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Philip Levine – An American Poet Laureate Passes…

Philip Levine – (January 10, 1928 – February 14, 2015) Poet of America’s Middle Class…. When I created Finding Out! I envisioned it as kinda’ my Trivia Crack.Spin the wheel, or surf the Internet and explore things that fall into the main categories of Trivial Pursuit, the arts, science,…

The Bookwheel , what a way to read!!

The Bookwheel invented by Agostino Ramelli in 1588! As I started browsing through Wikipedia this morning I came across a contraption invented by Italian military engineer Agostino Ramelli the bookwheel!! It was the perfect invention for all of those like us, who back in 1588 loved to read more than one…

John Quincy Adams Elected by the US House of Representatives.

John Quincy Adams – elected by the US House of Representatives – February 9, 1825! On February 8th, I posted about the election of Richard Johnson as the ninth Vice President of th US, which occurred on that day in 1837. It is the only time that a Vice…

William G. Morgan – Inventor of Mintonette (volleyball)

William G Morgan (23 January 1870 – 27 December 1942) Inventor of Mintonette (aka Volleyball) On February 9, 1895 William G. Morgan a YMCA physical education director in Holyoke, Massachusetts unveiled his new game called Mintonette. Mintonette was designed by Morgan as an indoor game, that combined a little of…

Richard Johnson, the only US VP Elected by the Senate!

Richard Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) Ninth Vice President of the United States So this morning as I was checking the events that occurred on February 8th, I saw that date in 1837, Richard Johnson…

Charlie Sifford the first Black Golfer on the PGA Tour.

Charlie Sifford (June 2, 1922 – February 3, 2015) So we all know about the great Jackie Robinson breaking color barrier in major league baseball. But do you know the name of the golfer who paved the way for Tiger Woods! I didn’t when I saw his name among…

Your Life Calling:Reimagining the Rest of Your Life – Jane Pauley

When I saw Jane Pauley’s book.Your Life Calling in the library last week it was like, yes! This is the right book at the right time! And while it was not exactly what I anticipated, it was nevertheless a good read. See two months ago, I applied for Social Security,…

Exploring Dan Harris’ Quest to up his happiness in 10% Happier!!

So I finally finished Dan Harris’ book 10% Happier:How I Tame the Voice Inside My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge and Found Self-Help that Actually Works – A True Story and it must say something about how I feel about the book that it took me, probably, about…

The “Americans United” Party Part 1!! The Time has Come to Unite and Move Forward!

Back in the 1970s Richard Nixon called for the “Silent Majority” to step forward to stop the loud minority of Vietnam war protestors, those who he saw as trying to destroy America, while we saw ourselves as the ones trying to save America! Today I belive that the roles are…

Exploring the Jazz Piano of Eric Reed on his Smoke Session Records – Groovewise!

Many of the 2014 jazz albums that I have explored this year have been released on the Smoke Sessions label, from Vincent Herring’s Uptown Shuffle to Orrin Evans Liberation Blues, with albums from Javon Jackson, Cyrus Chestnut and David Hazeltine in between! The latest Smoke Session Records release that has…