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Sports: Pipe Masters Surfing

Posted by on Nov 5, 2010 in Sports | Comments Off on Sports: Pipe Masters Surfing

  This event, one of the Triple Crown of Surfing, takes place each December at Hawaii’s famous Banzai Pipeline on Oahu. This...

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Singer: B.B. King

Posted by on Nov 4, 2010 in Music, Singer | 1 comment

What would the blues be without Riley King? He got his nickname from his time playing on Beale Street in Memphis , where he was...

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Book: The Right Stuff

Posted by on Nov 3, 2010 in The Arts | Comments Off on Book: The Right Stuff

  Every now and again you find an author whose work is both wonderfully entertaining and extraordinarily well written. That was my...

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Food: Bucket of Chicken

Posted by on Nov 2, 2010 in Food | 2 comments

  Here’s a fascinating bit of trivia. The famous Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket was invented (if that’s the right word) by...

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TV Show: Columbo

Posted by on Nov 1, 2010 in TV Show | 1 comment

  The TV classic Columbo was an “anti-whodunit.” Typically, we saw the crime being committed at the beginning of the...

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Album: "Thriller"

Posted by on Oct 31, 2010 in Holiday, Music, Songs | 1 comment

  Remember music videos? Okay, music videos are still being made, so let me put it another way: Remember when music videos mattered?...

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Films: The Movies of 1939

Posted by on Oct 29, 2010 in Film | 3 comments

  For unknown reasons, some years just happened to feature more great movies than others. From time to time, we’ll feature the...

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Person: Ralph Lauren

Posted by on Oct 28, 2010 in People | Comments Off on Person: Ralph Lauren

  Some people struggle through their lives, never finding what they’re meant to do, never experiencing more than a regular...

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Food: Chili

Posted by on Oct 27, 2010 in Food | 1 comment

  When the calendar gets deep into fall and winter, almost nothing tastes better than a steaming hot bowl of chili. Now, what goes in...

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Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

Posted by on Oct 26, 2010 in Songs | 1 comment

  This is a testament to what inclusion in a movie can do for a song. “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” was written...

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