It’s just like nothing on Earth
The Stranglers had a quirky Album entitled “The Gospel According to the Meninblack“. One of the songs is “Just like...
What the heck is Malbec?
We believe in celebrating the lesser publicized things, like random holidays. Today is one of those. It’s international Malbec day....
A Good Time For a Beer
We’ve made it. It’s New Beer Day once again: That magical time of year when Malts, hops, and yeast reign...
Just another everyday resurrection
With over 2 Billion Christians in the world, today is a big day. It’s Easter Sunday: the day that defines...
It’s Purely time for Purim
Everyone knows about Passover. Charlton Heston helped make it famous in Pop Culture with the movie “the Ten Commandments.” Passover...
Can’t this be the real New Year
Whether the Groundhog was right or wrong, today is the official first day of Spring. That’s right: the Vernal equinox....
Push the ides aside
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow included a poem in “Ultima Thule” (published 2 years before his death), called “The tide rises, the...
I am I said
Neil Diamond had a number of hit songs himself and through other artists like the Monkeys. One of those songs...
“Whisky is liquid sunshine”
George Bernard Shaw made the observation: “Whisky is liquid sunshine.” Being Irish, you know he meant Irish whiskey. And, today...
Are you stashing Pistachios?
In the hills of Persia, Syria, and Afghanistan, the seeds of Monotheistic religion sprouted Zoroastrianism. The eschewing of Multiple gods...