On April 14, 1876, the Emancipation statue in Lincoln Park was unveiled. Thousands of people, including the President, attended. The person chosen to give the main oration that day was Frederick Douglass. Given the amount of work he had done for the cause of emancipation since escaping from slavery in 1838, he was an obvious […]
America’s favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, didn’t see his shadow which means spring will be early. Woo-hoo! I’m sure my friends in the Midwest and upper Northeast want to punch that little guy in the nose, but I’d like to give him a high five. Thank goodness we don’t rely on when our weekends are going […]
Ice warnings and megastorms may be what is confronting us at the moment but baseball fans are already thinking of Spring. More than one of my Facebook friends noted today that pitchers and catchers report to spring training in two weeks. While I try I really don’t have it in me to care all that much about […]
Last Thursday was a snow day for my kids. Which meant an unexpected day to entertain the little ones, while not dumping more Kahlua in my coffee than necessary. Because, as much destruction happens when I’m coherent, I can only imagine the amount of destruction that would happen if I was not coherent. Some of […]
So there’s apparently a big game on Sunday night that gets everyone excited. Football or something (I’m a Skins fan, so my season ended a while ago). It doesn’t really matter who your team is, you are bound to be watching — if not for the game, then for commercials. If you are not watching […]