Jesus Encounters of The Denny’s Kind
Dear Yelp:
Went to Denny’s, Jesus wasn’t there to encounter as promised. Food Sucked. 2 stars.
Continue reading →Old Photos:National Independence Day of Israel
Yom Ha’atzmaut – national independence day of Israel is celebrated in April. Establishment of Israel had important connections to the city where I was born and the city where I live now.
Odessa became the home of a large Jewish community during the 19th century, and by 1897 Jews were estimated to comprise some 37% of the population. They were, however, repeatedly subjected to severe persecution. Pogroms were carried out in 1821, 1859, 1871, 1881, and 1905. Many Odessan Jews fled abroad, particularly to Palestine after 1882, and the city became an important base of support for Zionism.
The Kansas City connection is through the President Truman and Eddie Jacobson who influenced Truman’s pro-Israely stance. A recent play at the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center covered the subject of their friendship. Truman library also has a collection dedicated to the recognition of the State of Israel. Then: Now:
Continue reading →Old Photos: St. Benedict’s Abbey
These photos were taken in 1955 at the St. Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison, KS.
Here is the rest of the set and a more contemporary set.
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Continue reading →Don’t Shave Me, Bro!
I am all about killing and eating tasty chickens but I draw the line at shaving them!
Continue reading →Old Photos: Wonderland Arcade in Kansas City
Recently a set of photos taken at the Kansas City’s Wonderland Arcade in the late 1960’s made rounds on the Internet. These photos are stored at the National Archives in the file “Wonderland Inc. v. United States of America, 1968 – 1968”. The National Archives allows searches but not direct links or bookmarks, so you will have to enter your own search terms.
The Arcade located at 1200 Grand from the 1940’s to the early 1980’s was covered in the press numerous times, like this Billboard Magazine article: Wonderland Arcade Good Model of Well-run Amusement Center published in 1946, when The Billboard was still an amusement industry trade magazine.
Same magazine in 1947 informed about the time when the Wonderland Arcade was robbed of $150 in nickels, some of which was spent on a “new suit, shoes and a tour of the city by taxicab”.
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