Tag Archives: history

Where Avitable Is From

Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 by Avitable

Where I’m From. I am from swimming pools, the beach, and water parks, from the Magic Kingdom and Epcot, from Transformers, Garbage Pail Kids, and Go-bots, from watching Mr. Boogedy and V and Space Balls, from Superman and Indiana Jones, … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin’s History Lessons

Posted on Monday, June 6, 2011 by Avitable

Last week, Sarah Palin shared an interesting take on Paul Revere’s famous Midnight Ride, stating that “… he who warned the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s … Continue reading →

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Even More Twitter Through History

Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Avitable

First, there was Twitter throughout history. Then there was more Twitter throughout history. And now we have even more! Twitter, for those of you ancient ones who think sexting is putting things in groups of six, is a microblogging site … Continue reading →

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Famous moms in history

Posted on Sunday, May 10, 2009 by Avitable

1738: “If you don’t brush your teeth, Georgie, they’re going to rot right out of your head and then you’ll have to get wooden teeth. You don’t want splinters in your mouth every time you eat food, do you?” 1865: … Continue reading →

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History lesson

Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 by Avitable

Ask anyone in their fifties. They’ll all tell you that the world is a different place than it was when they were growing up. There’s more violence, corruption is widespread, we all have the attention spans of microwaves, and people … Continue reading →

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