On Thursday, November 12, Villanova University Community members and friends gathered to honor James Murphy, PhD, founder and former director of Villanova’s Irish Studies program and his wife, Kathryn Murphy.

A reception and poetry reading event was held in order to highlight the couple’s recent donation of 300 signed, first-edition Irish poetry books to Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library.

Craig Bailey, PhD, associate professor of history and interim director of the Irish Studies program, planned the reception along with the help of Joyce Harden, administrative/events assistant for interdisciplinary and area studies programs, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

(From left to right) Dr. Craig Bailey, Dr. James Murphy and Kathryn Murphy were all smiles at the event.

The reception opened with a festive set of live tunes from musicians (from left to right) Darin Kelly, Siobhan Murray, and Tomás O Cathail.

Award-winning poet and former 2011 Heimbold Chair, Moya Cannon, reads selections of poetry.

The crowd listens attentively as Moya Cannon reads poetry selections. It was a packed house!

At the event’s close, Dr. Murphy acknowledged the crowd and thanked his wife Kathy for her support.

In addition to the generous donation of books, the Murphy’s have contributed greatly to the Irish Studies program since its inception in 1979. See here for a timeline of noteworthy dates for the Irish Studies Program.

Careers in International Development Day at the Connelly Center is not your usual job fair – it’s a symposium designed for career exploration and a perfect event for students interested in pursuing careers that address global poverty and related issues. Lindsay Coates, Executive Vice President of InterAction, an alliance of 190 International Non-governmental agencies will open the day at 1:30 p.m. in the Cinema with an overview of the changes, challenges, and opportunities in the field. From 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the Villanova Room, professionals representing a variety of career paths, including the UN, USAID, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact Investing, Global Health and others will meet students in roundtable breakouts (repeating every 30 minutes) to share their professional experience and offer advice on what students need to get a foot in the door. In the Villanova Room Market Stall area, students can meet one-on-one with representatives from graduate programs, post-graduate overseas internship and volunteer opportunities and relevant VU curricular and extra-curricular programs from 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Catholic Relief Services organized and will host the event in partnership with Villanova University, the College of Nursing Center for Global and Public Health, the Villanova School of Business, the VSB Center for Global Leadership, the Career Center, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, the Office of Mission and Ministry and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education.

Dig Deeper

The library’s collection includes many books, article databases and statistical sources about international development. For the policy wonk, Columbia International Affairs Online includes full-text  case studies, policy briefs, scholarly articles and books. Public Affairs International  Service (PAIS) is an article database covering similar territory. Because international development is truly interdisciplinary, academic research on international development can be found in many specialized databases, such as  PubMed for health, EconLit for economics, and  Compendex or Inspec for engineering.

Since 1990 the United Nations has published the Human Development Report, which identifies trends in development, and the Index, which is a tool used to assess country level development in terms of life expectancy, education and income. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development publishes numerous books and statistical series on development in many dimensions all available in the OECDiLibrary. AidData.org takes a data driven approach to improving outcomes by publishing datasets, visualizations and reports.

Villanovans across the disciplines are engaged in research on various aspects of development aid. Suzanne Toton, EdD, writes about Catholic relief, world hunger and social justice. The writing of Kishor Thanawala, PhD, explores economic development and justice. Latin American Development is the area of expertise of Satya Pattnayak, PhD. Jonathan Doh, PhD, is a prolific researcher on nongovernmental organizations and global corporate responsibility. Christopher Kilby, PhD, is a thought leader on the economics of foreign aid. Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, is a practicing nurse, educator and researcher on international community health.

