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Spring 2008

In Western imagery, is there a shorter shorthand for evil than a high-sided, brightly colored, short-visored, adorned and braided, military officer's parade hat? I suppose somebody over there thought these looked cool, but the Colonel Hogans and the GI Joes of the last century were laughing behind their wool-covered backs. We all wore 'em the same over here, Jeep-style and green, so the Arkadys and the Borises wouldn't know whom to shoot at first.

The stereotype is that Canadians are a well-mannered people, preferring civil conduct and conversation to all the yelling and "hey, look at us!" chest-beating that goes on with their neighbors to the south. But while they might have us all fooled with this quiet act, a quick browse through Big Things: The Monuments of Canada explains that this is a country that prefers to let its massive army of gigantic, ominous statues do the talking. And that's far more intimidating than anything we've got.

The late Mitch Hedberg said, "Mr. Pibb is a poor imitation of Dr. Pepper. Dude didn't even get his degree!" Luckily, med schools over the years have been churning out pretenders to the Pepper throne, including Drs. Becker, Joe, Thirst, Right, Topper, Furr, Chek, and Kist, to name just a few. "Hello and welcome to the most important page on the internet." If that ain't enough, here's another list of would-be Peppers.

When the MoOM finally gets the National Public Radio slot it so richly deserves, we're going to spend a lot of time describing things, since most of our exhibits are visual. And then, of course, there are beautiful, touching, elegiac things like this Third Generation Nathan P5 recorded on the Norfolk Southern's Triple Crown Service that will make the show even more popular than A Prairie Home Companion. Speakers way, way up for The Locomotive Horn Sound File Collection.

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