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Robert E. Lee Day

By tone | Published: January 18, 2010

Robert E. Lee Day is a state holiday in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Mississippi celebrated along Martin Luther King Day. Go figure. Time has a way of sanitizing history. Ask the Duke boys. Anyhoo, happy Robert E. Lee Day! Sounds awkward. Orwellian purists would be proud in the irony.

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Peanuts: Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown

By tone | Published: January 26, 2009

Got Milk? Well it seems the Peanuts’ estate has plenty of it. The corpse of Schulz has the market cornered for every holiday on the calender and every birthday with either a Hallmark greeting card or new book on tired old gimmicks. The estate is milking the characters for all it’s worth. The latest is [...]

Posted in DVD, TV, animation, art, books, cartoons, comics, kid books, movies | Also tagged Book, Charles-Schulz, Charlie Brown, DVDs, family, Hallmark, Peanuts, Valentines | Comments closed

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