Careers in International Development Day speakers represent a variety of organizations, all with interesting web sites well worth exploring with links below:

Alliance to End Hunger
InterAction
United States Agency for International Development USAID
Doctors Without Borders
Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center
Catholic Relief Services
Uhl & Associates
TriLinc Global
Oiko Credit
Village Capital

Acumen
Amigos de Jesus
Augustinian Volunteers
Catholic Volunteer Network
Catholic Relief Services
Jesuit Volunteers
Maryknoll Lay Missioners
Mennonite Central Committee
Mercy Volunteer Corps
Peace Corps
Profugo
Unite for Sight

Article by Linda Hauck, MS, MBA, business librarian and team coordinator for the Business Research team.

Okay, so maybe the Beatles were booked that weekend. But no matter: Villanova’s Homecoming 51 years ago featured a concert from another Brit and Top 40 favorite, George Shearing.  Shearing, a jazz pianist and blind from birth, enjoyed colossal record sales and worldwide fame, inventing the “Shearing Sound”. As mentioned in Billboard, Shearing and The Serendipity Singers appeared at the Field House on October 9, 1964, to a capacity crowd of 3,700 enthusiastic Wildcats (okay, we added that part.)

According to the 1965 Belle Air, we know Shearing played, appropriately, Autumn Leaves. Were you there? If so, did he perform with his quartet or sextet? Was it awesome? Inquiring ‘Cats want to know!!

Billboard, Nov 28, 1964, Vol. 76, No. 48 ISSN 0006-2510

Here’s your daily dose of library-oriented speed-reads to start your day!

TODAY IN THE LIBRARY…

Villanova Electronic Enthusiasts Club (VEEC) Club Meeting. 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the first-floor lounge. Questions? Contact: Laura Matthews

SAVE THE DATE…

Reception for James & Kathryn Murphy. Thursday, November 11 at 4:00 p.m. in Speakers’ Corner. Please join us as we celebrate James and Kathryn Murphy’s planned donation of 300 signed, first-edition Irish poetry books to the Library.

The event marks the unique contributions the Murphys have made to Irish studies and also Villanova’s long standing connection with leading Irish writers, such as Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Paul Muldoon and Ciaran Carson. Award-winning poet and former Heimbold Chair, Moya Cannon, will present readings.

Did you know—

Discount Tickets for Students this Weekend—The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts offers $10 student tickets to select Kimmel Center Presents and Broadway performances through KimmelSTIX, a web-based, members-only program. KimmelSTIX is open to high school, college, and graduate students, ages 17 to 30, with a valid student I.D. card. Buy tickets online with your KimmelSTIX promo code, pay no service fees, and get the best available seating!

This weekend’s highlights include—

Mozart and Schumann, Philadelphia Orchestra, Friday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.

Juilliard Quartet, Friday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m.

Mozart and Schumann, Philadelphia Orchestra, Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.

Jethro Tull, The Rock Opera, Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.

All Beethoven, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m.

Latin Jazz Explosion! Poncho Sanchez Latin Band, Sunday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

Closer to Villanova—

The Clover Market closes out its fall season in Bryn Mawr with an antique and food market featuring vendors like reFIND furniture, Salvation Nation, Sardine Clothing Co., Reanimator Coffee, Foolish Waffles and more Sunday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 7 N. Bryn Mawr Ave.

Read more about it here.

NEED BOOKS? GO (IN)TO AMAZON!

It goes without saying that Amazon has become a prime retailer of books, both hard-copy and Kindle. But did you know they’ve opened an actual storefront, a bookstore in University Village, Seattle? A rather satisfying quote from the NBC article: “It’s kind of freaky being ‘in’ Amazon.” It would be a rather trippy experience to be inside the interwebz, indeed!

QUOTE OF THE DAY

On this day in 1854, John Philip Sousa was born. Sousa is the composer responsible for the most patriotic of marching band tunes, “The Washington Post,” “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and “The Liberty Bell,” Sousa certainly defined the genre of patriotic marching band music. And let’s not forget about the sousaphone, named after good ol’ Johnny himself for popularizing the instrument’s use in his military band.

