Author: dancewithsunflowers

The Life And Times Of Baron Manfred von Richthofen

dancewithsunflowers | October 14, 2009

Contrary to popular belief, the Red Baron was not a Robber Baron. It is a common mistake, since they have the same surname. The Red Baron was a

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Don’t Let All These Facts About Robber Barons Bore You. They Are True!

dancewithsunflowers | October 10, 2009

You know the movie Citizen Kane? The one based on William Randolph Heast? Orson Welles plays Charles Foster Kane, the newspaper magnate and robber baron. He jealously guards

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He Even Has A Monopoly On The Letter B

dancewithsunflowers | October 7, 2009

It is that time again. The weekly mail blog. Let’s see what our readers have to say this week: Dear DWS, I have to plan out my next

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Up Next: The Phantom Menace On Broadway

dancewithsunflowers | October 3, 2009

Aesop wrote: A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the

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The Planet Of Inexperience

dancewithsunflowers | September 23, 2009

In The Art of the Novel, Milan Kundera writes: We are born one time only, we can never start a new life equipped with the experience we’ve gained

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First There Was Nothing…Then There Was Calvin

dancewithsunflowers | September 21, 2009

#1 Calvin and Hobbes See Introduction | #9|#8| #7|#6|#5|#4|#3|#2 Not fair, you cry. It’s not a webcomic. It was a newspaper comic strip, and its creator retired well

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T-Rex De Le Mancha

dancewithsunflowers | September 18, 2009

#2 Dinosaur Comics See Introduction | #9|#8| #7|#6|#5|#4|#3 It would be natural to assume that one of the major appeals of the comic as an art form is

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The Balloon Is A Metaphor, Which Represents A Balloon

dancewithsunflowers | September 14, 2009

#3 Daisy Owl See Introduction | #9|#8| #7|#6|#5|#4 Popular entertainment is littered with strange, dysfunctional, and variegated nuclear families. The Brady Bunch brought together a family of all

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Sad Children Cannot Help But Be Awful

dancewithsunflowers | September 11, 2009

#4 pictures for sad children See Introduction | #9 |#8 | #7|#6|#5 Everyone hates sad children. Pictures for sad children promises to make them stop crying. By helpfully

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It Is Also Well Drawn

dancewithsunflowers | September 7, 2009

#5 Dr. Mcninja See Introduction | #9 |#8 | #7|#6 Do you remember when ninjas all of a sudden became really cool? It happened at about the same