TV Guide ran a special “Closeup” feature to announce the debut of A Charlie Brown Christmas in December 1965. From A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition, Lee Mendelson, Harper Resource, New York, 2000 (p.25). This is a wonderful book. Every home– with or without children– should have it on the shelf. The first half
of a White Christmas, … .” As far as I’m concerned, white Christmases can stay in Vermont but I want you to have that tune in your head as I tell the story of little Israel Baline, and the man he came to be. Israel was born in Temun, Russia in 1888. His family was
It’s official. The Farm has entered the 21st century! A few months ago we kicked Verizon’s JetPack Mifi “unlimited” internet to the ditch (we don’t have curbs out here) and signed on for AT&T’s Fixed Wireless Internet. It’s faster, cheaper, and for all practical purposes really unlimited. And for that, we thank you! We could
We live in an amazing time. On my desk are my phone, my iPad, two portable batteries that combined will turbo charge four devises, two external hard drives for backup, my laptop, a printer that talks to my phone, iPad and MacBook Pro without having to be physically connected to them, and a 3x5x0.5 inch
What a beautiful morning! Warmish & sunny. Whiffs of leftover fireplace smoke in a slight breeze. Later on, one of the neighbors had a burn pile going. Fall. Breakfast. Fried leftover mashed potatoes with onions, and a fried egg. Chatted with the Thanksgiving Orphan about one of his favorite authors, Will Durant. Pie Brunch was
It’s quite stunning.
I will present this to you as it was presented to me– all at once with no warning. See the fellow in the blue shirt & red suspenders? He walked out from the kitchen with a cart of hot rolls and hollered to the crowd, “Who wants Hot Rolls?! Who wants Hot Rolls?!” At which
Originally posted October 12, 2015. “No other than Christopher Columbus himself.” [image downloaded from cartographic-images] A small map of the world showing Africa as far south as the Cape of Buena Esperansa, and a large map of Europe and Africa as far south as the Congo. The map is neither signed nor dated. But because
Again– reposting from October, 2013 The picture book is for the children. In reading about Columbus over the last few days, I’ve come across this sentiment more than once: Every school kid knows the story of Columbus. That got me to wondering what school children might really have known about Columbus back in the crappy
[Again, from when BigFoodetc was hosted by blogspot so excuse what need to be excused.] That’s correct. Herbert George Wells, the “Father of Science Fiction.” The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind was first published in 1920. (This is the revised edition of 1961. Both sub-titles are correct.) Reviews were
Here’s the first of a series from 2013. Bigfoodetc.com was still on the Blogger platform so I’ve cleaned it up a bit. At the time, I captioned this thusly: “No. It’s not an obsession. It’s a mission.” Michael H. Hart’s The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History has good ole’ Christopher
Everywhere I go today there is doom & gloom. Lileks gives us a harangue about Jimmy Kimmel and civility. VanderLeun gives us a wonderful story about the Mountain of the Holy Cross only to tell us the cross is gone and so is shame. And now The Professor links to this: “What we’re witnessing is the
And yes, I am cleaning off my desk. Why do you ask? Perusing the Biennial Survey of Education 1924-1926: Bulletin, 1928, No. 25 (Department of Interior, Bureau of Education. United States Government Printing Office, Washington. 1928) I discovered that there were more Baccalaureate degrees conferred to woman than to men in Mississippi, 1925-1926. In total,
*Word choice: they came to cull the sheep this morning. Thanks to Powerline’s The Week in Pictures! RIP LOL 🙂 Philosophers! Philosophers! Philosopher! Dare I say it? Philosophers at a conference! USA! USA! LOL
“In another showcase are gloves and bags and different kinds of stocking and handkerchiefs.” Doesn’t Mother look so smart? And the clerk so prim and proper? Look at that bow she tied on Little Girl’s dress! “Little Town” is the first chapter in the oddly titled, Around the Home by “Geography Professor,” John R. Borchert
I noted that I hate casinos– and SueK responded that they are pretty easy to avoid. That’s true, unless your in-laws have invited to to spend the weekend at a casino. Mr. Big Food’s Father & Mr. Big Food’s Mother celebrated 60 years of wedded bliss this past weekend. As they frequently do, they invited
I don’t think it proper to say, “Happy Memorial Day,” so I will not. I do hope you have a peaceful, relaxing (or productive, as is your wish), day, and that you take a moment to … . Well, you know. It is Remembrance Day. Remember. http://www.bigfoodetc.com/category/anniversaries-holidays/memorial-day/
My apologies for not making clear that this is not a photograph of Campbell’s Cream of Tomato Soup. (There was a college football game on last night folks. I cannot be two places at one time any more than you can be!) Here’s the rest of the story. As you know, Kat is visiting the
“We are now entering the Age of Stupid. How did our voters become so credulous?” That’s the headline here. Read it again: “our voters.” American and British politicians at the highest level appear to be engaged in a competition to see who can utter the most defiantly ill-informed, aggressively ignorant statements about precisely the issues
The shameful display of naked partisanship by the elite media is unlike anything seen in modern America. Maybe I just haven’t had enough coffee yet, but just what the heck is “modern America?” The country is … 2016 -1776… only 240 years old. Like, if we were talking about “modern philosophy” we’d be talking about