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Winchester Mystery House: Sarah, The Ghost of a Souvenir

Posted onNovember 1, 2016April 16, 2018

In life, Sarah Winchester couldn't scare a ghost-- or be scared by one. Sarah Winchester was the original ghost hunter. Widowed and childless at the age of 42, she moved to San Jose, California on the advise of an East Coast psychic who claimed she'd be forever haunted by the deaths brought about by her...

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TRENDING TOP TWENTY, 2016: An Update From The Future

Posted onSeptember 1, 2016April 9, 2018

Nostradamus gazed into a font of water to see what tomorrow would bring. Often he would drop a single solid gold coin into the bowl just because he liked to hear that “kerplunk” sound.  Quirky, but bankable. Jeane Dixon used a fax machine and a hair dryer– making mostly inaccurate prophesies from her bathroom,...

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Vernacular Goofs: Vintage Snapshot Errors, Misprints & Mistakes of Judgment

Posted onAugust 1, 2016April 9, 2018

An excellent rule of thumb in any business is to listen: Listen to your competitors, your vendors, your business associates and most importantly, your customers. I am not of the school that the “customer is always right.” There are a few customers who could take you to an early grave, along with their remaining...

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Green-Wood Cemetery: High Society Haunts, Low Life Burials

Posted onJuly 1, 2016April 9, 2018

In the 18th & 19th centuries travel wasn’t easy, especially if you had very little money. Hence the closest attractions were the most popular. Not surprisingly, Niagra Falls quickly became the #1 tourist attraction of North America. They came for the running water and stayed for the souvenirs, wax museums, Believe It Or Not...

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Duane Scott CernyGraduating from Northeastern Illinois University on a poetry scholarship (crazy, right?), I stumbled from one soon-to-be-going-out-of-business employer to the next. Finally, I decided to try to fail in my own self-employment, founding a small legal word processing firm. Surprisingly, it was a success. CONTINUE

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