by B.L. Unkel | Feb 24, 2024 | Everything Else
The 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) season opened this week. That makes today the perfect time to talk baseball caps. History Baseball’s first “official” team, the New York Knickerbockers (formed in 1845), adopted the first official team uniform and hat in...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 17, 2024 | History
President’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s time to learn something new about our presidents. The Beginning Congress added George Washington’s birthday (February 22) to the calendar of federal holidays for Washington D.C. in 1879. Then, in 1885, his...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 10, 2024 | History
Today’s technology provides a variety of ways to deliver news and entertainment immediately to people around the world. In the past, and especially over long distances, there was only one way to do that—radio. The History The invention of the radio wasn’t a...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 3, 2024 | Writing
Popeye the Sailor debuted in the comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Here’s a look behind the scenes at one of the most loved and iconic cartoon characters of all time. The Creator As a youngster, Chester, IL native, Elzie Crisler Segar showed a...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 27, 2024 | Writing
Popeye the Sailor Man is one of the most loved and iconic cartoon characters ever. This month he turned ninety-five years old, and I thought it would be fun to write a Did You Know? about him. I never imagined there’d be so many interesting things to share, though....
