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Happy Birthday to a Legendary Percussionist	January 15 marks the birthday of one of the greatest drummers of all time: Gene Krupa. Born in Chicago in 1909, Krupa had been groomed for the priesthood by his parents, but decided to go his...	1	08-01-2013	01-02-2013	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	Music	Library	Benny Goodman, big band, drummers, Gene Krupa, jazz, KISS, Martin Scorsese, Neal Peart, Peter Criss, Rush, Taxi Driver, World War II	jwalsh	20	Blog entry
Wherever I Wind Up: A Staff Favorite of 2012	I recently read Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball by New York Mets pitcher and Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey. Mr. Dickey’s story is not the...	5	21-12-2012	12-21-2012	No	MKearl	0	Read More..	Login to comment	Books	Library	athletes, baseball, Books, New York, R.A. Dickey, reviews, sports, the Mets, Wherever I Wind Up	Peter W.	100	Blog entry
Moonrise Kingdom: A Staff Favorite of 2012	The houses in Moonrise Kingdom look like advent calendars, tiny compartments filled with toys. There are bird costumes and a raccoon cap and an ancient phonograph that runs on batteries. You can...	5	21-12-2012	12-21-2012	No	MKearl	1	Read More..	1 Comment Login to comment	Movies	Library	films, Moonrise Kingdom, movies, Wes Anderson	Daniel M.	100	Blog entry
How I Became a Canner!	Since our move to the country a little over a year ago, we have been fortunate enough to have lots of land, which meant that we could have an even bigger garden than we had in our plot at the...	1.666665	27-12-2012	12-18-2012	No	jwalsh	1	Read More..	1 Comment Login to comment	Events	Library	Ball jars, Canning, cooking, cucumbers, DIY, do it yourself, food, food storage, gardening, home canning, homemade sauce, jars, kimchi, Lauryn Chun, natural foods, pickles, pickling, tomatoes	Ellen Hayes	33.3333	Blog entry
December 17: The Day Aviation Soared	December 17 is a big day for aviation history. In 1903, Ohio bicycle makers Orville and Wilbur Wright took their homemade craft down to Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina and became the first to...	3.5	17-12-2012	12-17-2012	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Library	Amelia Earhart, Apple, aviation, Charles Lindbergh, DC-3, Douglas DC-3, flight, Glenn Curtiss, patent wars, Samsung, Samuel Langley, Smithsonian, space race, Wright brothers	Jeremy Walsh	70	Blog entry