“I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.” –John Philip Sousa

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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TODAY IN THE LIBRARY…

VITAL Mindfulness Session. 12:30 – 2:15 p.m. in room 204. Questions? Contact: Ramona Kuzewski 

Graduate Theology Colloquium. 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. in room 205. Questions? Contact: Karen Cunningham

SAVE THE DATE…

Tomorrow! Villanova Electronic Enthusiasts Club (VEEC) Club Meeting. Friday, November 6 at 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the first-floor lounge. The VEEC is a social club, focused on recreation and relaxation. Participants gather to play video games in a safe and fun environment. The VEEC is always accepting new members. Open to all. Come join in for games and fun.

Did you know—

Tag it! If you want to easily add a search term or category to an item, Falvey’s catalog will accept your tag. Here’s how:

Throwback Thursday

Talk about an action shot! Check out this throwback pic from the 1958 Villanova yearbook!

John Bauer, Villanova ground gainer who averaged better than 5 yards per carry last season, tucks his head and goes through Richmond’s line for a touchdown.

IF YOU COULD UNINVENT THE WHEEL…

The Atlantic ran an “unscientific” poll to see what 101 Silicon Valley techsperts would uninvent in an alternate universe. Top two responses were nuclear weapons and, well, selfie sticks. The juxtaposition of the two is a bit jarring, no? What would you uninvent?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Today is National Doughnut Day, and while it is a great excuse to sugar up on some doughy rings of goodness, the “holiday” actually has an interesting historical background. Created by the Salvation Army during World War I, Doughnut Day celebrated Salvation Army workers who offered morale boosts to front line soliders–often in the form of doughnuts and coffee. Fun fact: some of the doughnuts were fried in soldiers’ helmets!

“Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?” – Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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TODAY IN THE LIBRARY…

IGR Dialogue Brown Bag Lunch. 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in room 204. Questions? Contact: Brighid Dwyer

Scholarship@Villanova Lecture featuring Rodger Van Allen, PhD. 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in room 205. ACS Approved.

SAVE THE DATE…

Reception for James & Kathryn Murphy. Thursday, November 11 at 4:00 p.m. in Speakers’ Corner. Please join us as we celebrate James and Kathryn Murphy’s planned donation of 300 signed, first-edition Irish poetry books to the Library.

The event marks the unique contributions the Murphys have made to Irish studies and also Villanova’s long standing connection with leading Irish writers, such as Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Paul Muldoon and Ciaran Carson. Award-winning poet and former Heimbold Chair, Moya Cannon, will present readings.

Did you know—

“Can I save my whole search from the library catalog?” Yes! Here’s how:

And they said video games were just for kids…

Mom and dad said they’ll rot your brain, they’re a waste a time…but it seems video games could also earn you $5.9 billion dollars if you play your um, color bombs right. You may have heard that King, the company behind Candy Crush and about 200 other game titles was just acquired from Activision for that amazing amount. King’s games have over 500 million active monthly users, and even though it’s ‘free’, Candy Crush earns millions from in-app purchases. Is it the tacky graphics? The bad 1970s era typography? Not sure, but just writing about it makes me want to play it. Now.

WE’RE NOT TAKING SIDES, BUT…

The Christmas spirit is beginning to poke its antlers out on social media and radio stations, but some revelers argue that it’s only November — give Thanksgiving the spotlight first! They may be right, or maybe holiday spirits can coexist, but one thing is certain: Starbucks’ Peppermint Mocha is back. While caffeine isn’t a substitute for good, healthy sleep, a sweet and seasonal coffee drink might be a fine reward (or tool) for a study session or two.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Today in 2008, Barack Obama was elected as America’s first black president. Obama defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona by just short of 10 million votes. Obama also defeated Mitt Romney for a second term in the White House, and is now closing in on his final year in the Oval Office.

