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My father was a huge Civil War history enthusiast. And by using the term “Civil War”, of course I mean the American Civil War. I mean, like who cares about the inner conflicts that like occurred in other nations anyway, right? Okay fine, when Ken Burns gets around to making documentaries on all those other conflicts, maybe I’ll check them …
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The Seven Seas. The Seven Dwarves. The Magnificent Seven. The Seven Continents. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. All these sevens have two things in common: 1) They all involve having more than six, but less than eight of something and 2) They are all fictional. (C’mon…Asia and Europe are the same landmass. Call it Eurasia …
One of my most favoritest films of all time is Caddyshack, which turned 40 years old last year. The version I came to love was taped from Channel 18 in Milwaukee, commercial breaks and all. But even without the occasional language and pleasant nudity, I came to enjoy this as a comedy work of art. …
