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Eiko Ishioka: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know   Eiko Ishioka is an Oscar-winning costume designer and the July 12 Google Doodle Honoress. Today would have been her 79th birthday. Ishioka was born in Tokyo on July 12, 1938 and died on January 21, 2012 at the age 73. “Earning her an Oscar, a Grammy, and two Tony nominations, …

Today’s Google Doodle is a tribute to Swedish aristocrat and scientist Eva Ekeblad (1724-86) on the anniversary 293rd birthday. Countess Ekeblad is known for her scientific breakthrough of extracting starch from potatoes to make  way for vodka distillation – a cause for celebration for all of us! Here are five things you need to know about this incredible woman. Ekeblad came from Aristocracy Born Eva De La Gardie on July 10th …

1. Learn as many languages as possible and say “hello” to everyone you meet. 2. Help others.                 3.Put good above all.  Surround yourself with positive people. 4. Ask for what you need. You may not get it, but you have the right to ask. 5.”Boys” will clean you out. Some “men” will try …

I remember visiting London in the 90s–the phone booths were plastered with T&A ads. I was the stereotypically shocked American, raised on “goodness” and “Catholicism.” We can all see where that went. Anyone catch the flick “Spotlight”? It was quickly explained to me by my British friend that sex isn’t nearly as much of a big deal in Europe as …

I’ll never forget the day my brother and I found “Dark Side of the Moon” walking to Kmart on a boring, summer day. The cassette was sandwiched inside the train track of our town noticeable only to the pedestrian eye. That particular train hadn’t run in over 50 years, so everyone from our junior high school would hang out by …

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