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The Misforgotten (A Novel): Just the fax
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Thursday, May 16, 2013. The first fax service, between the cities of Paris and Lyon, France, a distance of over 200 miles, was established on this date in the year—got a guess? How about 1865, eleven years before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone? Better than that, the fax machine was actually patented in 1843, by Alexander Bain, a Scottish clockmaker. He called it a pantelegraph. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misforgotten - purchase online for $1.99!
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): Moon of the Day
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Saturday, July 20, 2013. Moon of the Day. Man landed on the moon on this day in 1969. The sun and the moon and the stars would have long ago disappeared.had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." - Havelock Ellis. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misforgotten - purchase online for $1.99! View my complete profile. Favorite Related Books, Films and other works. Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis. Barfly (film, 1987). Chekhov, Anton (Collected Stories).
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): Russelling, part 2
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Sunday, May 19, 2013. Russelling, part 2. Bertrand Russell’s 140. Birthday was yesterday. (See yesterday’s entry.). 8220;I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue,” Russell wrote. “I think all the great religions of the world—Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam—both untrue and harmful.”. In 1925, Russell published a small book called What I Believe. Fear is bad.” Russell said that while he didn’t welcome death, he had no t...Favorite Rela...
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): He'll float among the stars forever
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Tuesday, July 2, 2013. He'll float among the stars forever. A police copter followed Walters until he flew into some power lines, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for a half-hour. He then crashed into a driveway. Walters broke the world altitude record for clustered balloon flight, but it wasn't official because it was unlicensed. And the FAA fined him $1,500. He did make appearances on the Tonight Show and Letterman. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Plato (c. 428...
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): It's an okay old flag
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Friday, June 14, 2013. It's an okay old flag. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved a resolution creating a national flag. It hardly made a ripple. No one outside of the government knew about it until a blurb in a Pennsylvania newspaper mentioned it three months later. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misforgotten - purchase online for $1.99! View my complete profile. Favorite Related Books, Films and other works. Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis. The Autobiogra...
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): Success takes drive
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Thursday, June 6, 2013. On June 6, 1933, Richard Hollingsworth opened the world's first drive-in movie theater, in Camden, New Jersey. More than 600 people drove in, at 25 cents a head plus 25 cents per car, to see Wives Beware. Relevant trivia: Adolphe Menjou had earlier starred in the movies Road Show. A Kiss in the Dark. And Open All Night. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misforgotten - purchase online for $1.99! View my complete profile. Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis.
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): Somewhere, across the ocean
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Monday, May 20, 2013. Somewhere, across the ocean. On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic, five years to the day after Lindbergh's flight. She was not only the first woman to do it solo, she was also the first person to cross the Atlantic twice. Her time of flight beat a 13-year record set by two British fliers. Earhart disappeared in 1937 while attempting to be the first person to fly around the world. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ruggles of Red ...
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): It takes a lot to shake up a Russian
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Sunday, June 30, 2013. It takes a lot to shake up a Russian. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misforgotten - purchase online for $1.99! View my complete profile. Favorite Related Books, Films and other works. Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis. Barfly (film, 1987). Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville. Chekhov, Anton (Collected Stories). Citizen Kane (film, 1941). Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur (The Complete Sherlock Holmes). Confessions of St. Augustine (circa 400 AD). The Grea...
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The Misforgotten (A Novel): They smelled a Surratt
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The Misforgotten (A Novel). Sunday, July 7, 2013. They smelled a Surratt. The story is the subject of an excellent 2010 movie called "The Conspirator." Robin Wright (shown in picture), the former Mrs. Sean Penn, played Mary Surratt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Misforgotten - purchase online for $1.99! View my complete profile. Favorite Related Books, Films and other works. Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis. Barfly (film, 1987). Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville. Citizen Kane (film, 1941).