“The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.” – President Barack Obama

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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TODAY IN THE LIBRARY…

OUS: Pre-Law Advising Workshop. 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. in room 204. Questions? Contact: Michael J Pennington

OUS: Presentation by Duquesne University School of Law. 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in room 205. Questions? Contact: Michael J Pennington

Tolle Lege Literary Society. 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. in the Learning Commons Lounge. Questions? Contact: Adam Vincent

SAVE THE DATE…

Tomorrow! Scholardship@Villanova Lecture featuring Rodger Van Allen, PhD. Wednesday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m. in room 205. Dr. Van Allen will discuss “The Call to Holy Worldliness,” a fundamental theme in his teaching and research.

This event is more than a Scholarship@Villanova lecture. It is a farewell to Dr. Van Allen and a celebration of his many decades of service here at Villanova. You will not want to miss this unique presentation. ACS approved.

Did you know—

Save an item to your personal Favorites list right from within the catalog. Here’s how:

IT’S ELECTION DAY!

While next year is the ‘big one’ judging from Delco’s suburban lawns and Blue Route ramps, there’s lots of local political activity today as well. So we’ll mention two fun apps that will allow you to conduct your own elections in the classroom or amongst your IRL or online friends. First of all, have you hit the little pizza at the bottom of the Twitter compose box yet? That allows you to design & send two-option polls to your followers or to the wider Twitterverse, depending on hashtag. And, Show of Hands is an iOS app that could be an interesting time suck, as it allows you to peruse polls and standings written by people you choose to follow. Examples from today are alarm clock alert preferences (buzzer is beating music at the moment,) and whether folks will remember Senator Fred Thompson more as an actor or politician (actor’s up by 19 points.) Both are free, but SOH has an $24.99 in-app purchase option – yikes and not sure why – so watch how you brush those fingers!

IN 2017, CBS WILL BOLDLY GO…

…where they’ve gone before, actually, but that’s good news for Trekkies! A brand new Star Trek television series will be hitting streams in 2017. Now there’s a fictional universe that continues to live long and prosper!

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Today, entrepreneur Gabe Newell turns 53. A Microsoft alum, Newell left the software giant in 1996 to create Valve, the game development company responsible for cult classics like Half-Life, Team Fortress, Portal, and Left4Dead. Perhaps the most lasting contribution the Valve Corporation has made in video games and digital distribution is Steam, a download client and community beloved by PC gamers everywhere.

“Look how majestically you fly through the air. Like an eagle. Piloting a blimp.” – GLaDOS, from Portal

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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Here’s your daily dose of library-oriented speed-reads to start your day!

TODAY IN THE LIBRARY…

Beyond the Master Narrative of Love: Theology Challenged by J.-F. Lyotard. 2:00 p.m. in room 205. Questions? Contact: Karen Cunningham

Non-Traditional Student Week Meet & Greet. Stop by for refreshments, a tour of the CAVE and meet staff and fellow students before heading to class or come just to experience this amazing virtual reality in person. 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. in Falvey Hall Lobby.

SAVE THE DATE…

Scholarship@Villanova Lecture featuring Rodger Van Allen, PhD. Wednesday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m. in room 205. Dr. Van Allen will discuss “The Call to Holy Worldliness,” a fundamental theme in his teaching and research. This event is more than a Scholarship@Villanova lecture. It is a farewell to Dr. Van Allen and a celebration of his many decades of service here at Villanova. You will not want to miss this unique presentation. ACS approved.

Did you know—

You—a current Villanova student, faculty or staff member—may add a comment to an item’s catalog record. Here’s how:

THE BEST ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF 2015

Know kids, teach kids, have kids, or are you a kid a heart? Then perhaps you’d be interested in New York Times’ recently-announced list of The Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2015. Some titles include Big Bear Little Chair, written and illustrated by Lizi Boyd and The Only Child, written and illustrated by Guojing.

