December 14th: Today in 1999 Charles Schulz announced his retirement from creating the Peanuts comic after nearly fifty years of drawing the strip. As strips are drawn in advance the last original strip appeared in newspapers on February 13th, 2000. I loved the strip as boy, but the last years were just painful for me [...]
December 13th: Today in 2003 Saddam Hussein was captured near Tikrit, Iraq. I thought it was a good thing that he was captured then, and I think so now. Hussein was a classic Stalinist tyrant and the world is better off with him out of power. I would have thought it was a good thing [...]
December 12th: Today in 1937 Japanese planes attacked and sank the US gunboat Panay near Nanjing. The Japanese apologized for the attack and paid indemnities, but the attack and rumprs of the massacre in Nanjing greatly soured US opinions of the Japanese intentions in China.
Night Stapleford
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This is where I stayed Thursday night, a very nice hotel near where I used to live in the UK. Despite the haunted house look of it the house has no ghosts that I have heard of.
December 11th:Today in 1972 the astronauts of the Apollo 17 mission became the last men to set foot on the moon. It is kind of sad to say that really, thirty three years is a long time without any follow up. I saw the IMAX movie on the Moon missions the other day and it [...]
December 10th Today in 1970 Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in agriculture around the world. If you know nothing about him, you should learn about him, he is one of those who refuses to let world disaster just happen without a fight. He once said something I absolutley agree with:
“some [...]
Bobby I am telling you the property is starting to age, we need more ummph, maybe that tigger dude could be a bit more edgy and savage or something and don’t even start me about that [...]
December 9th: Today in 1793 Noah Webster begins publishing American Minerva, the first daily paper in New York. Today of course I wouldn’t read it, I would just subscribe to the RSS feed.
December 8th: Today in 1980 John Lennon is shot and killed. I remember it mostly as the end of the chance for a Beatles reunion, but of course it deprived the world a of talented and voice. It would be interesting to see how John Lennon would have aged had he been allowed to. Now [...]
This opinion piece from the New York Times gives some great tips for making the children’s classic Goodnight Moon more safe for modern children. The Times is published by people who think it is better if fewer people see their ads, so registration may be required.
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