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Supernatural Cheer
I found this on YouTube and thought it was sweet, so to tide us over until next season, take it away, boys!
Salem – Brilliant Wickedness
“If, instead of charging Salem with dullness, Mr. James had accused it of brilliant wickedness, he would have come nearer the mark… Imagine a community in which abound young men, rich, well educated, having free run whether for business or pleasure among all the savage tribes and oriental nations of…
RT Faery Ball 2010
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Salem preferred over Washington DC
“I had rather sit under my own “vine and fig tree” in Salem, than in the most stately edifice in Washington.” – Nathaniel Silsbee, 1817 (Massachusetts Representative to United States Congress)
Haarlem Oil – Health Insurance in a Jar
Today in Salem History: On April 24, 1792, Abraham Solis advertised “Haerlaemer Oil” with “Dutch explanations of its use” in the Salem Gazette. This was probably Haarlem Oil, a diuretic made in Holland since 1672 and still in demand in the early 20th century. So popular was this remedy, practically…
Spaced, the final frontier
In my role as pop culture maven, I am here to explain to you why so many of your friends are wishing you a happy 420 today. Your friends aren’t saying that? It’s just mine? Well, whatever. Four-twenty as a denotation of belonging to the “cannabis subculture” began, according to…
Women – Know Your Place
Scarily enough, there really was a time when people truly believed that too much education would drive a female insane.