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Orbital Goodness

February 19, 2012

Tomorrow in history: In 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit our planet. He did it in just under five hours—about how long it takes to get to the Jersey Shore on weekends in high season. The first thing John Glenn said after his spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean and [...]

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Clothes to Put You in Orbit

February 17, 2012

Touchdown: it’s not just for football. On this day in 1996, NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker blasted off from earth and would become the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid. The asteroid was named 433 Eros, which is about as weird a sexy name for an asteroid as we’ve ever heard. What impressed us, though: essentially [...]

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Romancing the Wardrobe

February 14, 2012

This blog’s Romance Department wants to pass on its best wishes for a most happy Valentine’s Day. (Guys, if you missed it: whoops. You’ll be hearing all about that. And if you don’t hear about it…well, then you’ll have also heard all about it. And good luck with that.) We always like to provide fair [...]

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You Can Take It With You

January 26, 2012

What’s with all that “You Can’t Take It With You” approach? We just don’t get it. You can always take it with you unless, like, the It in question is an elephant. You could theoretically take the elephant with you, but that would be more trouble than it’s worth. Then you have to worry about [...]

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Your Own Private, Moveable Virgin Islands

January 16, 2012

Tomorrow in history: On January 17th, 1917, the United States bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. Adjusted for inflation, and factoring in some depreciation, not to mention some creative bookkeeping by this blog’s accounting department, that price is only just slightly higher than what you’ll pay for a quality garment from Dave’s [...]

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Friday the 13th: The New Black

January 12, 2012

What’s up with our superstitions? We have walking under ladders and the whole black cat thing. And then there’s Friday the 13th. No superstition gives us greater pause than our Friday the 13th thingamabob. We’re here to dispel the spell we’ve cast on ourselves regarding this. Because Julia Louis-Dreyfus (you know, Elaine from “Seinfeld”) was [...]

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Cotton: An Appreciation

December 28, 2011

As a public service, and because we wear so much of it in so many ways, we figured that an appreciation of cotton was in order. First of all, cotton is a plant; it grows as a shrub in the tropics and subtropics. Its fiber is harvested and spun into thread, and from that thread [...]

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Ten Days to Shop…Until You Shop Some More

December 16, 2011

Only 10 more shopping days until the second busiest shopping day of the year. Yes, the day after Christmas…when we’re so satisfied with our gifts and the spirit of family that we flee first thing next morning to the mall to exchange everything for something else. S’alright. It’s the hustle and bustle of commerce. It’s [...]

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Trailblaze Your Way in Layers

November 29, 2011

This day in history: 50 years ago, Enos the chimpanzee became the second chimp to orbit the earth. And his good work paved the way for John Glenn to become the first American to blast into space. It doesn’t look like they dressed Enos in any clothes we carry—and we’ll never monkey around with our [...]

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Talkin’ Turkey

November 21, 2011

The public service department of our blog requested some space to speak frankly about the origins of Thanksgiving. Seems we might not have first landed on Plymouth Rock in 1621. Saint Augustine, Florida is claiming the first feast. And Virginia is staking a claim as well. And that’s not even folding in the Canadian versions. [...]

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