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TV Show: Sports Night
I suppose I have to explain this selection more than most. After all, Sports Night isn’t one of those beloved TV classics,...
Read MoreActress: Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor lived such a tumultuous life that she attained a larger-than-life reputation. Married eight times to seven husbands...
Read MoreFood: Dunkin’ Donuts
Let the record show that I selected my hometown brand, Krispy Kreme, for this list back on May 15, 2009. And that there’s nothing...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Barbie
She looks pretty good for 50, don’t you think? It’s rather amazing to see the impact a simple doll has had on American girls....
Read MoreTravel: Stowe, Vermont
Sometimes you have to chuckle at the writers on Wikipedia. Take this entry about one of the premier ski destinations in New England:...
Read MoreArchitecture: The Lincoln Memorial
Several wonderful monuments dot Washington, DC to honor past presidents and veterans of our foreign wars. But none are as inspiring,...
Read MoreSports: The Boston Marathon
When Patriots Day approaches (that’s the third Monday in April, for those of you non-Massachusettians. Massachusetters. Bay...
Read MoreSong: "As Time Goes By"
It’s the bane of a songwriter’s existence that the songs they write that become hits are forever associated with the...
Read MoreAmericana: Fender Guitars
Picture Leo Fender in his California electronics workshop in the late 1930s. Fixing phonographs, radios, and public address systems....
Read MoreHistory: Jamestown
What Sir Walter Raleigh and his Roanoke Island colonists failed to accomplish, the Jamestown settlers achieved: the first permanent...
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