And another one bites the dust. Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Dr. Hawking was a Cambridge University physicist and best-selling author who pondered…… Read more “Stephen Hawking”
Category: History
Hubert de Givenchy
Walking back from the break room to get my afternoon snack, my phone lit up with news notifications. Hubert de Givenchy, gentle giant and fashion icon, has…… Read more “Hubert de Givenchy”
March 8, 2018 – #InternationalWomensDay
Today is International Women’s Day. I take this day with some form of bittersweetness, because, let’s face it, we as a society should be at a point…… Read more “March 8, 2018 – #InternationalWomensDay”
December 27, 2017
It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. -Marlene Dietrich Happy birthday Marlene! Props to Sasha Velour for creating such a magnificent Google…… Read more “December 27, 2017”
December 11, 2017
The Arabs understandably did everything they could to protect their monopoly. Coffee beans were treated before being shipped to ensure they were sterile and could not be…… Read more “December 11, 2017”
December 1, 2017
On this day in 1903, the first Western film, The Great Train Robbery, premiered. Tot think 114 years ago films were primitive pieces of silence that emphasized…… Read more “December 1, 2017”
November 27, 2017
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix Jimi, today would have been your 75th birthday. Why did…… Read more “November 27, 2017”
November 11, 2017
To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and…… Read more “November 11, 2017”
November 9, 2017
Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake. -Hedy Lamarr True dat. She was every nerd’s pin-up girl back…… Read more “November 9, 2017”
November 3, 2017
In 1793, Olympe de Gouges was accused of being a Girondist, a group not being favored by the radical Jacobins that ruled during the Reign of Terror.…… Read more “November 3, 2017”
October 10, 2017
I demolish the bridges behind me… Then there is no choice but to move forward. -Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
October 9, 2017
It’s like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit is that, but white people’s shit? -Miles Davis, Miles: The…… Read more “October 9, 2017”
October 5, 2017
Death will destroy my body, but my creatures will keep on living ever after, in the years to come. -Enzo Ferrari 98 years ago, Enzo Ferrari drove…… Read more “October 5, 2017”
September 12, 2017
We are going through emotional and historic events…We have drawn a line under World War II and we have started keeping the time of a new age.…… Read more “September 12, 2017”
September 11, 2017
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of…… Read more “September 11, 2017”
