Tag Archives: history

23 Years Ago Today

Posted on September 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

It was the worst terrorist attack in American history, and as a result, people born after 9/11/2001 have lived their entire lives in the age of terrorism. But what does that actually mean? Remembrances of 9/11 receive less attention every … Continue reading →

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Doodles

Posted on July 3, 2024 by mitchteemley

I’ve always enjoyed (amateur) cartooning as a form of visual punnery, wordplay, or just plain silliness–a condition with which I have been afflicted, and in turn afflicted others, throughout my life. Quasi-Motors Technical Fowl The Abdominal Snowman Mousey Tongue (a.k.a. … Continue reading →

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All About October

Posted on October 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

Ancient Romans celebrating the Feast of PumpkinSpiceus Thought for the Week Welcome to October, the eighth month of the year. Wait. What? October takes its name from the Latin number eight. Why? Because the ancient Roman Calendar, credited to Romulus … Continue reading →

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Think History is Boring? Think Again!

Posted on October 28, 2022 by mitchteemley

History is Our-story. If it seems boring or irrelevant, it’s only because we’ve forgotten that. Here are some fascinating (and a few snarky) facts you might not know. Wishing you one of “History’s Greatest Weeks!” Click on any image to … Continue reading →

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47 Years Ago Today

Posted on August 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

By the time the war ended, 58,220 American soldiers had died in Vietnam. And, in a strange irony, 50,000 of the people they’d gone to save had been evacuated to the United States. It was the largest airlift in U.S. … Continue reading →

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On This Date…

Posted on July 25, 2022 by mitchteemley

192 years ago, the first railroad accident occurred in Quincy, Massachusetts, proving the then-state-of-the-art technology was not quite “accident-proof.” 175 years ago, the last of the Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young arrived in Utah. The door-to-door visits came later. … Continue reading →

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Strange but True

Posted on May 2, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week In response to the assertion that occurrences in the natural world are random, Albert Einstein replied, “That nonsense is not merely nonsense, it is objectionable nonsense.” Are random events actually the result of some complex intentionality; … Continue reading →

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Prayers, Pancakes and Paintings

Posted on February 3, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Colin, the creator of Bonjour From Brittany. I know little about my friend Colin, except that he lives in Kalon Breizh in “the Heart of Brittany” and is a history and tourism aficionado. His … Continue reading →

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Our Autumn Getaway

Posted on November 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

Sometimes you need to visit the past to face the present. My wife and I love doing location-scouting daytrips for future films. They give us an opportunity to be together while exploring our adopted region. For the last several years … Continue reading →

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The Most Cringe-Inducing Ads Ever?

Posted on February 7, 2020 by mitchteemley

We live in the Age of Offendability, when the floors of public places seem to be carpeted with eggs. Yet we can all agree (or at least most of us can) that some things are always wrong: racism, sexism, drug … Continue reading →

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