Month: December 2021

bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Friday 31 December

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Nothing puts a bow on 2021 like finding out on New Year’s Eve that Betty White passed away at 99, 3 weeks before her 100th birthday.

Betty White, one of the most endearing and enduring faces on television, dies at 99 – The Washington Post

I have a lot to be thankful for this year, but I’m going to save that for another time.

Stay healthy and safe.

Song of the Day

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bookmark_borderThe COVID-19 Diary: Wednesday 29 December

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The Washington Post has an interesting article about a CBS Sunday Morning piece Ted Koppel did earlier this year about The Andy Griffith show and Mt. Airy, NC, the self-appointed inspiration for Mayberry. Here’s the summary.

  • A lot of people view the show through a nostalgic lens; times were good, everyone was friendly, people got along, etc., and wish they could live like that again
  • Mayberry in the 1960s never existed – anywhere – and the problems of the 1960s – racial unrest and the Vietnam War, for example – were never brought up on the show
  • Confusing fantasy with reality is problematic, to say the least

How Ted Koppel’s nice trip to ‘Mayberry’ detoured into the bitter American divide – The Washington Post

On a side note, a guy that claimed to have whistled the show’s theme song performed at an assembly at my junior high school in the 1970s. (Check the comments.)

Stay healthy and safe.

Song of the Day

The entire Song of the Day playlist is available on YouTube.