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Category Archives: History
Italian #24: Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Alex is the second woman to earn the title Iron Chef (after Cat Cora) but the first to win via competition (see the show The Next Iron Chef). She is also a host on Chopped. I recently learned about Alex courtesy of … Continue reading
Italian #23: Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
With all the news about the Americans winning the Nobel prize for economics, I decided to see how Italy has done since the honors were established over a century ago. Of all the categories, Peace remains my favorite despite it … Continue reading
Italian #22: Sofonisba Anguissola
When someone mentions Renaissance-era artists, the most common names listed off tend to be Italian…and male: Michelangleo, da Vinci, Titian, Raphael, Donatello, Botticelli; those are the ones I easily recognize. However, one woman did manage to stand out in what … Continue reading
Italian #21: Marie Taglioni
I stumbled upon this half-Italian/half-Swede (like Isabella Rossellini!) via the podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class. I would recommend listening to it since the hosts do a better job giving an oral overview about Marie’s life. The shorter version from me if … Continue reading
Italian #20: Franco Malerba
Dr. Malerba is Italy’s first astronaut and I decided to kick off with him this year because I’m totally stoked about the release of Gravity at theaters tomorrow. Due to the Stars’ having games both days over the weekend, we will have … Continue reading
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Saluti! It’s Italian Heritage Month 3 and National Pizza Month
The stars are aligned today! I accidentally posted that cat movie earlier because I didn’t know it was officially National Pizza Month until I was researching further sources for famous Italians and a cool header. Sure it’s a stereotype but pizza … Continue reading
Happy September ’13, this month’s design may fluctuate
September is always a super-busy month. There’s the back-to-school stuff going into full swing, Labor Day Weekend tends to be the official end of Summer as per a favorite movie (The Flamingo Kid), the Silder wedding anniversary, 3000 deaths justifying … Continue reading
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2003: Ten Years of Marriage (plus a few days)
Saturday was an extremely busy, busy day for the two of us. Not quite the crazy one we experienced a decade earlier…Somara and her parents didn’t have a fender bender with an uninsured driver. We got up early to take … Continue reading
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2003: Ten years ago was a long, long flight to Las Vegas
I re-read what I posted five years ago and I would stand by most of it. These days I am definitely re-experiencing the fatigue of that great day. I could use a nap since I have difficulty sleeping in. I … Continue reading
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1988: Greatest Summer Ever Chapter One
Today is Bastille Day (in America) which means Summer is more than half over. I’m horribly behind schedule with all the posts I want to do this year thanks to housesitting, work (my team is expanding by 20 percent in a … Continue reading
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Blame Canada Day!
Whoops! I thought the 150th anniversary of Canada becoming the nation as we know it was yesterday, figuring it happened in 1863. Nope, 1867, when the “clear and present danger” of a US takeover wasn’t going to happen. Take over? … Continue reading
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An interesting essay on rock concert encores
If you’ve been to any Pop/Rock/Country show in the last 30 years, you know the artist/act will always come back out for an encore. Most save their biggest hit for this part. I already knew these things were scripted in … Continue reading
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RIP Eugene “Doomsday” Silder
It was pretty sad to read the news via Paul’s Facebook page about his father passing away this morning. However, I want to share a few quick anecdotes about my interactions with Eugene as a celebration of his life. What’s … Continue reading
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Happy 107th Birthday Grandma
The only wish for Grandma I have was that she enjoyed her life more when I knew her. Unlike most people my age/generation, my grandparents were almost a generation older than everybody else’s. By the time my memory kicked in, … Continue reading
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Thatcher’s rotten legacy lives on in the UK and the West
I love the chutzpah of the Right with their claims for civility via “don’t speak ill about the recently departed.” Nevermind their shittalking when Howard Zinn, Ted Kennedy and Paul Wellstone died. I’m confident they’ve been preparing some nasty, backhanded … Continue reading
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