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The Official Song of Christmas from Home 2020: Sugar and Booze

"It's the most nauseating idea in the world: a comedian in a gown leaning against a baby grand without making a joke," Ana Gasteyer says. There are plenty of jokes (and a lot of great singing) on her new holiday album.

OK, I’m calling it: Sugar and Booze (which presciently came out last Christmas) is the most appropriate song for CFH (Christmas from Home) 2020.

Ana Gasteyer singing it live last year:

  • Namechecks: Hendricks, Manischewitz
  • Preferred Cider Mixer: Rum

Sticking with the theme, the official runner up: Cider and Hennessy by Jordin Sparks:

  • Namechecks: Hennessy (obviously), Martinelli’s
  • Preferred Cider Mixer: Hennessy (obviously)

Bonus: The studio version of Sugar and Booze:

Fort Couch couch fort? Vacation at home

Fort Pillow poster

Commemorate your involuntary staycation with these posters from Duke Cannon and maybe protect America from the confederates with a Fort Couch couch fort reenactment this weekend?

 Download high quality pdf posters at Duke Cannon site for free, or purchase the prints.

Marker commemorating the original Fort Couch, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Source: TCM

Academic Publishers Make Resources Available to Cope with COVID-19

The Penn Libraries have assembled a list of academic publishers who are making educational resources more readily available for researchers and teachers who are dealing with teaching or working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access varies by publisher but includes textbooks and some articles. Annual Reviews, for example, is making all their articles freely available, while other publishers are expanding access to their current subscribers.

Thanks to ZOOARCH-L for publicizing this!