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Blue Note Jazz Club

Posted by on Nov 15, 2011 in Featured, Music | Comments Off on Blue Note Jazz Club

Is there any location in the America more appropriate for a world-class jazz club than Greenwich Village? The Blue Note on West 3rd St. in...

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Biscuits and Gravy

Posted by on Nov 14, 2011 in Featured, Food | Comments Off on Biscuits and Gravy

Uh-huh. Shut my mouth. Biscuits and gravy. Now we’re talking serious Southern comfort food. Not for those counting calories, mind...

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Brent Musburger

Posted by on Nov 13, 2011 in Featured, Sports | Comments Off on Brent Musburger

I’m well aware Brent Musburger isn’t high on everyone’s list of sports play-by-play guys. But his distinctive voice...

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Posted by on Nov 11, 2011 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on Raiders of the Lost Ark

Go back in time with me, waaay back to 1975, and the start of the George Lucas/Stephen Spielberg dueling blockbuster action movies. 1975:...

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Mark Zuckerberg

Posted by on Nov 10, 2011 in Featured, People | Comments Off on Mark Zuckerberg

If you had to have three words to describe you, what would they be? For me, it might be, “Writes that blog.” I think I’d...

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Stephen King’s “The Stand”

Posted by on Nov 8, 2011 in Featured, The Arts | Comments Off on Stephen King’s “The Stand”

I love to read, but I’m the first to admit that my reading list wouldn’t impress my literary friends. The highest compliment I...

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Hoover Dam

Posted by on Nov 7, 2011 in Americana, Featured | Comments Off on Hoover Dam

I should have written this dam article a long time ago. It’s one of the best dam feats of engineering in American history, which you...

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Actor: Bob Newhart

Posted by on Nov 6, 2011 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Actor: Bob Newhart

Okay, which Bob Newhart TV show did you prefer? Was it The Bob Newhart Show, with Bob as a Chicago psychologist, wife Emily (Suzanne...

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TV Show: Mystery Science Theater 3000

Posted by on Nov 4, 2011 in Featured, TV Show | Comments Off on TV Show: Mystery Science Theater 3000

This show had a plot, but no one cared except its creators. We just wanted to see the awful flicks (these weren’t good enough to be...

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Travel: Jackson Hole

Posted by on Nov 3, 2011 in Featured, Travel | 2 comments

I wonder how many folks have visited this area and asked, “Okay, where’s the hole?” Answer: there is no hole. Seems that...

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