https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog daily 1.0 2024-10-19 https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog/when-i-get-lonely-and-bored monthly 0.5 2024-10-19 https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog/thaddeus monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/c7b9aed5-c538-4d6b-8aa2-1b05c9de687b/thaddeus-25.png Blog - Thaddeus - Here's where things get interesting. My aunt Genevieve, the daughter of Daniel Moriarty, told me when I was a boy that my family would have been very wealthy except that my great uncle had ripped off his brothers. According to the story, Thaddeus Moriarty cheated his brothers into giving up their inheritance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/e49a62bf-83d5-48dd-8278-f783b91741e7/thaddeus-29.png Blog - Thaddeus - Ireland's population fell from almost 8.4 million in 1844 to 6.6 million by 1851. Due to British rule, the Penal Laws of the early 19th century prohibited Catholics from owning land, voting, or holding elected office. As a result, English and Anglo-Irish families owned most of the land, and Irish Catholics were tenant farmers who paid landowners rent. In the 16th century, potato farming spread from South America to Europe, eventually settling with impoverished Irish tenant farmers. The potato grew in even the worst soil, was slow to spoil, had three times the caloric value of grain, and was cheap and easy to grow in a backyard. Potatoes eventually became the sole food source for a third of the Irish. A second unwelcome American visitor arrived on Emerald Island in the 19th called Phytophthora (water mold). In Ireland in the 19th century, this fungus caused the Great Potato Famine of 1845–49. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/c954b0cf-ff30-4ef8-a6ce-7632620086ef/thaddeus-28.png Blog - Thaddeus - According to the historical record, Thaddeus was either very fortunate or particularly opportunistic. When he got to New York, he was eight years old. At 15, he left school and took a job as an office boy in a dry goods store. After just a year, he was promoted to cashier and bookkeeper and then a traveling salesman. At the age of 17, he joins Deforest, Armstrong, and Company, one of the largest dry goods houses in New York. Between the 1850s and the turn of the century, the industrialization of America gave many Americans more money than they could spend. As a result, many small dry goods stores gave way to large-scale department stores. When Thaddeus was 25, he became a full partner in Manhattan's most successful furniture store Jordan, Moriarty & Co. https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog/emmett monthly 0.5 2022-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/6daf8e56-799e-498a-af2a-9a9da52c608f/download+%282%29.jpeg Blog - Emmett - The Hartford Circus Fire Captured by Ralph Emerson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/37972f68-5a14-46ff-b2ea-015e788f3da2/IMG_4853.JPG Blog - Emmett - I didn't know who this clown, Emmett Kelly, was, but my mom made a great deal over a picture someone captured of Emmett Kelly and me. She thought he was a big deal, so I guess he was. Having grown up in Brooklyn, my mother was a huge Dodgers fan. She probably was mainly interested in Kelly because his "Weary Willie" character inspired the 1930's "Gotta Love Dem Bums" cartoon. You could say Emmet Kelly was my first celebrity encounter. https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog/buddy monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/99412d0e-caed-4914-bd50-fb28a73a9430/IMG_4849.JPG Blog - Buddy - Mod Squad Buddy in the late 60’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/94e48ff5-cc77-415e-8fd6-4012d3e93640/IMG_4850.JPG Blog - Buddy - We graduated in 1977 https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog/charlie monthly 0.5 2022-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/bd0ce968-6939-48f7-8b00-5e2f16a4996b/df7f7b46-0292-44f1-9acf-c9c1451e3309_1.a30430e9f9ba4480010ba2b90fda1324.jpeg Blog - Charlie - In 1969 this was how you were called back home for dinner. https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog/mulligan monthly 0.5 2022-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/1ce20700-bae0-4ab4-b8b2-9824c8d6ad40/IMG_4846.JPG Blog - Mulligan - As a five-year-old boy, I suspect Mulligan was a spirit guide. After sixty-plus years, I guess what I'm saying is my life might have been shaped by a dog named Mulligan. Ironically, a mulligan is a second chance, usually going wrong through bad luck or a mistake after the first chance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/f284f165-af32-45ff-8b36-883e2ade53a1/IMG_4847.JPG Blog - Mulligan - A Boy and his dog. https://www.oohlala.wtf/blog/introduction monthly 0.5 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620ba9f3f355c971d4ada4d2/2c31894d-507a-4423-80b2-dd044a263f99/IMG_4851.JPG Blog - Introduction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.oohlala.wtf/contact daily 0.75 2022-02-15