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November 26, 1988 – Russian cosmonauts took the Pink Floyd cassette version of Delicate Sound Of Thunder and play it in orbit, making Pink Floyd the first rock band to be played in space. David Gilmour and Nick Mason both attend the launch of the spacecraft. The cosmonauts had requested the album to listen toContinue reading “Delicate Sound Of Thunder”

November 25, 1963 –The flag draped coffin containing the purported remains of the man, many Americans believed to have been John F. Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. And on November 29, President Lyndon Baines Johnson appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren the head of a commission to investigate the alleged assassination of the personContinue reading “That was the week that was”

While you’re sitting around the table with your family this Thanksgiving, opine this – Americans sometimes eat as much as 5,100 calories today! The average person eats enough each Thanksgiving to gain 1.3 pounds. That would breaks down approximately as: 2 turkey legs (with the skin on)6 oz. turkey breast (with the skin on)2 cupsContinue reading “But all that too shall pass.”

Then on Thanksgiving, you get the ax! Here is a brief history of the holiday you may wish to share with your loved ones: In the winter of 1620-1621, a group of immigrants in Massachusetts experienced a devastating winter. The weather was fierce. Food was scarce. Many died. At last spring came, then summer, andContinue reading “Relax – it’s just Thanksgiving.”

More alcohol is consumed today, the day before Thanksgiving, than on New Year’s Eve or St. Patrick’s Day. Why, (you may ask?) Many college students return home and reunite with their high school buddies. And the crippling anxiety of being surrounded by family drives some to drink. During this terrible season of Covid – pleaseContinue reading “In case you didn’t know”

Turkey day is tomorrow. Hopefully you’ve begun thawing your behemoths (my was frozen harder that Walt Disney.) Also here’s a tip for all cooks – as I mentioned earlier today – begin drinking – by tomorrow you will develop a wonderful drunken haze that will get you through any emergency. Do you know that aContinue reading “Turkey Roasting Hints and Tips”

Before you go – Kids, don’t let anybody fool you – Turkey is merely the excuse to have delicious stuffing. There are those who will make their stuffing with wild rice, oysters, saltines – I am not here to judge. I will merely present to you the stuffing that has been passed along on myContinue reading “You probably should start drinking”

November 24, 1859 – Charles Darwin was one of the first to formulate an argument for the scientific theory of evolution by means of natural selection, which he wrote about in his book On the Origin of Species. It was first published on November 24, 1859, priced at fifteen shillings with a first printing ofContinue reading “A Monkey’s Uncle”

November 24, 1963 – Extra-terrestrials used mass-hypnosis to persuade the world that someone resembling Jack Ruby had fatally shot someone resembling the person alleged to have been Lee Harvey Oswald on this date. This also became the first actual murder captured on live TV. The next day, November 25, the flag draped coffin containing theContinue reading “Something you don’t see everyday”

November 24, 1958 –A precursor episode to the science fiction television series The Twilight Zone, The Time Element aired on this date as part of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse anthology series on CBS-TV. Though not the pilot episode of Rod Serling’s series, The Twilight Zone, it was Rod Serling’s production that lead to The TwilightContinue reading “The Time Element”