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November 15, 1935 –… And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. The Marx Brother’s first film made without Zeppo, A Night at the Opera, premiered on this date. Kitty Carlisle said the atmosphere on the setContinue reading “A Night at the Opera”

Before you go – a few more of the UK holiday commercials have been released. One of them is from McDonald’s – ‘You’re never too old to have an imagination’, is the message behind the McDonald’s commercial this year. Yes, please try to imagine eating fast food that is actually healthy for you. Demand Euphoria!

November 14, 1851 –Harper and Brothers published Herman Melville’s most famous novel, on this date. Called Moby Dick, the tale is teeming with seamen, spermaceti, and rigid harpoons. Scholars continue to debate its symbolism. The British publisher accidentally left out the ending of the book, the epilogue. This confused a lot of British readers, becauseContinue reading “Did You really ever read it?”

The day was initially created by the International Diabetes Federation in 1991. Its development was in response to the high rise of diabetic cases across the globe. The theme for diabetes awareness month and World Diabetes Day 2021 is Access to Diabetes Care: If Not Now, When? The purpose is to promote advocacy for diabeticsContinue reading “Today is World Diabetes Day.”

November 13, 1970On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend,Continue reading “Aristophanes ……….. Ridiculous!”

November 13, 1975 –Morris Albert’s song Feelings went gold on this date. In 1987, Morris Albert was found guilty of plagiarism, with a jury finding that this borrowed heavily from a French song from 1956 called Pour Toi. You can blame me later for this ear worm

While it is a particularly uneventful day in history, let us opine these words: “The students are beyond control and their behavior is disgraceful. They come blustering into the lecture-rooms like a troop of maniacs and upset the orderly arrangements which the master has made in the interest of his pupils. Their recklessness is unbelievableContinue reading “O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.”

(Consider the moral turpitude of killing your family members to shorten that list.) This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will arrive in New York City this morning. The 79-foot Norway Spruce from Elkton was cut down Thursday morning and loaded on a truck. The spruce made the 145-mile trip from Devon and Julie Price’s homeContinue reading “Finalize Guest List & Menu”

Crows can hold grudges against specific individual people. Known as The Crow Paradox, crows can very easily distinguish humans apart from each other, whereas humans find it nearly impossible to tell crows apart.

In case you were wondering what will Christmas look like in the future? Lidl’s, a European supermarket chain, gives you a glimpse of what the supermarket has in mind, in their most recent holiday ad.- So according to them, we will all be wearing goofy, supermarket branded outfits, forced to live eternally, while we eatContinue reading “Remember, Turkey isn’t always served for the holidays”