Wash Your Hands
Lately, I have been walking. I try to go for a couple of miles, in the morning before the heat becomes obnoxious. Today, I went out New Peachtree, until the MARTA line goes overhead, and I can walk under to another Peachtree. … The spell check suggestion for Peachtree is Peacekeeper.
This is the last remnants of Peachtree Road, before it collides with Peachtree Boulevard. Many oldtimers still say Peachtree Industrial, which has a fifties retro feel to it.
When you cross the road, you find a sidewalk in front of Peachtree Country Club. During the MARTA construction era, my mother was fond of saying that the golf course was willed to the Catholic Church in perpetuity. Of course, a few feet were shaved off to accomodate another lane on Peachtree.
A few hundred yards down the sidewalk, I came to a half eaten bagel, a fork, a plastic box lined with old food, and a lid for a box. I carry plastic bags in my pack, and I got one for this detritous. There is not a trash can between here and the school dumpster. The bag will be full when I get there.
There is a law in Georgia. Whenever you hear someone say “wish” in a sentence, you are required to say a bit of commodity wisdom. “You can shit in one hand, and wish in the other, and see which hand gets full faster.” You should wash your hands no matter whether you hope or defecate.
There is a more useful version. You can wish in a plastic bag. Or, you can pick up trash, and put it in the plastic bag. One bag will get full before the other. Washing your hands is still a good idea. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
The Playboy Interview Bob Dylan
The Notorious 1966 Playboy Interview -Bob Dylan turned up in the youtubeque the other day. The speaker bought a copy of the magazine online … “I’m one of the few people who can say I bought it for the article and be honest.” A quick google search turned up PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BOB DYLAN February 1966. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. This is a repost.
The winter of 1966 was a different time. Mr. Dylan released Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited in 1965, with Blonde on Blonde to follow in 1966. He shot a screen test for Andy Warhol, and met Edie Sedgwick. Winter of 1966 saw America one year into the escalation of the War in Vietnam. The times they were a changin’.
The interview is not a linear Q&A. The entertainer takes a question from Nat Hentoff, and then says whatever feels right to say. This video, Bob Dylan San Francisco Press Conference 1965, is more of the same. Maybe the best way to approach this is with a few quotes.
PLAYBOY: In recent years, according to some critics, jazz has lost much of its appeal to the younger generation. Do you agree? DYLAN: I don’t think jazz has ever appealed to the younger generation. Anyway, I don’t really know who this younger generation is. I don’t think they could get into a jazz club anyway. But jazz is hard to follow; I mean you actually have to like jazz to follow it: and my motto is, never follow anything. I don’t know what the motto of the younger generation is, but I would think they’d have to follow their parents. I mean, what would some parent say to his kid if the kid came home with a glass eye, a Charlie Mingus record and a pocketful of feathers? He’d say, “Who are you following?” And the poor kid would have to stand there with water in his shoes, a bow tie on his ear and soot pouring out of his belly button and say, “Jazz, Father, I’ve been following jazz.” And his father would probably say, “Get a broom and clean up all that soot before you go to sleep.” Then the kid’s mother would tell her friends, “Oh yes, our little Donald, he’s part of the younger generation, you know.” … As far as folk and folk-rock are concerned, it doesn’t matter what kind of nasty names people invent for the music. It could be called arsenic music, or perhaps Phaedra music. I don’t think that such a word as folk-rock has anything to do with it. And folk music is a word I can’t use. Folk music is a bunch of fat people. I have to think of all this as traditional music. Traditional music is based on hexagrams. It comes about from legends, Bibles, plagues, and it revolves around vegetables and death. There’s nobody that’s going to kill traditional music. All these songs about roses growing out of people’s brains and lovers who are really geese and swans that turn into angels – they’re not going to die. It’s all those paranoid people who think that someone’s going to come and take away their toilet paper – they’re going to die. …
PLAYBOY: Mistake or not, what made you decide to go the rock-‘n’-roll route? DYLAN: Carelessness. I lost my one true love. I started drinking. The first thing I know, I’m in a card game. Then I’m in a crap game. I wake up in a pool hall. Then this big Mexican lady drags me off the table, takes me to Philadelphia. She leaves me alone in her house, and it burns down. I wind up in Phoenix. I get a job as a Chinaman. I start working in a dime store, and move in with a 13-year-old girl. Then this big Mexican lady from Philadelphia comes in and burns the house down. I go down to Dallas. I get a job as a “before” in a Charles Atlas “before and after” ad. I move in with a delivery boy who can cook fantastic chili and hot dogs. Then this 13-year-old girl from Phoenix comes and burns the house down. The delivery boy – he ain’t so mild: He gives her the knife, and the next thing I know I’m in Omaha. It’s so cold there, by this time I’m robbing my own bicycles and frying my own fish. I stumble onto some luck and get a job as a carburetor out at the hot-rod races every Thursday night. I move in with a high school teacher who also does a little plumbing on the side, who ain’t much to look at, but who’s built a special kind of refrigerator that can turn newspaper into lettuce. Everything’s going good until that delivery boy shows up … he burned the house down, and I hit the road. The first guy that picked me up asked me if I wanted to be a star. What could I say? PLAYBOY: And that’s how you became a rock-‘n’-roll singer? DYLAN: No, that’s how I got tuberculosis. …
