A Schweddy sincere farewell to Christmas

Saturday, January 06, 2007

A Schweddy sincere farewell to Christmas

Schweddysketch

Before Christmas slips away entirely, here's a treat that grown-ups will enjoy: a reprise of the unforgettable Schweddy Balls sketch from Saturday Night Live, featuring the definition of deadpan with Alec Baldwin, Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon. Click here to see, and laugh.

Jan 6, 2007 8:32:00 AM | Christmas, Diversions, Videos

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Daily Dot: Montessori On Jan. 6, 1907, Maria Montessori opened the first Casa dei Bambini. Merchants in Rome appreciated the fact that children would be kept occupied; Montessori, of course, believed that education could do so much more. Click here for more on the Montessori Centenary.

A thought on modern communications "In the old days when you wanted to get in touch with a man you wrote a note, sprinkled it with sand, and gave it to a man on horseback. It probably was delivered within half an hour, depending on how big a lunch the horse had had. But in these busy days of rush-rush-rush, it is sometimes a week before you can catch your man on the telephone." - Robert Benchley, 1930 (decades before...

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Saturday, January 06, 2007

A Schweddy sincere farewell to Christmas

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