Daily Archives: February 26, 2008

Just Ducky!

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 26, 2008

Fresh from the wikipedia hotline, this just in… Cornelius Coot (1790-1880) was born in 1790 as an American citizen. His ancestors had been in America for quite some time and his roots are believed to reach to the colonization of Jamestown, Virginia (1607) and the voyage of the Mayflower (1620). But he is the first [...]

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What’s hep right now

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 26, 2008

Friend Feed. Don’t ask me for details. I just report the news. The jive is hip, don’t say hep That’s a slip of the lip, let me give you a tip Don’t you ever say hep it ain’t hip, NO IT AIN’T It ain’t hip to be loud and wrong Just because you’re feeling strong [...]

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Political Highlights of the Day

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 26, 2008

* * * And how about that consumer advocate! What’s his name, the guy who astounded the world forty or fifty years ago with the news that not all new cars built in Detroit were as safe as baby carriages, the guy who followed that paperback extravaganza with the news that not all baby carriages [...]

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