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22 December 2025
Robert Reich gets a role in It's a Wonderful Life: Robert Reich Reacts: "It's a Wonderful Life" [3:53]
Thank you to Inequality Media
Robert Reich uses "It's a Wonderful Life" to discuss economic inequality. A key scene highlights contrasting views on wealth creation and community. The video analyzes a classic film's relevance to modern economic debates.
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Snow arrives just in time for Christmas 2025 in Maine: Sandra Boynton's SNOW, SNOW, SNOW sung by Michael Ford with The '53 Fords [2:52]
Thank you to Sandra Boynton official videos
Make sure you watch to the very end of the credits!
You might remember the famous stop-action holiday special from your childhood: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know! Justice for the misfits! [28:42] Thank you to Remember When
#rememberwhen Christmas didn't really start until Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer hit the airwaves? The 1964 Rankin/Bass classic gave us Hermey the dental elf, Yukon Cornelius, the Bumble, and Burl Ives' smooth-singing snowman - all in one gloriously jerky stop-motion package.
We're unwrapping 15 things you probably didn't know about TV's longest-running Christmas special.
- Overview provided by Remember When [NOSTALGIA: Enjoy this image and links until another magical image appears.]
NOSTALGIA: Christmas Music to get into the right mood to enjoy your holidays [from an unlikely source]:
Time to get out your Charlie Brown tree! A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know! [30:55] Thank you to Remember When
#rememberwhen Christmas meant one shot a year to catch A Charlie Brown Christmas, and it still felt magical every time. But behind that tiny tree, Linus's big speech, and Snoopy's chaotic dance moves? Total behind-the-scenes madness.
From network panic and scrapped product placements to jazz music that almost didn't make it, we're unwrapping 15 weird, wonderful facts about the most beloved holiday special of all time. Some are hilarious, some are heartwarming, and one might ruin your memory of Peppermint Patty forever.
- Overview provided by Remember When [NOSTALGIA: Enjoy this image and links until another magical image appears.]
After a whirlwind visit to celebrate the holidays with my 97-year old mother, we have returned to another full plate at home. More about the trip later [maybe]; suffice it to say our long association with the Sheraton Tara in Nashua has come to an end. The good news is that we found more suitable lodgings with Hilton nearby. These changes to the website today are primarily focused on the holidays [we celebrate the Winter Solstice, but everyone seems to have something to celebrate at this time of the year]. I put in some music for those of you who organize sing-a-longs [LOL]. I hope to find time to clean up the interface a bit more over the year-end stretch [and start fleshing out the political side of the site].
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18 December 2025
We ran out of heating oil this morning! I guess there is some new requirement to keep the automatic deliveries flowing. We got wonderful help from Houle's and Bob's Cash Fuel [out of Madison, Maine]. Thanks for saving us from a frigid lifestyle! My wife met with her PCP to determine whether we need to rearrange ourselves again [good news but more research planned]. Our plan is to celebrate the holidays with my 97-year old mother. Wish us luck.
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15 December 2025
My attempts to publish before today were slowed down by attending a Graham Platner organizing event and by my wife's surprise visit to the Emergency Room. She is okay [we think] but we need to confirm that with the proper professionals. As expected, life continues to happen.
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9 December 2025
New items have been added to the FREE BOOKS section; the BLOG has been moved to Politics-related Content, and in a blast from the past we re-live the Mac vs. PC ads that made us all laugh so hard in a more innocent time.