I have a principle which, for as long as I can remember, I have applied to my creative writing: I do not refer to any living person by their real name. Oh, I impugn the dead mercilessly and draw any number of coelecanths from the fathoms of my own imagination. But the living … if […]
When Teddy Bears Began
The first Teddy Bear was designed and made by Rose and Morris Michtom. The Michtoms were influenced by Teddy Roosevelt and Clifford Berryman. It seems that in November 1902, President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt traveled to Mississippi to settle a border dispute between Louisiana and Mississippi. The President, having a little free time, went on a […]
Teddy Bears, Teddy Bears, Everywhere!
Wherever you are and wherever you look, you are sure to spot a teddy bear. In towns and cities, homes and offices, on buses, trains, or airplanes, you are sure to find a teddy bear somewhere in attendance. The teddy bear is over 100 years old and climbing. He wears many costumes and goes by […]
All About The Teddy Bear
In 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt was in Mississippi to settle a border dispute between Louisiana and Mississippi. While there he went on a hunting trip. Members of the hunting party tied a small, black bear cub to a tree for him to shoot. Seeing how helpless the small bear was he refused. The next […]
Let Your Nose Give Paris Hilton Perfume A Chance
Although products named after celebrities tend to hope the famous name will make the product sell better, in the case of Paris Hilton perfume, the name might actually harm sales. Paris Hilton, the unfairly beautiful female who is also richer than a Devil’s Food Cake, recently made headlines for a jail sentence where the Hilton […]
Taipei battens down the hatches
Saturday afternoon and the streets of Taipei are empty. Few shops have opened for the day – just Carrefour, the many Seven-elevens that proliferate the capital and a few restaurants. Shoppers and workers alike have stayed home in anticipation of wild weather resulting from typhoon Sepat which hit the small island late last night. Weather […]
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