Magazines

I was looking at old magazines the other day. I love the old magazines. The ads are just wonderful even with the car parts stuff.

What gets me is the articles. They are long, wordy without much in the way of pictures. No wonder we have to have so many magazines today. That we get to have about a similar amount of words published.

But then we have the internet.

Have a most happy day.

Reading

I love history to no end. I usually read several books a month.

After watching the Adams series on HBO, I am in real need to read the book. I read the 1776 book by the same author. I have the Trueman book and have not yet had the time to read it. Though I do have the teddy roosovelt book on tape (well CD and now MP3).


Read McCollough and you will find history to be great.

Have a much happy day.

Looking at Ford

I was recently teaching in the late 20th Cent of American History.

I had forgotten that Betty Ford did her drug rehab centers.

I know that they have been the butt of jokes for many years. However, she has really do ne some good and cool things.




And of course she would be against buying the stuff. But still the above picture is funny.

In any case! three cheers for Betty Ford.

Have a most happy day!

Remembering History

One odd thing about teaching history is teaching things you have lived through. I was watching YouTube and some of the funny commercials.

The reason for this was I was teaching on the energy crisis in 1979.

So I was watching old comercials on youtube from the 1970s. There were some really lame one esp. on the old clearsil acne treatments. did we really watch these comercial? I mean, I really hope we did not.

Well in any case . . . have a happy day.