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Tiger, the Bear, and the Record That Matters Most
Tiger Woods won the AT&T National over the weekend. Victories by Woods aren’t as rare as some would have you believe (he’s the only three-time winner on the Tour this season), but they obviously don’t come with the frequency they … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Sports
Tagged Arnold Palmer, Bobby Jones, Commentary, Cultural Artifacts, Golf, Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Sports, Tiger Woods
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Not Creepy Enough
This 1988 ad for a local optical shop seems misguided at best. The concept is that their low prices allow customers to purchase two pairs of glasses for the same price that their competitors charge for one pair assembled (is that … Continue reading
Posted in General Culture and News, Pictures
Tagged 1980's, Advertising, Bret Michaels, Cultural Artifacts, Glasses, Humor, Mutants, The 80's
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Unfortunate Placement
I mentioned recently that I had been working on a couple of research projects at the library. The details are unimportant (and boring), but the research involves perusing a lot of old newspapers on microfilm (or microfiche—I don’t know the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Pictures
Tagged 1970s, Blaxsploitation, Cultural Artifacts, Movies, Pictures, Superfly, The 70's, The Man
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The Axis of Ego 
One of the Good Ones
Any high school history student in the United States has at least a vague understanding of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Also common knowledge is the fact that not everyone in the country was comfortable with … Continue reading →