The War to End All Wars
- At November 11, 2008
- By Bob Howe
- In Blog Posts
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On this day and time 90 years ago, the guns fell silent in Europe, bringing to a close one of the great slaughters of the 20th century.
We remember veterans today, but for just the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, I don’t think it would would be unseemly to recall the millions of people around the world who’ve fallen in war, in uniform or out, since the whole enterprise began.
One More Day
- At October 17, 2008
- By Bob Howe
- In Blog Posts
- 12
A terrific sendup of Les Misérables gacked from shelly_rae. The thing that struck me most about this is that you couldn’t imagine the McCain campaign making it, or anyone making it about the McCain campaign.
Signs & Portents
- At October 12, 2008
- By Bob Howe
- In Blog Posts
- 4
Last night live journal user eleanor noticed the Coast Guard lightship Nantucket tied up, starboard side to, at North Cove in New York Harbor.