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July 9, 1995 –The Grateful Dead, who had been performing for 30 years, gave their last performance on this day, when they performed at Soldier Field in Chicago. During their 30 years, they performed more than 2,300 live concerts. The lead guitarist and backbone of the band, Jerry Garcia, died one month after the finalContinue reading “The Grateful Dead last performance”

July 9, 1999 –Universal Pictures finally shined a light on the world of pastriality when American Pie, starring Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, and Shannon Elizabeth was released in the US on this date. Eugene Levy was told he could improvise much of the dialogue for his character, includingContinue reading “American Pie premiered”

July 9, 2001 – The mockumentary The Office, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and starring Ricky Gervais and Martin Freeman debuted on BBC Two, on this date. The series started as a small, home-made video by Stephen Merchant when he was trying to get a job at the BBC. He came up withContinue reading “The British Office premiered”

As you well may know, while cash is the gift that shows you care, (highly-rated Muni Bonds are also acceptable) – cards like this are absolutely not: The anniversary of my 39th birthday is in just three days. The correlation between these two statements is for you to make.

July 8, 1988 –A single from Sade’s third studio album Stronger Than Pride, Paradise went to no.1 on the Billboard R&B charts, on this date. The song became her most successful on the U.S. charts

July 8, 1966 – Universal Studios released Frankenstein Conquers the World (Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon – Frankenstein vs. Baragon) directed by Ishiro Honda and starring Nick Adams, Tadao Takashima and Kumi Mizuno, to U.S. theaters on this date. The film is often associated and said to be originated with the 1962 pitch by WillisContinue reading “Follow along … it’s a tad complicated”

July 8, 1932 – W.C. Fields’ nearly forgotten but very funny political satire, Million Dollar Legs, opened on this date. Writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz was inspired to write this film by the wild events of the 1928 Olympic games held in Amsterdam, particularly by an Albanian pole-vaulter who took to the field wearing a pairContinue reading “Chief Inhabitants … Goats and Nuts”

You have four shopping days until my birthday – Cash is always the gift that shows you care. This however, is not – Does anyone think I need this?

It’s Father-Daughter take a walk together day, (Once again, two teams of high priced (non-ACME) lawyers have confirmed that – a.) I can refer to this as a ‘digital image‘,b.) I am legally barred from being in the digital image, andc.) I may or may not be related to two of the people in thisContinue reading “Another holiday is upon us”

Today is Chocolate Day (If you’re a chocoholic, then you have two more chocolate days to celebrate! World Chocolate Day is on September 4 and National Chocolate Day is on October 28.) The date commemorates the introduction of Hershey’s Kisses on this date in 1907 and the introduction of chocolate in Europe in 1550. RememberContinue reading “Hope you’re well rested – there’s a lot to celebrate”