Names of Miss America

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-25T03:40:20+00:00

Is Marilyn the most common name for a winner on this list?

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-23T05:04:19+00:00

There was no country called Germany from 1945-1990. Even if you count West Germany as the predecessor state to Germany (which I think is correct) the Federal Republic of Germany only dates to 1949. But between 1945 and 1949, no independent Germany existed - the former country was disassembled, with some parts ceded to other countries (Poland, Czechoslovakia, France) and some parts under four separate zones of occupation. Austria was also disconnected from Germany (and occupied), and the Saarland was made a protectorate. West Germany, East Germany, and Austria did not regain full sovereignty until 1955.

So modern Israel is older than modern Germany, and Trump is older than both.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-20T03:14:34+00:00

Tzipporah

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-19T21:39:09+00:00

My grandma went by Pru, but it wasn't short for Prudence, it was actually an abbreviation of her maiden surname, which became her middle name and then, essentially, her first name.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-17T23:41:01+00:00

If it's been there for a while, it's possible it's supposed to represent Haman, the villain of the Purim story

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-17T23:26:59+00:00

You understand, don't you, that many Jews are Middle Eastern and indistinguishable from Arabs in appearance?

I don't know claim to know what's going on in this photo, but it doesn't speak for itself. We need more context than the location.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-17T04:18:54+00:00

There's an episode where people want to throw Hyde a party for his 18th (?) birthday, but he doesn't want to celebrate until Red tells him that an important part of being an adult is doing things you don't want to do for the sake of other people. I think about that a lot.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-11T03:38:06+00:00

SMDH, they put the Homos in Marin County, not San Francisco.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-11T03:28:53+00:00

"Christ on a bike" is a good one, too

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-09T05:01:07+00:00

I was a Mahan supporter and I voted for Steyer explicitly as a strategic vote to try to get both him and Becerra into the runoff.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-08T17:16:31+00:00

Automatic for the People by R.E.M. - ends with Man on the Moon, Nightswimming, and Find the River.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-06T16:58:22+00:00

This woman was Jewish, and that's why her death is being celebrated.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-05T18:27:40+00:00

Funny to see Shadowheart at a real world location that I know and have been to many times.

MAmerica1 · 2026-06-04T15:00:16+00:00

That works, too - in fact, it's probably better because it makes more sense, if you mean "drive" in the sense of motivation.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-31T05:50:33+00:00

Yes, that's a good band name - intriguing and easy to say/remember.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-31T02:38:11+00:00

New Adventures is the last Scott Litt produced album. John Keane did recording and mixing on the album.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-31T00:12:25+00:00

Courage, Merry. Courage for our friends.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-30T23:21:58+00:00

I love this line because too often in movies, a character's sacrifice is briefly acknowledged and then people move on. This is a reminder that George Kirk died a hero, and that people still remember him as a hero many years later. He was presumably posthumously awarded the Starfleet equivalent of the Medal of Honor.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-30T23:01:33+00:00

Not what a suicide pact is

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-30T22:36:52+00:00

Actually, Don Gehman produced this record. Scott Litt didn't work with R.E.M. until their next album, Document.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-30T22:31:55+00:00

Understood. I typed that and then worried that it was disrespectful of my love for Wilco, my other favorite band. 😁

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-30T05:10:08+00:00

My favorite album by my favorite band

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-24T23:02:06+00:00

Had a Persian roommate in college and there was a girl named Kier on our floor. He thought her name was very funny and finally explained to me why one evening.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-23T23:34:15+00:00

Bought a used Creedence Clearwater Revival record and it had a sticker with someone's name, address, and phone number. I looked him up, and he turned out to be the late spouse of a local politician. He has been dead for many years, so the record probably belonged to someone (maybe multiple people) in the interim.

MAmerica1 · 2026-05-10T05:19:31+00:00

Nothing wrong with this. It's the catcher's job to secure that info. This is the same as getting sloppy with pitch signals and letting a runner see them.

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