NEW DIGITAL LIBRARY CONTENT

Interested in crime and the historical records of the Philadelphia city police? Check out the newest additions to the Celeste A. Morello Collection on the Digital Library. Recent items include:

The Philadelphia Police’s Homicide Records: The First Decades of Investigating & Advancement

The Sicilian Colony, in Norristown, Pennsylvania

Reviewing Illicit Narcotics Use & Distribution in Philadelphia before the Involvement of Organized Crime

Philadelphia’s Lawful Mafiosi; A Review of Unconvicted Mafios

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT MONDAY…

…we’ve discovered is Spotify’s Discover Weekly. Monday mornings may be a little rough but one thing to look forward to is this weekly playlist that provides a roundup of about two hours of great songs. Each week it automatically appears in your playlist section. It’s curated with an algorithm with a fascinating evolution and technology that uses each Spotify user as a “cog in a company-wide curatorial machine.” To these ears, it’s also more interesting than what Pandora or even the ballyhooed Apple Music serves up.This article explains more, but The Echo Nest technology behind it just may have implications for all sorts of crowdsourced recommendations, including the kind harvested by VUFind, the library’s catalog, as referenced above.

While it does occasionally ask me to newly  “discover” a song like Aretha Franklin’s Respect or Fall Out Boy’s Top 40 hit Uma Thurman,  more often than not it plays songs that make me stop for a minute, turn to my laptop and ask, ooh – who’s that? One warning – if you fall in love with a particular week’s list and want to keep it, you need to manually copy those songs to a new playlist yourself, ’cause each new week’s list makes the last one go poof.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Today is All Souls’ Day in many denominations of Christianity, a day of prayer for the dead. Traditions and prayers vary between denominations, though all are connected in their spiritual focus on those who have left this world.

A Polish Catholic Church celebrates Zaduszki (“All Souls Day”). Photo from the Polish cemetery of Osobowice‎ in Wroclaw, via Klearchos Kapoutsis’s Flickr.

Dear souls of the dead,
you are still remembered by my family;
you are most worthy of our perpetual remembrance,
especially you, my grandparents, my parents,
also our relatives, children,
and everyone whom death
took away from our home.
I invite you to this annual feast.
We pray that this feast be agreeable to you,
just like the memory of you is to us. Amen.

– a Lithuanian All Souls’ Day prayer

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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Here’s your daily dose of library-oriented speed-reads to start your day!

TODAY IN THE LIBRARY…

Welcome Back Luncheon for Africana Studies. 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. in room 205. Questions? Contact: Joyce Harden

Villanova Electronic Enthusiasts Club. 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in the first floor lounge. Questions? Contact: Laura Matthews

SAVE THE DATE…

Scholarship@Villanova Lecture featuring Rodger Van Allen. Wednesday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m. in room 205. Dr. Van Allen will discuss “The Call to Holy Worldliness,” a fundamental theme in his teaching and research. This event is more than a Scholarship@Villanova lecture. It is a farewell to Dr. Van Allen and a celebration of his many decades of service here at Villanova. You will not want to miss this unique presentation. ACS approved!

SETTING THE TABLE AND THE MOOD FOR HALLOWEEN
Were you aware of that the supermarket cereal aisle gets stocked with CGI effects for Halloween? And by that, we mean Cereal-Generated Icky ones – like green milk and build-your-own-skeleton marshmallows. Most horrifying of all are the gaping jaws of death in every bowl of Halloween Krave. Eat them before bed and you’ll be sleeping with one eye open. Come to think of it, Halloween Krave just may be the perfect food for all-nighters. It’s limited edition, so stock up now!

By the way, if you’re a cereal AND info junkie (and you’ve already read everything on the back of the box,) Business librarian Linda Hauck has provided us with a link to the trade journal Progressive Grocer for discovering other quirky trends at the market!

Did you know—

…that for 55 years, Villanova offered a master’s degree in library science among its programs?

