Anthony Giacalone
Anthony Giacalone
@anthonygiacalone.bsky.social
Historian of 20th-c. politics, economics and culture; European voyager; Thanker of the dead; Contrarian
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Thank you to the wonderful Rob Reiner.

His run of directorial successes from 1984-1993 was as great as any one ever.
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Thank you to the great Steve Cropper.
You and Duck Dunn can jam again now.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Thank you, Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio).
April 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thank you, Val Kilmer, hero of my younger days.
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Thank you to the legendary George Foreman
March 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
March 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
March 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Thank you to the prolific John Feinstein
March 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thank you, artist Jack Vettriano
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the President has declared economic war on Canada due to 43 pounds (out of 22,000 total pounds) of illegal Fentanyl smuggled into the US each year.
March 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is my 44th anniversary of when I gave up religion for Lent.
March 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thank you to punk icon David Johansen.
March 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thank you, Russian Grandmaster Boris Spassky
February 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Thank you to the legendary Gene Hackman
February 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Thank you, Roberta Flack
February 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thank you to baseball-lifer Rich Dauer, an Orioles Hall of Famer, two-time World Series champ, and two-time College World Series champ.
February 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thank you, baseball commissioner Fay Vincent
February 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Thank you two-time Olympic champion and noted commentator, Dick Button
January 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Thank you, Marianne Faithfull, iconic singer and Mick Jagger’s muse
January 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I never would have thought I’d see three Buckeye national titles. I feel so very fortunate to have been able to experience this.

How firm thy friendship!
January 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Thank you, Jeff Torborg, for that wonderful summer of 1990.
January 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thank you to the wonderful Bob Uecker, an American original.
January 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thank you to the incomparable David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thank you, Sam Moore
January 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM