About New Year – January 1
This was originally posted last year on New Year’s Eve. Have a Happy New Year. 1) The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon 4000 years ago. The Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon after the first day of spring. The [...]
To Have in Preparation of a Winter Storm
1) Have a flashlight, battery powered radio and clock. Make sure you also have plenty of fresh batteries to support these devices for a couple of days. 2) Have a telephone that does not need electric to operate. Many people only have a cordless telephone and those do not work without electric. 3) Have at [...]
Books for Small Business
1. The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need To Know To Succeed In Your Small Business by Steven D. Strauss. From Amazon – Book Description – Whether you’re a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, The Small Business Bible is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, A-to-Z library of everything you might need to know. Not only does [...]
About the Islamic Religion
1) Islam is a one deity religion based upon the teachings the 7th century Arab religious and political leader Muhammad. It is the second-largest religion in the world with an estimated 1.4 billion followers. The followers are known as Muslims. Only about 20% reside in the Arab countries. 69% of the Muslims reside in Asia, [...]
Jeanne Carmen
1) Jeanne Laverne Carmen was born on August 4, 1930 in Paragould, Arkansas. She died on December 20, 2007. 2) She has often been called the “little country girl” who ran away from home when she was 13 to pursue stardom in New York. 3) Her start on Broadway came in 1948 as part of [...]
Good Four Letter Words
1) Love – a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 2) Life – the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. 3) Work – exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something [...]
Be An Expert
1) An expert is someone that is recognized as being a reliable source of knowledge. 2) Everyone is an expert on something. You are the expert at doing your job. If nothing else you are the expert on you. 3) The best way to become an expert is to have experience. Something is learned everyday. [...]
The Temptations
The Temptations was one of the most successful vocal groups that came out of Motown, the record company founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy. The original members of the group were Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Al Bryant, Eddie Kendricks, and Paul Williams forming under the name The Elgins. Otis Williams and Al Bryant came [...]
Directors of Silent Films
1) Erich Von Stroheim Stronheim was an Austrian who had a long career in Silent Films in Hollywood beginning in 1915. His most famous work as a director is Greed, a detailed filming of the novel McTeague by Frank Norris. Stroheim originally edited a nine-hour version of the story, shot mostly at the locations as [...]
About Pagans and Wiccans
Paganism is an umbrella term to describe pagan religions. Wicca is one of those, as is Hellensimos, Asatry and Kemeticism. It is a worship of deities. Wicca is a practice of witchcraft, but not all witches are Wiccans or even pagan. There are 8 holidays during the Wiccan, and generally Pagan, year. Those are Samhain [...]
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