John Higginbotham
Thoughts on Living in a Hotel
I could soooo live in a hotel! I just couldn’t do it long term, with someone else, especially a significant other… We’d have to have separate rooms. Some Good Things about Hotel Life Your neighbors don’t stick around long. You get new ones all the time. So if they are loud, obnoxious or just whatever, […]
I Just Watched “Charles Dickens: Tale of Ambition and Genius”| Full Documentary | Biography
I learned a few things after watching this… He wrote scathingly about the US after he visited… He found it crass and disappointing. One day he received a letter from his first love, Maria Beadnel, wanting to meet… he was very excited because she was his first love. After they met, however, he did not […]
The Devil is in the Details
I just wanted to sing the praises of Airtable once again for a bit…. I’ve been sharing over the past several months how I use this tool…. and how much I love it. Well the 1100th way I use Airtable (of course I’m being facetious for all you literalist out there) is to keep track […]
I Just Watched “New York, Power And The People” on YouTube
This originally aired in Sept 1999… This is an eight part series titled “American Experience – New York” Other episodes are 1609-1825 The Country and the City1825-1865 Order and Disorder1865-1898 Sunshine and Shadow1898-1918 The Power and the People1919-1931 Cosmopolis1929-1941 City of Tomorrow1945-2000 The City and the World1946-2003 The Center of the World Unfortunately you can’t […]
I Just Watched “Great War: Christmas Truce (WWI Documentary)”
I’ve been watching a lot of historical Christmas documentaries… this one was very interesting, learned some things I did not know…
I Just Watched “Freddie Mercury – A Christmas Story (2019 Documentary HD)” on YouTube
Freddie was a really neat guy… This documentary discusses how Queen and Freddie Mercury spent Christmas. https://youtu.be/qSBRLPKtSvQ
I Just Watched “Hitler’s 9/11 – The Secret War on America | Free Documentary History”
https://youtu.be/8cdgo9JFKeM
I Just Watched “Henry Ford: Creator of First American Car”| Full Documentary | Biography
There are several things I did not know about Ford. He didn’t have major success until he was 40. Model T’s got to the point where they could be made in 93 hours. He had a lot of trouble finding permanent, long term workers. The turnover rate got so high that he had to hire […]