PLAYBOY: How do you feel about those who have risked imprisonment by burning their draft cards to signify their opposition to U. S. involvement in Vietnam, and by refusing – as your friend Joan Baez has done – to pay their income taxes as a protest against the Covernment’s expenditures on war and weaponry? Do you think they’re wasting their time? DYLAN: Burning draft cards isn’t going to end any war. It’s not even going to save any lives. If someone can &el more honest with himself by burning his draft card, then that’s great; but if he’s just going to feel more important because he does it, then that’s a drag. I really don’t know too much about Joan Baez and her income-tax problems. The only thing I can tell you about Joan Baez is that she’s not Belle Starr. …
PLAYBOY: Writing about “beard-wearing draft-card burners and pacifist income-tax evaders,” one columnist called such protesters “no less outside society than the junkie, the homosexual or the mass murderer.” What’s your reaction? DYLAN: I don’t believe in those terms. They’re too hysterical. They don’t describe anything. Most people think that homosexual, gay, queer, queen, faggot are all the same words. Everybody thinks that a junkie is a dope freak. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t consider myself outside of anything. I just consider myself not around. …
PLAYBOY: Paranoia is said to be one of the mental states sometimes induced by such hallucinogenic drugs as peyote and LSD. Considering the risks involved, do you think that experimentation with such drugs should be part of the growing up experience for a young person? DYLAN: I wouldn’t advise anybody to use drugs – certainly not the hard drugs; drugs are medicine. But opium and hash and pot – now, those things aren’t drugs; they just bend your mind a little. I think everybody’s mind should be bent once in a while. Not by LSD, though. LSD is medicine – a different kind of medicine. It makes you aware of the universe, so to speak; you realize how foolish objects are. But LSD is not for groovy people; it’s for mad, hateful people who want revenge. It’s for people who usually have heart attacks. They ought to use it at the Geneva Convention. …
PLAYBOY: Did you ever have the standard boyhood dream of growing up to be President? DYLAN: No. When I was a boy, Harry Truman was President; who’d want to be Harry Truman?
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we’re smart and we’re right · @chamblee54 .@ossoff .@ReverendWarnock .@RepNikema .@RepHankJohnson · Where Was Sen. Warnock? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently spoke before a joint session of Congress.. Many people, myself included, did not approve. I became curious about my representatives, and their response. On July 26, 2024, at 12:20, I called the Atlanta offices of Sen. Jon Ossoff (470-786-7800) and Sen. Rafael Warnock (770-694-7828.) I left this message: “I have a question for _____ . Did you attend the address before Congress by Benjamin Netanyahu? If the answer is yes, then I am deeply ashamed of you.” At 12:40, I called the Decatur office of Rep. Hank Johnson (770-987-2291.) A person answered the phone. I asked the same question. Rep. Johnson did not attend the address. As it turns out, I am in GA05, which is represented by Nikema Williams. Hank Johnson represents GA04. My neighborhood is in a different district every time the district boundaries are drawn. Mistakes are easy to make. At 13:20, I called the Atlanta office of Rep. Nikema Williams (404-659-0116.) I left a message on the machine. At 16:10, Jon Ossoff’s office returned my call. Sen. Ossoff did attend the address by PM Netanyahu. At the time this post was written, I have not heard from Sen. Warnock or Rep. Williams. Neither @ossoff nor @ReverendWarnock has made a comment on X about the address. At 14:48 on Jul 24 @RepNikema sent a tweet that began “I met with the families of Israeli hostages …” The tweet made an anodyne statement about freeing hostages, and ending “the violence in Gaza.” It did not refer to the appearance of PM Netanyahu before Congress. @RepHankJohnson “I will be boycotting Netanyahu’s speech today. Rather than working on @POTUS’ ceasefire deal that would halt the indiscriminate killing & starvation in Gaza, Netanyahu is here, again interfering in U.S. electoral politics with his support for ex-president Trump & MAGA.” In 2003, I was concerned about the impending invasion of Iraq. I sent letters to Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Zell Miller, and Rep. Denise Majette. I wanted to be on record as being opposed to the invasion. War Letters describes the experience, and has copies of the replies that I recieved. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress..” · warnoff/ossoff calls made at 12:20 johnson call at 12:40 williams call 13:20 · ossoff office returned call at 16:10 he did attend address · @chamblee54I called @ossoff and @ReverendWarnock I left this message: Did you attend the address by Benjamin Netanyahu? If the answer is yes, then I am ashamed of you. I then called @RepHankJohnson A person answered the phone. @RepHankJohnson did not attend the address. · 235 characters · @RepHankJohnson I will be boycotting Netanyahu’s speech today. Rather than working on @POTUS’ ceasefire deal that would halt the indiscriminate killing & starvation in Gaza, Netanyahu is here, again interfering in U.S. electoral politics with his support for ex-president Trump & MAGA. · I got the answering machine for Rep. Nikema Williams (404-659-0116) · @RepNikema · @RepNikema I met with the families of Israeli hostages … war letters · Making a post on facebook to promote mental health is like taking a drink to support sobriety. · Zoom bomber visit to the poetry slam , celebrating himself with six letter word , sunday night just a slamming the ham , festive fat white man shooting a bird , last week eventbrite took my money , and neglected to include the show , some russian hacker thought it was funny , curly and larry say it was moe , a private showing of unfortunate art , somebody in india thinks they are smart , it is just an excuse to write tacky sonnet , he was just off camera wearing a bonnet , sometimes you just have to give him a hand , there is more than one way to beat the band · Florence Fabiyi You cannot reply to this conversation. The sender indicated replies are not allowed. · This is a message I sent to Kristen Pass. I was not allowed to send a message to Florence Fabiyi. · This has been a NIGHTMARE. I had a “conversation” with Kristen Pass, where she took three and a half weeks to reply to a simple pair of concerns. She only got addressed one of them, and got it wrong. Here is the message I sent today: I FINALLY got a reply. I got a phone call from Florence Fabiyi. She sent a message to follow up. This message said at the bottom “You cannot reply to this conversation. The sender indicated replies are not allowed.” What kind of customer service is this? When I think you might be getting better, you throw something like that at me. · This feature was originally published in 2014.. … · A website called The Frisky still exists, in a dramatically different form. @TheFrisky Hi, former Frisky EIC Jessica here. The chop shop that bought our site never bothered to take the Twitter from me. Go figure. So sad about the loss of all the extremely good work, and also sad that i basically only got to come onboard to see the site ushered to its fall. 4:49 PM · Jun 1, 2018 from Savannah, GA. · @chambee54 Sometimes x has a sense of humor. Seeing Jesse S trending next to an x-crement by Jesse S, where he wonders why we ask questions. · Paul’s Jokes @MoreTwitty Poor Biden just can’t get his foot out of his mouth. Protesters in DC yesterday set fires and burned things, including the American flag. Then the President goes to the Oval Office and says, “It’s time to pass the torch!” · A Simple Question · It started out with a simple question.. Who is on the ballot for President in Georgia? I am beyond disgusted with Donald John Trump and Kamala Devi Harris. I have numerous issues with Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. One possible option is Chase Russell Oliver. The Libertarian Party serves only as a spoiler. Mr. Oliver has a lot going for him. He has been active in the fight against Cop City. Google has not been helpful. The Georgia Secretary of State has not been helpful. I called the SOS office, and talked to a lady. “Mam, can you tell me who is on the ballot for President in Georgia.” “That is on the Secretary of State website” “Mam, that does not work” “What do you mean, it works for me” A second phone call to SOS yielded better results. Apparently, the ballot has not been finalized. We will know later which non-duopoly candidates will be on the Georgia ballot. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. UPDATE This post starts with by quoting a facebook post. a facebook post. The link no longer works. The former facebook friend … a person who I helped move twice … blocked me. After George HW Bush dies, the ffbf was trashing the former President, using the phrase “I am not going to whitewash history.” I commented that it would be better for his karma to be a bit kinder towards the former President. The ffbf did not like that, and blocked me. · July 19 at 4:26 PM bipoc fae only poll really quick. no white fae need reply. hypothetically if there was a bipoc gathering in a month from now. would you come — Luther Mckinnon “no white fae need reply.” — Steve Alexander: hello – remove your comment please — Luther: which one? — Steve: on my post from the radical faeries page — Luther: Ok I deleted it. I question the value of a group that makes posts that only people with a particular skin color can answer. However, that is your privilege — Steve: I don’t understand what you have to contribute to a thread about a bipoc gathering – so I don’t understand the argument you are making – there is nothing needed of you from you by you for a bipoc gathering…. – so tell me …… – why do I have to spend this time right now messaging you – why – well — Luther Mckinnon: i have nothing more to say – – Steve Alexander: exactly – you have no point other than to interject yourself to prove that you have NOTHING to say of any value – and you dare say I’m flexing my privilege – also the group did not make the post. I alone made the post. you really are showing yourself grasping – and it was not a particular color it was everyone BUT white – I hope I have addressed all your concerns. and have a blessed day. — Luther: 🙈🙉🙊 · gimp 2.10.32 desk gimp 2.10.4 lap · Pictures today are fromThe Library of Congress ~ selah
Never Doubt
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” This chestnut appeared in an email, promoting an event. I heard a podcast last year, about another Margaret Mead story. Readers of this blog know where this is going.
