Captain Joe Hooper: American Badass
Forty years ago, an American man’s man died. There is a long-standing adage in combat arms branches that says “you haven’t had a full career until you’ve gotten an Article 15.” Well, this Vietnam War veteran had his share non-judicial punishments (authorized by Article 15 of UCMJ), racked up 115 confirmed kills and was awarded…
RIP Peter Meyhew
Peter Meyhew, best known for playing the character of Chewbacca on Star Wars, from the original 1977 “A New Hope” to 2015 with “The Force Awakens”, passed away on April 30th, just a couple weeks shy of his 75th birthday. Rest in Peace, Peter. May the Force be with you.
Famous Freemason Friday: William H. Taft
Shown here is an innocuous visitors slip from Masonic Lodge No. 43 in Lancaster, PA. But, look closer. You’ll see that it dates from the fall of 1917 and the signer is Bro. William Howard Taft. By the time that Taft visited Lodge 43, he had already served as President of the United States. At…
Famous Freemason Friday: Johnnie Walker
Here are some things you (probably) didn’t know Scotland’s best-selling whisky, with sales of 9-litre cases topping 18m last year, has a long and illustrious history. Synonymous with Scotch, the brand is known all around the world. Here are a few things you might not know about Johnnie Walker Whisky. 1) John [Johnnie] Walker began…
Lodge Alley
Lodge Alley was a street in Philadelphia that ran from the west block of 2nd Street, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, connecting to Smith’s Alley. As you might have guessed, Lodge Alley was so named because the first Masonic Lodge building in Philadelphia stood at the corner of 2nd St. and Lodge Alley. Today, this…
I finally deactivated my Facebook account
I’ve been wanting to for some time, but finally yesterday I deactivated my Facebook account. Honestly I’d love to just delete it entirely, but I don’t expect that to be an option any time soon, because of connections with my Masonic fraternity and sharing pictures and moments with my daughter to extended family. I just…
Brother Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
Today in Masonic History Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. passed away in 1932. Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. was an American Broadway producer.Ziegfeld was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 21st, 1867. He began his career in entertainment when his father, who ran the Chicago Musical College, opened a nightclub. The nightclub was less than successful despite Ziegfeld’s father’s…
Huw Parkinson’s 007: Goldenhair
This is hilarious! Unless you just have no sense of humor at all, regardless of your political leanings you’ll laugh on this one. 🙂
Dark Mode in macOS Mojave
I’ve been using macOS 10.14 “Mojave” for several days now and I love the option to change to “dark mode” in the System Preferences, and it’s a pretty easy few clicks to do it too. What I’d like to see though is a faster click to it, or option of it being totally automatic. On…