NEW MEDIA NEWS

You may remember reading previous editions of The world news prism: digital, social and interactive and might be interested in the new 2015 eBook edition. Why? As the preface states, the “phenomenon of international news continues to evolve and change in many ways–mostly because of the ongoing digital revolution in communication media.” What was true of news delivery in 1999 has changed drastically. News travels faster than ever, millions more people are connected to the Internet and close to 5 billion people have mobile phones, many of which are smartphones. The authors also write that the dissemination of news has been “expanded (and complicated) by the increasing role of the so-called social media.”

PUMPKINS, CALABAZA

Although the prolific pumpkin is found across the globe, its actual origin is Mexico. Because of its thick armor, the early pumpkin could survive the harshest of winters so, even in the face of other crop loss, ancient Mexicans still had pumpkins to eat after hard winters. To learn more about the origins and Mexican uses of calabaza, read the full article from BBC.

Image by Danielle Scott.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Here’s a somewhat scary, somewhat sad story for the day before Halloween: this day in 1938, producer Orson Welles spooked the pants off the nation by broadcasting a radio drama adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds. Apparently listeners tuned in a bit late because of a competing broadcast and missed the clarifying introduction. Chaos ensued, since an estimated million listeners took heed of what they assumed was an actual emergency broadcast of an alien invasion. The show was never meant as a prank, but imagine the terror! Luckily, multiple sources of information on the internet makes such confusion a little less common today… we hope?

“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.” ― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

If you have ideas for inclusion in The 8:30 or to Library News in general, you’re invited to send them to joanne.quinn@villanova.edu.

Here’s your daily dose of library-oriented speed-reads to start your day!

SAVE THE DATE…
Scholarship@Villanova Lecture featuring Rodger Van Allen, PhD. Wednesday, November 4 at 3:00 p.m. in room 205. Dr. Van Allen will discuss “The Call to Holy Worldliness,” a fundamental theme in his teaching and research. This event is more than a Scholarship@Villanova lecture. It is a farewell to Dr. Van Allen and a celebration of his many decades of service here at Villanova. You will not want to miss this unique presentation. ACS approved!

NEW MEDIA NEWS

Published this year, Eating earth: environmental ethics and dietary choice is authored by philosopher-activitist Lisa Kemmerer, who wrote the book for “environmentalists and animal activists.” The book features “detailed figures, summary slides, and a touch of wry humor [and] exposes the weighty – oftentimes astonishing and downright infuriating – environmental effects of hunting, fishing, and animal agriculture.”

Did you know—

Planners who designed our Library did not intend to have windows in Falvey’s fourth-floor wall adjacent to Falvey Hall because the view would be dominated by Falvey Hall’s roof. But the glass was less expensive than bricks, so windows were installed.

GOT A HANKERING FOR BRACKETOLOGY?

Did Hoops Mania whet your appetite for a li’l bit of bracketology? No need to wait until March! The folks at The Daily Dot, an online journal that covers life in cyberspace, has been playing Monster Match in which readers cast votes for their favorite horror movie in each bracket. Their voting is down to the Elite Eight, but we’re reprinting their full bracket here in case you’d like to compare responses with your friends. You can borrow several of the film finalists such as The Exorcist and The Shining here at the library as well.

via The Daily Dot. Click to view larger.

THROWBACK THURSDAY

Did you know that Windows 95 turned twenty this year? The nostalgia is strong with this one. Who remembers this shutdown screen?

via How to Geek

QUOTE OF THE DAY

On this day in 1942, Bob Ross was born. Ross, the iconic host of “The Joy of Painting,” is a bit of a cultural meme–and for the past several years, an internet meme, as a result of a photoshop contest that offered a picture of Ross with a blank canvas to photoshoppers far and wide. Beloved and/or humored for his calming voice and “happy little trees” approach to painting, Ross actually has an interesting backstory as anything but calming. As a master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, Ross did a whole lot of screaming. He decided that if he ever left the military to pursue a different career, he’d “never scream again.” By the way, the whole first season of “The Joy of Painting” is recently available on YouTube!

“Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere—you only have to look to see it.” – Bob Ross

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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