Pretty is as Pretty Does

 

December 13 This Day in History Weekend Edition (2025)

December 13: Gneiss, Council of Trent, 12 Man Jury, Mary Todd Lincoln, Van Heflin, Apollo 17, Taylor Swift, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift, and a quote

Do not Wait

 

December 12 This Day in History (2025)

December 12: Purist, Mona Lisa, "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson, and a quote.

 

December 11 This Day in History (2025)

Hope for an alcoholic

I would.

 

December 10 This Day in Hoistory (2025)

December 10: Gossip, Martin Luther, Encyclopedia Britannica, Emily Dickinson, Harp Guitar and a quote.

Happy

 

December 9 This Day in History (2025)

December 9: Bibelot, Belisarius, The Virgin of Guadalupe, YMCA, Traffic Lights, Separation of Church and State, Nuremberg Trials, G.E. Fires Communists, Computer Innovations, Smallpox Eradicated, "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel, and a quote.

Freedom

 

December 8 This Day in History (2025)

December 8: Lurry, Mary Queen of Scots, Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, "A Day Which Will Live In Infamy," Jim Morrison, “Riders on the Storm” by The Doors, and a quote.

Important Days

 

December 7 This Day in History (Weekend Edition)

December 7: Taxi, Delaware, Albert Einstein, Pearl Harbor, Harry Chapin, “Taxi” by Harry Chapin, and a quote.

Improve

 

December 6 This Day in History (Weekend Edition)

December 6: Ratification, Congress Moves, The 13th Amendment, Washington Monument, Mike Smith 🎶, The 25th Amendment, "Because" by The Dave Clark Five, and a quote.

Martin Van Buren Quote

 

December 5 This Day in History (2025)

December 5: Lip-Sync, Earthquakes, Christie's Auction House, Martin Van Buren, 21st Amendment, J.J. Cale, "Crazy Mama" by J.J. Cale, and a quote.

Be a good one.

 

December 4 This Day in History (2025)

Character and Reputation

 

December 3 This Day in History (2025)

December 3: Gloaming, Illinois, Mickey Thomas, “Spend Some Time” by Elvin Bishop Band, and a quote.

Music

 

December 2 This Day on History (2025)

December 2: Oracle, American Samoa, Michael Hedges, “Oracle” by Michael Hedges, and a quote

Independence

 

December 1 This Day in History (2025)

December 1: Indubitably, Iceland, Lou Rawls, The Channel Tunnel, The Arecibo Telescope, “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” by Lou Rawls, and a quote.

C.S. Lewis

 

November 30 2025 Weekend Edition

November 30: Motley, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), "Love Child" by Diana Ross and the Supremes, and a quote.

Make the world a better place

 

November 29 This Day in History Weekend Edition

November 29: Ethereal, Christian Andreas Doppler, Mark James, “Come Together” by The Beatles, and a quote.

Gratitude

 

November 28 2025

November 28: Sabotage, Magellan, John Bunyan, Hawaii, The Grand Ole Opry, Berry Gordy, "Money (That's What I Want)", and a quote.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

November 27 This Day in History - Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27 - Happy Thanksgiving! Obligatory, Alfred Nobel, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Jimi Hendrix, The Vietnam War, “Purple Haze” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and a quote.

True Humility

 

November 26 This Day in History (2025)

November 26: Orange, Thanksgiving, Bill Wilson, Robert Goulet, "If Ever I Would Leave You" by Robert Goulet, and a quote.

The Road Not Taken...

 

November 25 This Day in History (2025)

November 25: Triumph, Triumph of Servius Tullius, Bob Lind, “Elusive Butterfly” by Bob Lind, and a quote.

Dale Carnegie

 

November 24 This Day in History (2025)

November 24: Sesquipedalian, John Froelich, Dale Carnegie, Lee Michaels, D.B. Cooper, “Do You Know What I Mean” by Lee Michaels, and a quote.

 

November 21 This Day in history (2025)

November 21: Extirpate, American Revolutionary War, North Carolina, Thomas Edison's Phonograph, E=mc2, “I Think I Love You” by The Partridge Family, and a quote.

 

November 20 This Day in history (2025)

November 20: Emblematic, The Bill of Rights, The Inspiration for Moby Dick, Norman Greenroom "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum, and a quote.

The Gettysburg Address

 

November 19 2025 TDIH

November 19: International Men's Day, Stockholm Syndrome, The Gettysburg Address, Pelé, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest", Patty Hearst, “Charmaine” (from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), and a quote.

