Monthly Archives: July 2023

She was the Original “Funny Girl”

Posted on July 10, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) Fanny Brice (especially as Baby Snooks) was a very funny lady. She also died too young (59). Since this chart is timed for 3 minutes after midnight, it rightly is considered … Continue reading →

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“Papa Don’t Preach: I’ve Been Losing Sleep”

Posted on July 10, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Madonna (August 16, 1958) We forget how hard it must be to be working your full-time job and coming up to your retirement age. Madonna has been in the news lately, and her health hasn’t been prefect, by anyone’s standards. … Continue reading →

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Once an Author, Always an Author?

Posted on July 7, 2023 by cdsmiller17

George Orwell (June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950) I suppose it’s the fact that George Orwell died 19 days before I was born that made me finally want to look at this teller of truth. But is the timing … Continue reading →

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Today, in History, Amazon was Founded by…

Posted on July 5, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Jeff Bezos (January 12, 1964) This fact came up on my daily calendar. I then realized that I hadn’t looked at Jeff Bezos in detail before. When a person’s birth time is unknown, most astrology sites use dawn or noon … Continue reading →

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How BeBe “Earned” Her Eternal Rest

Posted on July 4, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Squirrel Patrol

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Messiah Figures from the Past and the Present

Posted on July 3, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Cyrus II (died December 4, 530 BC) and David Koresh (August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) They said that something was whacko in Waco, and in my estimation, David Koresh was that something. He saw himself as the reincarnation … Continue reading →

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Hypothetical: What Happens if a Case is Built on a Lie?

Posted on July 3, 2023 by cdsmiller17

303 Creative v. Elenis (2023) Oh-oh. The US Supreme Court didn’t do its due diligence. A case brought before the court, which suggests that a person who has strong reasons for not wanting to build a website for a gay … Continue reading →

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Where Goes One, Go All (paraphrased)

Posted on July 2, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Alexander Lukashenko (August 30, 1954) Up until this past week, the world saw this man as merely Putin’s puppet. Now, a new sense of awareness is coming. Alexander Lukashenko has risen to the challenge and seemingly pulled off the impossible: … Continue reading →

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The Moment that History Changed to the Modern Age

Posted on July 1, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Code-Name: Trinity (July 16, 1945) I will not be writing about this book, although it is tempting to do so: what I will be focusing on is the event that heralded in the Space Age: the detonation of the atomic … Continue reading →

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This is a Word Play on “Let Go and Let God”

Posted on July 1, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Setting God Free (2021) There is such an element of truth to the idea that we make God in our own image that it allows us the introspection to realize that everything about the world is also a product of … Continue reading →

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