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Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805 in Odense, Denmark. He was an only child. His father, als...

Mickey Spillane Born, Frank Michael Spillane on March 9, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY, Mickey Spillane was a pulp detective fiction writer....

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812. He published 15 novels and numerous short stories, non-fiction, poetry and...

Thursday is Thanksgiving. It's also  Make Your Own Head Day . Feel free to combine those two holidays any way you see fit, and if you...

This year, Thanksgiving falls on November 28th. E veryone else's blog is talking about turkeys, pumpkin pie, pilgrims and tryptophan-ind...

October 30th is National Candy Corn Day!! It's that time of year--when children of all ages go house to house dressed in costum...

Ahoy! Everyone likes pirates. Not the smelly-rotten-teeth-sort-who-rob-innocent-people-and-kill-them kind of pirates. No, no, ...

It's a new month, and I've decided to veer off the beaten path a little. This month's feature is all about Heterochromia to cel...

This year, Father's Day will be celebrated on my birthday--June 16th! Unfortunately, John and I both lost our fathers, but we have...

Amanda and I (Spring 1988) The modern tradition of Mother's Day was first celebrated in America, in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a me...

St Patrick, who lived from 385-461 AD, is the most commonly recognized patron saint of Ireland.  Saint Patrick's Day, celebrated on ...