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I found out about Cousin Cliff’s demise while surfing around Birmingham Rewound.  I also found this lovely photo.  I am so glad the 70s will never return.
Yes, I can identify each and every person in this photo.  Can you?  And I was interviewed by one of them.  Do you know which one?  And for which [...]

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I just learned that “Cousin” Cliff Holman passed away on September 10.
I remember when Cousin Cliff came to my kindergarten:  Wonderland Kindergarten in Center Point.  He brought his little Popeye dummy with him. (He did a ventriloquist act, as well as magic tricks, balloon animals, and everything else a kiddie show host did back then.  [...]

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At least Athens can still say it has better bands than Tuscaloosa.  You’ll always have the B-52s and REM.

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No, not those Bulldogs.  (You know me better than that.)  These Bulldogs.  Samford is playing in its first Southern Conference game, as I write this, against Elon University.  Right now Elon is leading 23-17.  Thanks to the miracle of streaming audio, I am listening to it right now on WVSU (you Birmingham residents may want [...]

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Cap’n Whook just made a comment below about the Alabama game, to which I made a reply about the 35-point spread.  BTW, this was the largest margin of victory in the SEC since ‘Bama clobbered Ole Miss 42-7 back in 2002.  Kind of like the time the Samford College Bowl team clobbered Ole Miss back [...]

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No, not the hurricane.  Holst.
Tomorrow marks the 134th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Holst (1874-1934).  As Tim Horn well knows, Holst was born in Cheltenham, England and attended the Cheltenham Grammar School as a child.
Why not listen to The Planets today in his honor?

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No, not the 1972 hit by the one-hit-wonder group Hot Butter, but real live, actual, yum-O (sorry, non-Rachael-Ray fans), crunchy POPCORN!
You know you want some.  And even if you don’t you know you want to support the Cub Scouts.  And even if you don’t, you know you want to help my 10-year-old son achieve his [...]

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And no, I’m not talking about Maddie, Dave, and Miss Dipesto.
After about a year of not working job #2, I’m going back to job #2.  Not quite for as many hours as last time  (still on my day off, but only one night a week instead of two), so I hope it won’t get in [...]

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I requested two books through inter-library loan, and they came in within a day of each other.  Since they can’t be renewed, I have to read them, hence the not blogging so much.  A few tidbits to get you through the day.

I’m currently collaborating with a loyal reader on an article.  This should be fun.  [...]

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