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Perhaps the strangest ending to a football game that I have ever seen. To set this up, the Ravens had just kicked a field goal with 20 seconds to go, completing an amazing comeback. And then …

Watching “The War” on PBS, there is a slight mention in the second episode about Japanese-American internments playing baseball in order to pass the time. In fact, an entire league was created. A movie came out this year about this, I never heard about it until recently. It’s called American Pastime. I don’t think it did well at the box office, since it’s already out on DVD. It’s amazing that thousands of Japanese-Americans that were forced to live in internment camps ended up fighting for the USA. When asked, they just signed up because it was the right thing to do. The story of Daniel Inouye fascinates me. I was captivated listening to him talk about how his father, who could barely speak english, gave him words of encouragement before he went off to war. “This country has been good to us. It’s given us two jobs. It’s given us education. We owe a lot to this country. Do not dishonor this country. Above all do not dishonor the family. And if you must die, die with honor.”

Rent this movie. See it with your kids, friends and family. As a nation, we are as polarized as I can remember. One nation, under god, indivisible ….

Get ready for a new internet term. Bacn. No, not this Bacon. No, not this Bacon either! Basically. It’s “email you want, but not right now.” Officially created by some tech symposium. Not really sure of the logic, but I can say that the new term is spreading like wildfire. So, with the new term along with its sibling, Spam, it got me wondering. How are these new terms created and are they are created while eating a meatlovers pizza??!! In the meantime, just so you know, it’s any email you get that isn’t spam. If you subscribe to anything that results in an email to you, it’s considered “bacn”. So, newsletters, alerts, jokes whether they are good or bad, doesn’t matter. I guess they figured Bacn tastes better than Spam, so Bacn … good, Spam … bad. I finally found an instructional video that shows how these new terms were created. take a look below:

If you haven’t seen this, it’s pretty good. the kids will love it! I’ve received it a few times in email, so rather than clog up your email inbox, here its is for all to enjoy.