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 1/2 Cents, Adler and Ross, Broadway, Labor, Love, Musical, Pajama Factory, Sonic Gems, The Pajama Game, US Hit Parade
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Progress of Geology – Charles Lyell
Sir Charles Lyell lived from November 14, 1797 to February 22, 1875 and was a Scottish geologist who popularized the work of James Hutton. His best known work The Progress of Geology presented uniformitarianism. This is the theory that the … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Tolerance Is How You Treat People Who Disagree With You
“Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.” – Timothy J. Keller
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Tagged Beliefs, Disagreement, Thought For the Day, Timothy J Keller, Tolerance, Treatment
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1000 Posts!!
Hoping that I’ve had something worthwhile to share with everyone along the way!! Quite the milestone right? I wanted to apologize for not keeping up the normal amount of posts in the last few days. Not an excuse, but, things … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Celebration, Future, Gratitude, Milestone, Philosophy, Poetry, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Fascism Has Come To America In the Name of the Progressives
“If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.” – Ronald Reagan And it apparently has. I am getting truly discouraged as I look out on what is happening in America. Marxism is having a … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Loudest Voices For the Alleged Public Welfare Are Not Always The Truest
“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.” — Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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Tagged Charlatans, Edmund Burke, Government, Machivellian, Popular Error, Public Welfare, Thought For the Day
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Sonic Gem – Frank Zappa – The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
The double disc The Best Band You Never Heard In your Life was released in 1991. It is devoted mostly to covers. Much of it was from the back catalogue for the Mothers of Invention. There is a cover of Stairway to … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Collectivism Holds That Individuals Have No Rights
“Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to ‘society,’ to the tribe, the state, the nation) and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Brute Force, Collectivism, Group Think, Inalienable Rights, Individual Rights, Marxism, Statism
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