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Author: Vince LaBarbera

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I Was In The Army Then

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 Vince LaBarbera
After completing requirements for a master’s degree from Northwestern University in December 1964, I immediately was subject to the military draft. So, I enrolled in the U.S. Army Reserves in Fort Wayne on Jan. 6, 1965, and left for Fort Knox, ... Read more
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“One Of The Kindest Persons I’ve Ever Met”

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 Vince LaBarbera
Near the end of my 30-year career in the Public Affairs Dept. at Indiana Michigan Power in Fort Wayne, the company sent me to a week-long photography workshop near Portland, Maine. ... Read more
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There’s No Fool Like An April Fool!

March 31, 2023April 13, 2023 Vince LaBarbera
April Fools’ Day is one of the most widely recognized non-religious holidays in the Western world. Children prank parents, coworkers prank coworkers, and even national and local news outlets still prank their readers and viewers. But why? ... Read more
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St. Patrick Was A Saint, I Ain’t

March 17, 2023April 13, 2023 Vince LaBarbera
The “wearing of the green” on March 17 in honor of St. Patrick, along with all the parades with their bagpipes and blarney, is part of a folk ritual that announces the death of winter and the birth of spring. On this day, Irish and Irish-Wanna-Be’s ... Read more
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All Work & No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy ~ A Focus On President’s Day

February 17, 2023February 21, 2023 Vince LaBarbera
The above proverb means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. The exact origins of the phrase remain unclear, though it was recorded as early as 1659. (However, we don’t know who “Jack” is). We do know many are working ... Read more
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Dizzy Izzy!

February 3, 2023February 21, 2023 Vince LaBarbera
“Izzy! Izzy, come! Izzy, where are you? There you are! Wait a minute, what have you got? Izzy, put that down – you can’t have that! … Good boy!” ... Read more
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Why There’s No “Happy” With “Christmas”

December 2, 2022December 16, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
Why do we say “Merry Christmas” and not “Happy Christmas?” Most people often use the word “Happy” for the New Year, holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries. But for Christmas, the majority of people in the United States use “Merry” instead ... Read more
Featured Local News 

Why Veterans Day?

November 4, 2022December 16, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
Didn’t we just honor veterans on Memorial Day? Yes, but to answer my own question, Veterans Day and Memorial Day are similar holidays. Both recognize and honor the bravery and sacrifices of United States soldiers. However, there’s one important ... Read more
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October Musings

October 7, 2022October 18, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
“Octo” is Latin for “eight,” this once having been the eighth month of the year in the Roman calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, which we presently use, this is, of course, the tenth month.  ... Read more
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Days Grow Short When You Reach September

August 26, 2022August 29, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
The month of September has three landmark days: Labor Day, Sept. 5; Patriot Day, Sept. 11; and the First Day of Autumn, Sept. 22. But in addition to those major days, here are some others you may want to consider observing: ... Read more
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‘Sock It To Me’ Because I’ve Lost Another One!

July 29, 2022August 3, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
Leading scientists have not really been able to unravel the cause of one of life’s greatest mysteries: why ever so often does a sock come up missing? ... Read more
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Sis-Boom-Bah!

July 1, 2022July 7, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
My wife and I enjoy watching old television shows on Antenna TV, especially The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson who had a 30-year run as the affable and talented host. One of our favorite skits features Johnny as Carnac the Magnificent who ... Read more
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Heavens To Mergatroyd

June 17, 2022June 23, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
As we get older many things change not only within our bodies but with the language we speak. It’s no wonder we often can’t remember things because many of the words and expressions we’re used to using aren’t around any longer. ... Read more
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Tapping Into Playing Taps

May 20, 2022May 24, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
Even though it’s considered the unofficial beginning of summer, I would like to focus on the principal purpose of Memorial Day as a day of national mourning. Americans are asked to fly the flag at half-staff from sunrise until noon to commemorate ... Read more
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Who’s The ‘April Fool’?

March 25, 2022March 26, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
As most of us know – often times too late — April Fool’s Day is an annual opportunity on April 1 to play one or more practical jokes on an unexpecting someone, often times a spouse or a youngster. Jokesters often expose their deeds by shouting ... Read more
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Happy Johnny Appleseed Day!

March 11, 2022March 16, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
Bet you didn’t know that March 11 is National Johnny Appleseed Day. ... Read more
Original Leisure & Entertainment 

The Agony But No Ecstasy Of Getting A Date As A Teen

February 11, 2022February 14, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
When Valentine’s Day rolls around every year on February 14th I can help but think of the trials and trepidations – plus downright fear — I went through as a teenager trying to get the nerve to ask a girl out on a date. ... Read more
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Who You Calling An Idiom?

January 28, 2022February 2, 2022 Vince LaBarbera
An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. When you see a group of words that actually don’t make any sense in the context if read as normal words, suspect it could be an ... Read more
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Now, Please Pass The Bald Eagle

November 19, 2021November 22, 2021 Vince LaBarbera
According to The New Yorker, one of the most popular Thanksgiving-related myths in American history is the notion that Benjamin Franklin preferred the turkey as the national symbol of the United States, over the bald eagle. Is there any truth ... Read more
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Things That ‘Go Bump In The Night’

October 22, 2021October 29, 2021 Vince LaBarbera
The complete invocation reads: “From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and other things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us.” ... Read more
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RING, RING GO AWAY CALL AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!

September 10, 2021September 14, 2021 Vince LaBarbera
To misquote Perry Como:“Catch a ringing phone and put it in your pocketjust let it fade awayCatch a ringing phone and put it in your pocket Save it for a rainy day.” ... Read more
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AND THEN IT WAS WINTER

August 13, 2021August 17, 2021 Vince LaBarbera
I’m not into Facebook but a friend sent this the other day and I just have to pass it on since Senior Citizens Day is fast approaching on Aug. 21. I tried to research this writing but no one seems to know who the author is but I’d guess it was a senior. ... Read more
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WHAT’S IN A (NICK)NAME?

May 21, 2021May 24, 2021 Vince LaBarbera
A nickname is a familiar or humorous name given to a person instead of or as well as one’s real name. A nickname often is considered desirable, symbolizing a form of acceptance, but sometimes it can be a method of ridicule. ... Read more
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MY PET PEEVES

April 23, 2021April 27, 2021 Vince LaBarbera
A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that an individual finds particularly irritating to a greater degree than would be expected based on the experience of others. The phrase analogizes that feeling of annoyance as a pet animal that one does ... Read more
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‘THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT’ AND OTHER MISCHIEFS

March 26, 2021March 28, 2021 Vince LaBarbera
“School days, school days, dear old golden (prank) days” …college pranks, that is, under the Golden Dome at the University of Notre Dame, where I matriculated some 10 years before N.D. became co-educational in 1972. ... Read more
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