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Saturday, December 19, 2020 This is Christmas letter number 50. My Grand Finale! I started writing this in 1970, when we had recently moved from Atlanta to Nashville. Much has changed. The cost of gasoline was 36 cents which today would be $2.45. A Ford or a Chevy was $3,542. Favorite TV shows were Happy Days, Cheers, Laverne and Shirley, Three’s Company, The Brady Bunch and Mash. Academy Award winners Midnight Cowboy, John Wayne in True Grit and Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. ...

Updated / Friday, 18 Dec 2020 20:20 We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences A new documentary about the life of Irish screen icon Maureen OHara will air on TG4 on Christmas Day at 9:00pm, with its director Brian Reddin telling RTÉ Entertainment that he has wanted to make the programme sin...

Expert tells NY Times: Elderly white people shouldnt get coronavirus vaccine priority in order to level playing field with minorities Posted on The experts also said teachers shouldnt get vaccine priority because theyre white The COVID-19 vaccine rolled out this week, and now there is a debate about which groups should be a priority on the coronavirus vaccine waiting list. The New York Times attempted to answer the question about the COVID-19 priority list in an article titled "The Elderly ...

Hossein Nayeri, the 41-year-old Newport Beach man who was convicted last year of playing a role in the kidnapping and mutilation of a medical marijuana dealer, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for what a prosecutor described as “diabolical” behavior. Prosecutors said the 2012 crime stemmed from Nayeri’s mistaken belief that the owner of a prosperous Santa Ana pot dispensary, who has been referred to in court as John Doe, had hidden $1 million in the Mojave Desert. Na...

The Lonely Legacy of Spam Posted on “Spam is the ultimate loner food,” said the chef Esther Choi, who lives in a one-bedroom by herself in New York City. Working late hours to keep the lights on at all of her restaurants, Ms. Yoo and two Mŏkbar locations (with one more on the way), Choi doesn’t get to cook meals at home for herself very often. But when she does, she turns to the simple things: fried Spam, eggs, and Hetbahn, a single serving of Korean microwavable rice. “Even though I�...

There were those that rallied behind J.J. Abrams decision to largely undo the narrative events of "The Last Jedi" and bring back the presumed dead Emperor Palpatine as the main villain. And then there were those who wondered how Disney could have let things go so wrong. "The Mandalorian," a show that launched with the Disney+ platform several weeks before "The Rise of Skywalker" entered theaters, had instantly captivated audiences with its back-to-basics Star Wars style in late 2019. The space ...

The Mandalorian launched Disney+, now it has the goodwill to usher in a new era of Star Wars CNBC 12/19/2020 Sarah Whitten Under the careful direction of showrunners Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, "The Mandalorian" has reignited faith in the Star Wars franchise. The series has celebrated diverse voices, placing people from a variety of backgrounds behind and in front of the camera. "The Mandalorian" has given Disney the confidence to expand the franchise on Disney+. During a pos...

Dec 19, 2020 Cecil E. Bailey, 88, of Steubenville passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 with his family by his side. He is the son of the late Lewis and Anna Mae Bailey. He was preceded in death by his siblings Paul, Owen, Allen, Julius, Charles, Archie, Arthur, and Nelly. Son, John J. Utsinger (USMC) of Steubenville and daughter, Kathy Temple (Bailey) of Wellsburg, WV. “Beetle”, as he was affectionally known to so many, is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Barbara ...

Dec 19, 2020 Cecil E. Bailey, 88, of Steubenville passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 with his family by his side. He is the son of the late Lewis and Anna Mae Bailey. He was preceded in death by his siblings Paul, Owen, Allen, Julius, Charles, Archie, Arthur, and Nelly. Son, John J. Utsinger (USMC) of Steubenville and daughter, Kathy Temple (Bailey) of Wellsburg, WV. “Beetle”, as he was affectionally known to so many, is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Barbara ...

Dan Tackett Gene Burwell’s theme song could have echoed the famous Sinatra tune’s message, “I did it my way,” according to a non-relative who considered himself to be the Lincoln man’s third son and viewed the Lincoln businessman as his second dad. That man, Jay Jessen of Chatham, describes Gene Burwell as “bigger than life.” Sadly, that life came to an end on Nov. 24 at a hospital near Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. He was 85. This column last week was a tribute to Mr. Burwell, ...