 

November 17 This Day in History (2025)

November 17: Anecdotal, Dawn of the Elizabethan Era, Articles of Confederation, Gordon Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind” by Gordon Lightfoot, and a song.

 

November 16 2025 Weekend Edition

November 16 Scripturient, The Santa Fe Trail, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Oklahoma, “Oklahoma U.S.A.” by The Kinks, and a quote

 

November 15 2025 Weekend Edition

November 15: Perspective, William Herschel, "Sign of the Times" by Petula Clark, and a quote.

 

November 14 This Day in History 2025

November 14: Fidelity, The Nile River, The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stephen Bishop, “On and On” by Stephen Bishop, and a quote.

💜

 

November 13 This Day in history (2025)

November 13: Saponin, 1775: Patriots Take Montreal, 1861: General Snubs Lincoln, Buck O’Neil ⚾️, Fantasia, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies, and a quote

 

November 12 This Day in History 2025

November 12: Empirical, Pudge Heffelfinger, Robert Scott, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Brian Hyland, "Sealed With A Kiss" by Brian Hyland, and a quote

Veteran's Day

 

November 11 This Day in History (2025)

November 11: Patriot, Veterans' Day, General George S. Patton, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and a quote

 

November 10 This Day in History (2025)

November 10: Dirge, 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot, and a quote.

 

November 9 2025 Weekend Edition

It does.

 

November 8 2025 Weekend Edition

November 8, Vegetal, Murano Glass, Edmond Halley, Milton Bradley, Montana “Wedding Bell Blues” by the Fifth Dimension, and a quote.

November 8 2025 Weekend Edition

 

November 7 This Day in History (2025)

November 7: Penumbra, The London Gazette, Marie Curie, Republican Elephant, Billy Graham, PBS, "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall and John Oates, and a quote

 

November 6 This Day in History (2025)

Music

 

November 5 This Day in History (2025)

November 5: Replevin, Raymond Loewy, Japan, Gram Parsons, Love Hurts by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, and a quote.

Live

 

November 4 This Day in History 2025

November 4: Taxi, Will Rogers, Sterling North, The NSA, “On The Street Where You Live (At)” by The Geezenslaws, and a quote

Understand

 

November 3 This Day in History 2025

November 3: Creole, American Continental Army, William Howard Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lulu, D.C. Gets the Vote, "To Sir With Love" by Lulu, and a quote.

Looking Forward

 

November 2 This Day in History Weekend Edition 2025

November 2: Colloquialism, Daniel Boone, Marie Antoinette, James K. Polk, Warren G. Harding, The Dakotas, k.d. lang, “Trail of Broken Hearts” by k.d.lang, and a quote

Truth

 

November 1 This Day in History 2025 Weekend Edition

 

October 31 This Day in History (2025)

October 31: Pave, Lincoln Highway, Tom Paxton, “The Last Thing on My Mind” by Tom Paxton, and a quote.

 

October 30 This Day in History 2025

October 30: Contrarian, Angelica Kauffman, Robert Goulet, “War of the Worlds”, “If Ever I Would Leave You” by Robert Goulet, and a quote

 

October 29 This Day in History (2025)

October 29: Arcuate, French Witch Trials, Turkish Republic, Black Tuesday, Denny Laine, “Go Now!” By Moody Blues, and a quote

Don't Worry

 

October 28 This Day in History (2025)

October 28: Worry, Nerva, Bejing, Wayne Fontana, Cuban Missile Crisis “The Game of Love” by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, and a quote.

What's Right

 

October 27 This Day in History (2025)

October 27: Elaborate vs. Elucidate, Theodore Roosevelt, Floyd Cramer, The Cuban Missile Crisis, “Last Date” by Floyd Cramer, and a quote

Change

 

October 26 This Day in History Weekend Edition 2025

October 26: Keelhaul, Skopje burned, First Continental Congress, Napoleon Hill, Hoover Dam, Smallpox, USA PATRIOT Act, "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners, and a quote

 

October 25 This Day in History Weekend Edition

October 25: Scuttlebutt, King George III, Toronto Stock Exchange, "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper, and a quote.

Opimists and Pessimists

 

October 24 This Day in History

October 24: Etymology, Chartres Cathedral, the 1929 Stock Market Crash, J.P. Richards, aka "The Big Bopper", "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper and a quote.

Try, even when it feels pointless.

 

October 23 This Day in History (2025)

October 23: Initiative, Valentinian III, First Wartime Flight, WWII, Robert Lansing, “The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen” by Leon Russell, and a quote.

The Greatest Things in Life