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Alcatraz Closes
It was on this day in 1963 that Alcatraz, the infamous federal penitentiary in the middle of San Francisco Bay, was closed. The main reason behind the closure was that, given its isolation, “the Rock”...
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Happy Birthday Margaret Cho
I remember first seeing Margaret Cho on TV, it was a stand up routine and they played it often on some cable channel. There was a part about her brother being a born-again-christian surfer and of...
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Happy Birthday Dian Fossey
Today is the 83rd birthday of the zoologist Dian Fossey. She is the reason that we know more about gorillas than we used to and that we value them more than we used to. The world is a better place...
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Banned Books That Shaped America: The Call of the Wild
The Library of Congress created an exhibit, “Books that Shaped America,” that explores books that “have had a profound effect on American life.” Many of the books in the exhibit have been...
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Happy 84th Birthday Dian Fossey
Today is the 84th birthday of the zoologist Dian Fossey. She is the reason that we know more about gorillas than we used to and that we value them more than we used to. The world is a better place...
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Happy 93rd Birthday Bettie Page
Today is the 93rd birthday of Bettie Page. Finding a G-rated photograph of her is more difficult than I had originally thought, so I decided to post some of the amazing Bettie Page inspired art that...
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Happy 85th Birthday Dian Fossey
Today is the 85th birthday of the zoologist Dian Fossey. She is the reason that we know more about gorillas than we used to and that we value them more than we used to. The world is a better place...
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Happy 94th Birthday Bettie Page
Today is the 94th birthday of Bettie Page. Finding a G-rated photograph of her is more difficult than I had originally thought, so I decided to post some of the amazing Bettie Page inspired art that...
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Another Boy Genius
Sometimes, you start out to write about someone and soon realize you are writing about yourself. A great writer once wrote in a letter to a friend whose young son had unexpectedly passed away, “The...
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Happy 86th Birthday Dian Fossey
Today is the 86th birthday of the zoologist Dian Fossey. She is the reason that we know more about gorillas than we used to and that we value them more than we used to. The world is a better place...
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