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An Armadillo Named Armando

I am not sure if the 11th Sage realizes he has a muse but he does. Her name is "the ex wife". I hope you enjoy the fodder she is responsible for as Much as I do…frankie picasso
 
 
There’s a tool shed in my backyard about the size and shape of a typical outhouse. We no [...]

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DARE TO FAIL

 
 
Teddy Roosevelt, President of the United States (1901-1909), made a speech in 1910 that included the following words: "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually [...]

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KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

 Bob Brewer was born and raised in western Arkansas. As a youngster, his great-uncle introduced him to a mystery that included wilderness paths, hidden symbols, carvings on trees and rocks, and the topography of certain areas. The old man was the keeper of some sort of secret knowledge that he kept to himself.
 
Brewer went [...]

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SKULL AND BONES AND GERONIMO

 Goyathlay (one who yawns) was born in June of 1829 to the Bedonkohe band of Apache near Turkey Creek, a tributary of the Gila River, in New Mexico. He was raised according to Apache tradition and married a woman from the Chiricahua band of Apache when he was 17 years old. They had three children.
 
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Valentines DAy

 VALENTINE’S DAY
 
February 14 is Valentine’s Day.
 
According to legend, Valentine was a Roman priest during the third century. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he decreed that young men were forbidden to get married.
 
However, Valentine defied the ruling and continued to perform marriages of [...]

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FREE AT LAST

 At age 26, Martin Luther King, Jr. was thrust into civil-rights leadership in Montgomery, Alabama, after Rosa Parks had made her courageous stand not to move to the back of the bus. A group of blacks, formed by the community to lead a bus boycott, chose King as a compromise candidate to lead their moral [...]

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The End of the World

 
THE END OF THE WORLD
 
In the year 1514, Pope Leo IX wrote "I will not see the end of the world, nor will you my brethren, for its time is long in the future, 500 years hence."
 
If my math is correct, the world, according to Leo IX, will end in the year 2014.
 
Since the [...]

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HITLER AFTER WWII

A movie titled VALKYRIE, starring Tom Cruise, was release on December 26, 2008. It’s the story of the assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler in 1944.

 
There’s nothing like a good Nazi movie to cheer everyone up during the Holiday Season.
 
Adolph Hitler was born in April of 1889 In Austria. He was a decorated veteran of World [...]

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THE SANTA DIMENSION

 When I was about five years old, I was excited to learn that Santa Claus was going to appear at my house early on Christmas Eve to personally hand Christmas presents to my little brother and me. My parents explained that Santa was doing this as a special treat for us since we didn’t have [...]

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JOY TO THE WORLD

 
The winter solstice is upon us. Time to be with friends and family — to eat, drink and be merry – to give thanks for another joyous year on Planet Earth — and to watch a lot of football.
 
Once upon a time, three wise men traveled from the east, following a bright star, and wound [...]