Summer of 2007 Movies That Should Have Done Better

By Steven G. Atkinson | Aug 31, 2007

1.   1408
2.  Underdog
3.   Nancy Drew
4.   Becoming Jane
5.   Disturbia

Bill Cullen

By Steven G. Atkinson | Aug 28, 2007

William Lawrence Cullen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 18th, 1920. His eyesight was poor causing him to wear thick glasses, which would become his trademark.
Cullen’s broadcasting career began in his hometown of Pittsburgh. He worked at WWSW radio beginning as a frequent, though unpaid guest on an [...]

Labor Day

By Steven G. Atkinson | Aug 26, 2007

The Federal Labor Day takes place on the first Monday in September. In 2007 this will be September 3rd.
The holiday began in 1882, originating from a desire by the Central Labor Union to create a day off for the “working man”.
In May 1886 there was a general strike which eventually won the eight-hour workday in [...]

Common Phobia’s – Medical Termology

By Steven G. Atkinson | Aug 22, 2007

1.   Fear of Flying – Aviophobia
2.   Fear of Flowers – Anthrophobia
3.   Fear of Clowns – Coulrophobia
4.   Fear of painful bowel movements – Defecaloesiphobia
5.   Fear of school – Didaskaleinophobia:
6.  Fear of being buried alive -  Taphephobia

State of Oregon

By Steven G. Atkinson | Aug 18, 2007

1.   Oregon was admited as the 32nd state on February 14, 1859.  The State Capital is in Salem with Portland being its largest city.
2.   The origin of the name “Oregon” is unknown.  George R. Stewart, in a 1944 article in American Speech, determined that the name came from an engraver’s error in a French map [...]

State of Minnesota

By Steven G. Atkinson | Aug 9, 2007

1. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858.
2. The name comes from the Dakota language. The word Mnisota can be translated into sky-tinted water, and so named the Minnesota River. The State [...]

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