by david allan van nostrand | Mar 27, 2023 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, The world around us
There are many theories about how April Fools’ started, so pick your favorite from some of the most popular origin stories. One such story says April Fools’ Day comes to us from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, where the fox tricks the rooster on March 32nd. Another...
by david allan van nostrand | Mar 6, 2023 | Items in the News, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
As most of us understand history, white settlers from Europe considered the native peoples they met in the Americas to be heathens because they didn’t worship the God of the Bible, which was the one and only true word. Heathens dressed crudely, were uncivilized and...
by david allan van nostrand | Feb 6, 2023 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, The world around us
A friend sent a noise yesterday, February 5th, in honor of National Fart Day. I decided to take a closer look and found it is “a comical holiday celebrated for humorous purposes.” I also found there is a National Pass Gas Day, a Fart Out Loud Day and much more....
by david allan van nostrand | Jan 9, 2023 | Americana, Items in the News, Social Desirability, The Wayback Machine
Annie Oakley was a television series in the 1950s. The half-hour show was a highly fictionalized account of the legendary sharpshooter (née Phoebe Ann Mosey) who appeared as a star attraction with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. The executive producer was singing...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 26, 2022 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, The world around us
Goats are hoofed, horned and bearded ruminants that are closely related to sheep but are hairy instead of woolly. The males are billy goats, the females are nanny goats and the kids are called kids. Goats were domesticated by humans who drank their milk, ate their...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 19, 2022 | Anthropology, Items in the News, The world around us
“Hello walls (Hello, hello). How’d things go for you today? Don’t you miss her since she up and walked away? And I’ll bet you dread to spend another lonely night with me, but lonely walls, I’ll keep you company.” This song about a...
