by david allan van nostrand | May 4, 2026 | Americana, Human Behavior, Items in the News, origin story, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
After watching all day, Mork told Orson that today was Woman in Relation to Her Children’s Day. It’s an occasion where overfed Americans stand in line for hours to pay too much much money for a mediocre meal that took far too long to be served by frazzled...
by david allan van nostrand | Mar 2, 2026 | Items in the News, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
A Closer Look at Female Pilots During Women’s Aviation Week Women of Aviation Worldwide Week is upon us, and the only female pilot I know is the famous one, Amelia Earhart. She was aviation’s darling until she disappeared along with her navigator and was...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 29, 2025 | Items in the News, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
The first nutcrackers I ever saw were rounded silver jaws with teeth and handles hinged at the far end. We used them to crack open walnut shells, especially around Christmas. The second one was the soldiers falling at Radio City Music Hall. It was The Nutcracker, a...
by david allan van nostrand | Dec 22, 2025 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, Rituals, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
Have you heard of the Western Hemisphere tribe that steals hemiparasites from their hosts and uses them as the centerpieces of a ritual that goes back centuries? People hang from the ceiling special organisms that feed on the resources of others. Once situated...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 13, 2025 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, The Wayback Machine
Before you get all excited and run out the door to see what’s going on near you today on National No Bra Day, let’s take a closer look at this bra thing. Most agree that bras were once called brassieres and are undergarments worn to confine breast movement. After...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 29, 2025 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, Leadership
The partisan crowd at this golf match just east of New York City was touted as America’s secret weapon. They were going to make lots of noise. But for two days, the every-other-year parade of costumed freaks was so quiet that one of the golfers said it was like...
