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LORD ANTHONY “I DIDN’T DO IT” FAUCI
On Monday, June 3rd, the House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic invited Anthony Fauci to the Capitol for a chat. On their agenda was to gain his insight on pandemic-era restrictions such as lab leaks, social distancing, and mask mandates.After all, Lord Fauci is the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, a position he held for 40 years. He would have, or should have, been the head honcho making all the decisions regarding COVID.In opening statements to Congress, Fauci denied he attempted to cover up the possibility of a COVID lab leak and was not responsible for the distancing and masking policies, claiming they came from the CDC...
TOMMY, CAN YA HEAR ME
In November of 1973 three friends and I drove through a snowstorm to see the band, The Who perform the rock opera, Tommy. The event was being held at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, which has since been torn down.Purloining it from my mom, I had the double album at the time, and it was among the favorites of this 15-year-old boy. It was also my first introduction to the French horn, of which I loved the sound as it is the first thing you hear at the beginning of the album.The “Opera” was written about a small boy named Tommy Walker whose father is a POW in World War I. Surprisingly, returning home after being released, Tommy’s father finds his wife in the arms of a new lover...
RITA HAYWORTH & THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
“Andy came to Shawshank Prison in early 1947 for murdering his wife and the fella she was bangin’.“That was the famous line spoken by Morgan Freeman, aka Ellis “Red” Redman in the movie The Shawshank Redemption. How old were you when you found out that the movie was filmed at an Ohio State Reformatory rather than the fictional Maine prison the story led us to believe. Did you also know the movie was adapted from a book written by Stephen King named Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Me neither.Tim Robbins got the leading role as Andy Dufresne, sentenced to life for the murders of his wife and her lover,despite his innocence. Interestingly, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and K...
THIS COCKNEY SPARROW KNOWS NOT JACK
hat real life bloke ‘as ‘ad an untold amount of tabloid articles and opinions, 27 butcher ‘ooks, 19 movies, and 3 telly shows about the chuffin’ individual. That bloke even ‘as a Facebook page, and yet, da identity of this bloke is unknown to history, right?Would ya know who I were goin’ on about if ya also knew da bloke murdered at least 5 ruddy ladies in London back in 1888, eh?Of course I’m talkin’ ‘bout Jack the Ripper, right. ‘e remains one of da bloomin’ most recognized unsolved whodunits in ‘istory. As barney Rubble-and-strife and myself are gonna be in London ‘dis summer, I supposed now would be a great time ter delve into this mystery. ...
BANDS OF BROTHERS
I’ve always wished I had a brother. Bet my dad and son did too. Both my paternal and maternal grandfathers had four brothers each. I know my maternal grandmother had brothers, one they called Heck, but for the life of me, I can’t remember the others. Dad had four sisters, me, I had two sisters and my son had three sisters. Not in the cards for us.When I hear stories about brothers playing in sports, in the same band, or other adventures, I get a little envious. Some brothers never understand how lucky they were.Here are some successful brothers, some of which you may have not heard of.Paul and Lloyd Waner are the only two brothers in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, long before mo...
HARRISON BUTKER WAS NOT WRONG; HE WAS BEING A GOOD CATHOLIC
By now, you’ve probably heard the backlash about Harrison Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College. Butker is a player for the Chiefs football team, and a devout Catholic. Benedictine is a Catholic college.It’s doubtful any of the zealots and snowflakes who have their shorts in a wad over his speech heard of read the entire speech. I have – all 3,660 words. It was an impressive and thoughtful speech. It was a devoutly Catholic man speaking to 485 graduates of a Catholic college. He wasn’t speaking to a state university with people of all walks of life. It was a Catholic speech.I’m not Catholic and know very little about Catholicism. Conversely, Butker is proud of being...
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Alan Webber
How did you become an author and get published? Share your experience.In my job as a salesman before email, I had to write introductory letters to hopefully get a customers attention before I followed up with a phone call. Over time my writing improved and as an avid reader I decided to try my hand at writing a novel in my spare time. It took ten years to write my first novel, called Whipping Post, mostly at night or on the weekends. After finishing I tried to find a publisher or agent to no avail. I enrolled in a class at a local junior college where I found out the teacher had her own small publishing company. She liked the novel and took it through the process of getting published. The book had tepid sales, primarily because neither of us knew how to market...View More