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Travel: Kauai

Posted by on Jan 20, 2011 in Travel | Comments Off on Travel: Kauai

  While all of the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago are beautiful and...

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Food: Tabasco Sauce

Posted by on Jan 18, 2011 in Food | Comments Off on Food: Tabasco Sauce

  This is the third hot sauce to make this list (Texas Pete, April 16,...

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Sports: Bonnie Blair

Posted by on Jan 17, 2011 in Sports | 1 comment

  Maybe you’ve seen the kids at the shopping center, raising money...

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TV Show: The Larry Sanders Show

Posted by on Jan 16, 2011 in TV Show | Comments Off on TV Show: The Larry Sanders Show

  Each time I watched The Larry Sanders Show, I had the same thought: I...

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Poet: Robert Frost

Posted by on Jan 15, 2011 in The Arts, Writers | 1 comment

  Who’s the greatest American poet? Experts might nominate Longfellow...

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Album: Saturday Night Fever

Posted by on Jan 14, 2011 in Music | Comments Off on Album: Saturday Night Fever

  It’s just the soundtrack of a period movie, remembered primarily...

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Song: "I Will Always Love You"

Posted by on Jan 13, 2011 in Songs | 2 comments

Most of us associate this song with Whitney Houston, which is only natural: Her...

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Person: Harry Houdini

Posted by on Jan 12, 2011 in People | 2 comments

Houdini’s first trick was to escape his name — Erich Weiss. I...

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Travel: Florida's Overseas Highway

Posted by on Jan 11, 2011 in Travel | 3 comments

To me, building bridges is one of man’s most amazing feats. To build the...

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Film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Posted by on Jan 10, 2011 in Film | Comments Off on Film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Paul Newman (Great American Things, May 17, 2009) and Robert Redford starred...

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