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What up what up what up and a wonderful GOOD MORNING to you all! Started off the morning with a dog walk and one “poop bag.” Needed two. Not good and a bit of a challenge to do clean up but I made it happen! Today’s bit o trivia: MS Achille Lauro. This was TomContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 56”

An “I Can’t Drive 55” GOOD MORNING to you all from Seaside! Apologies for not posting yesterday. I was caught up in seeing family I hadn’t seen in a bit. Today’s bit o trivia: Black Friday. It’s called Black Friday because it relates to the bookkeeping a business does at the end of the year.Continue reading “Ed-vise Episode 55”

A rainy GOOD MORNING to you all from a beautiful rainy morning in Seaside!!! Thought it was snowing but turns out it was just big rain drops! Today’s bit o trivia: The Hyphen War. Yup. Hyphen. Like the line you put between words and not warring families. See, back in 1900s there was this countryContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 54”

A 39 degree GOOD MORNING to you all!!! Holy Cats is that chilly. Not enough though to keep the dog in from it’s walk! Today’s bit o trivia: Wolfgang Rindler and the Event Horizon. To my loyalists, yesterday I talked about figuring out the Event Horizon word. Well, Wolfgang was the guy who coined theContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 53”

What up what up what up!?!?! A cold GOOD MORNING! to you all! Ever have one of those mornings where you end up sneezing a bunch and can’t stop? Yup, that was my morning! Today’s bit o trivia: Ergosphere. Yeah, I said it and I’ll say it again ERGOSPHERE. Not ergonomics. But Ergosphere. See, thereContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 52”

What up what up what up!?!?! Another episode of Ed-vise!!!! And a Foggy Oregon GOOD MORNING to you all!!! Today’s bit o trivia: Zumbi dos Palmares. Bet you never heard of him. The things they don’t teach in school. He was believed a demi-god of African descent. See, back in the 1600s, he was bornContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 51”

Wait WHAT!?!?! Yup EPISODE 50 of ED-VISE!!! The big 5 – 0; fiddy that is! And a crisp GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL!!! Actually, there are more than 50 cuz I struggle with numbers… sometimes Today’s bit o trivia: Gettysburg Address. Yeah, I know that you all probably know that today is the day when,Continue reading “Ed-vise Episode 50”

It’s one of those “I was gonna walk my dog but it was dumping rain” mornings! Still, Good MORNING TO YOU ALL!!! Another episode of Ed-vise! Today’s bit o trivia: Congressman Leo Joseph Ryan. He was the second member of Congress ever assassinated (the first being Jim Hinds in 1868). Ryan, in my opinion, wasContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 49”

What up what up what up!?!?! Another episode of Ed-vise for the interested in the awesome and never ending search for knowledge! Today’s bit o trivia: The Madness of Hats. SAY WHAT!?!? Ain’t no such thing as a “Mad Hat.” Oh contraire (intentional typo) my esteemed colleague. Aux Contraire. See in the 19th century, hatContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 48”

A bright and cheery GOOD MORNING to you all!!! It’s another week of Ed-vise! Today’s bit o trivia: Cassius Clay. Not the boxer (Muhammed Ali)! No, no, no. This is the abolitionist from Kentucky! See in 1810, Cassius was born to one of the wealthiest plantation and slave owning families in Kentucky. However, he wasContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 48”