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Here is some background info on the “stars” of this soap opera / sitcom Reality Show. Downtown Dad (AKA Downtown…
The Urban Dictionary defines Lala Land as Someone who is in their “own little world.” To be zoned out or…
Slow Cook Thursday…Brought to You by Linda Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 5:20AM Mrs. G. Linda describes herself as chief cook…
Recent Writing
There is a fine Irish movie called Waking Ned Devine, and in that movie, there is a scene at the…
“To be or not to be? that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings…
Travel
Thursday, October 4th. We got up really early – I did some yoga and had taken a hot soaking bath…
Wednesday, October 3rd. We drove to London. So happy to drop off the car and let someone else do the…
Recipes
I’m going to take advantage of the fact that this is a Monday to re-post this gem. Sadly Uncle Typewriter…
‘Tis time I think, to update me post from 2015… For all ye know, this recipe was handed down to…
A favorite hangout for Downtown Dad and me is a locally owned upscale restaurant called Mezzaluna. A group of us,…
Shakespeare 2020 Posts
Two Gentlemen of Verona
I have to agree with Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom in his assessment of this play as “the weakest of all…
Julius Caesar
The main point the play Julius Caesar makes, is that over the years, the parallels between ancient Roman history and…
Romeo and Juliet
Having just finished reading Romeo and Juliet, I promptly succumbed to a 24 hour stomach flu, during which I binged…
Activism
“Democracy has taken a number of forms, both in theory and practice. Some varieties of democracy provide better representation and…
In the 60s, the larger than ever before concentration of educated young people on college campuses began to question our country’s…
In addition to being handsome, charming and a brilliant politician, Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also a great…