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Meatballs Soundtrack

The CIT Song (Meatballs)

I remember seeing “Meatballs” at a drive-in theater during the late 70′s. Apparently film critics didn’t appreciate the incredible underlying complexity of this masterpiece in the same way I did. But then again, eleven-year-old boys were able to see artistic merit in anything that involved hot-dog eating contests and characters with “very active glands”. Dedicated [... read more ...]

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Visual Brainstorming with iCardSort

I am one of those people who find the iPad to be more of a novelty than a real productivity tool. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy having one and use it on a daily basis. But my use is generally restricted to three activities: (A) reading email; (B) checking facebook; and (C) reading electronic [... read more ...]

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WordPress Facebook

Facebook Share Button – Always Display Count

The share button provided by facebook is an excellent tool for blog owners and website managers. It provides an easy way for your readers to share their favorite content, and it automatically displays the number of times a given page has been posted to facebook. Unfortunately, when configured with the counter display above the button, [... read more ...]

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Mr Jaws

Mr. Jaws (Dickie Goodman)

While taking a lengthy roadtrip at the beginning of the year, I spent a lot of time listening to “Sirius 70s at 7″ and this song caused a major flashback for me. I hadn’t heard it since I was about eight years old, but was still able to remember the majority of it. Cheesy as [... read more ...]

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Michael Kelly Obituary 1921

Michael Kelly Obituary (1921)

The following obituary appeared in the The Bancroft Blade On September 2, 1921. I have attempted to recreate the text here in its entirety, although some of the original text is difficult to properly recognize.     Michael Kelly, Nebraska pioneer who departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alvin Browning in [... read more ...]

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Genealogy Resources

Numerous resources are available to people interested in learning about their family history. I currently use Ancestry.com to manage most of the content in my family tree. If you have an account on that site, feel free to look me up and examine the public portion of my tree. Here is a list of resources [... read more ...]

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