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I suppose y'all arr interested in what I've been doing as of late... since it sure as heck isn't writing! Anyhow, this last weekend I attended the Ohio Regimental Ball, a Civil War Ball & Convention. I've been doing Civil War stuff on and off over the years, but in the last year have managed to take it up a notch both as a hobby and as part of what I do as Historical Educator. That being said, for various reasons and accidents of fate, I've never actually managed to attend a reenactment. This

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Hey there, guys. Guess what. I'm thinking up a crossover between Steven Universe, My Little Pony: Generation 4, and the Southern Victory novels by Harry Turtledove. If you don't know about the novels, then Cody Franklin from AlternateHistoryHub, and EmperorTigerstar, might help out with that. If you want character motivations, then we might need either the actual novels, the Southern Victory articles of

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Going a little nostalgic today.

Not many people can name many artists of yesteryear. There are some names that only comes up this time of year. Burl Ives is among them.

Probably best remembered for voicing Sam the Snowman in Rankin/Bass's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", Burl was a folk singer whose career spanned much of the mid twentieth century.

One of, arguably, his most popular albums was "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" which featured the song of the same name.

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