From the monthly archives:

August 2008

History of Labor Day

by Bill Petro on August 28, 2008 · 0 comments

in US

HISTORY OF LABOR DAY

Labor Day is the day we celebrate the process our mothers went through in order to deliver us at birth. Sorry, wrong holiday. Labor Day is the day we celebrate the achievements of the American labor movement. While it is still disputed whether the holiday was first proposed by Peter [...]

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Concert Review: James Taylor at Red Rocks in Denver
James Taylor performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the mountains above Denver his show James Taylor and his Band of Legend Tour ahead of the September release of his album of cover songs entitled, ironically, Covers. See my review at my other blog Culture Vulture.
Bill Petro, [...]

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History of 080808

by Bill Petro on August 8, 2008 · 0 comments

in Science

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HISTORY OF  080808
August 8, 2008 or 8 August, 2008 or 2008, August 8
No matter how you spell it, we haven’t had an occurrence like this… in over a year, when we had 070707 . And we won’t have another like it until next year on September 9. Nevertheless, this once-in-a-century date does [...]

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