Once Upon A Midnight Cheery

A hopefully witty blog, emphasizing humor, Halloween, long form, memoirs, gardening, writing, cats, sarcasm, essays and history. My erstwhile blog can be found at lauraluvsbacon.livejournal.com.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

On Classical Music

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My local classical radio station, WRTI 90.1, recently asked listeners what song got them hooked on classical music. Here is my recollection ...

Monday, February 25, 2019

My winning SNL ticket entry essay.

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I won tickets to a taping of Saturday Night Live! This is a dream come true! You can read all about my experience with the lottery and the a...

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

My Experience at Saturday Night Live dress reherseal!!!

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This is my experience at Saturday Night Live Dress Rehearsal on April 14, 2018. The host was John friggen’ Mulaney. People. My ghost is typi...

Monday, March 19, 2018

The Dining Dead

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"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." ~Simon Weil This quote hit me particularly hard today. M and I went ...

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Time Keepers

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My dad was always the one to adjust the clocks at the beginning and end of Daylight Savings Time, and I always envied his task. Even th...

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Sunrise, Sunset!

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No, not the Fiddler song! I just learned these interesting facts! In PA for winter 2016/2017: The sun will rise the latest (7:24 am)...

Friday, February 5, 2016

Hunka hunka!

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Oh shit, why the hell am I attracted to Thomas Paine??

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