The minute you saw the title, you must be thinking, “Oh God, not that fucking song.”
Yes, in fact. Three versions of that fucking song, to be exact.
Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, the final battle in the War of [...]
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January 8, 2010
This Day in History 1/8: The Battle of New Orleans
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December 23, 2009
Mr. D’s Guide to the Holidays # 3: Christmas
For my money, the purest celebration of the Christmas holiday was portrayed in a Vietnam movie.
In Full Metal Jacket, Sgt. Hartman, played by R. Lee Ermey, leads an entire platoon of Marine recruits in a singing of “Happy Birthday Dear Jesus.” He then blusters about how God loves Marines because they “kill anything they see” [...]
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November 24, 2009
Mr. D’s Guide to the Holidays # 1: Thanksgiving
Let’s begin with a holiday that’s all American, wholesome, family-oriented, and brings out the best in us. Or, conversely, a stressful, be grudgingly multiethnic, polyglot, emotionally charged day that get us longing for tomorrow.
Super Bowl Sunday.
Sorry, as a Giants fan, it is wishful thinking. Of course I mean Thanksgiving, the annual late November ritual where [...]
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