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Person: Paul Harvey
What was it about Paul Harvey that catapulted him to the top of his profession? Was it the interesting mix of stories he chose, alternating...
Read MoreFood: Banana Splits
For a small town (2000 population: 7,634), Latrobe, Pennsylvania has a lot to brag about. It’s the original hometown of Rolling Rock...
Read MoreThe Arts: John Steinbeck
O ye aspiring writers, harken unto the story of John Steinbeck. Who dropped out of college. Who moved to New York to be a writer, but got...
Read MoreTV Show: The Mickey Mouse Club
This listing is for the 1955-59 series, not its reincarnations. (Justin Timberlake, Brittney Spears, and Christina Aguilera? Ack.) No, the...
Read MoreFilm: Forrest Gump
Seldom has there been a movie, or at least one not written by the Coen Brothers, that has as many memorable lines as Forrest...
Read MoreSinger: Alison Krauss
If you had to choose a face for modern bluegrassmusic, you couldn’t choose one much more appealing than that of Allison Krauss. She...
Read MoreAmericana: Jukeboxes
I’d like to take this opportunity to explain how jukeboxes work. I’d like to, but I don’t have the foggiest idea. All I...
Read MoreActors: Abbott and Costello
Today, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are best known for their wonderful “Who’s on First” routine, perhaps the single best...
Read MoreSports: Muhammad Ali
He could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” He invented the “rope-a-dope” strategy. He became one of the...
Read MoreTravel: New England in Autumn
I don’t know why there needs to be much explanation of this, except to say that there are lots of places that are beautiful in the...
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