@anthroreviewed “Did Margaret Mead really say that thing about broken femurs and civilization that is (once again) making the rounds online? Also, are healed femurs a marker of civilization? No. And no. As explore in the second half of this episode… “ A blog post, That Margaret Mead quote, goes into more detail about both stories.
“It’s interesting the quotes that are attributed to Margaret Mead – another is “Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world – indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” … Both are things she could have said, given her personality, but neither is fully attributed – the first instance of the story above is in Dr. Ira Byock’s 2012 book on palliative care, and the above quote only attributed to her, four years after her death, by the author of a fairly hippie-ish book on paths to world peace.”
“This quote (about the femur) has been going around Facebook since mid-March, probably encouraged by this Twitter thread, this FB post, and this article in Forbes, none of which are by archaeologists/anthropologists.”
When the bs detector started dinging, results are just a few clicks away. Highlight the suspicious quote. Right click, choose “Search Google for …,” and wait 0.51 seconds. When one of the results is a story at Quote Investigator®, you have a winner.
When people get caught peddling bogus quotes, they often say that even if the attribution is false, the words are true. What about the featured quote today? It sounds good, and is great for promoting attendance at an event. But is it the truth?
Look at the 9/11 attacks. They did change the world. While it is true that nineteen men pulled off the caper, they had a lot of help. Somebody financed the operation. Other people built the airliners, and the airports where they took off. Somebody dug an oil well, pumped the crude oil, shipped the crude oil to a refinery, and produced the explosive jet fuel that propelled the attacks. In fact, it was the profits from pumping that oil that financed the attacks. “A small group of thoughtful, committed citizens” flew a plane, that someone else built, into the World Trade Center. They were not “the only thing that ever has.” This is a repost. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Where Was Sen. Warnock?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently spoke before a joint session of Congress. Many people, myself included, did not approve. I became curious about my representatives.
On July 26, 2024, at 12:20, I called the Atlanta offices of Sen. Jon Ossoff (470-786-7800) and Sen. Rafael Warnock (770-694-7828.) “I have a question for _____ . Did you attend the address before Congress by Benjamin Netanyahu? If the answer is yes, then I am deeply ashamed of you.”
At 12:40, I called the Decatur office of Rep. Hank Johnson (770-987-2291.) A person answered the phone. I asked the same question. Rep. Johnson did not attend the address.
As it turns out, I am in GA05, which is represented by Nikema Williams. Hank Johnson represents GA04. My neighborhood is in a different district every time the boundaries are redrawn. Mistakes are easy to make. At 13:20, I called the Atlanta office of Rep. Nikema Williams (404-659-0116.) I left a message on the machine.
At 16:10, Jon Ossoff’s office returned my call. Sen. Ossoff did attend the address by PM Netanyahu. At the time this post was written, I have not heard from Sen. Warnock or Rep. Williams.
Neither @ossoff nor @ReverendWarnock has made a comment on X about the address. At 14:48 on Jul 24, @RepNikema sent a tweet that began “I met with the families of Israeli hostages …” The tweet made an anodyne statement about freeing hostages, and ending “the violence in Gaza.” It did not refer to the appearance of PM Netanyahu before Congress.
@RepHankJohnson “I will be boycotting Netanyahu’s speech today. Rather than working on @POTUS’ ceasefire deal that would halt the indiscriminate killing & starvation in Gaza, Netanyahu is here, again interfering in U.S. electoral politics with his support for ex-president Trump & MAGA.”
In 2003, I was concerned about the impending invasion of Iraq. I sent letters to Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Sen. Zell Miller, and Rep. Denise Majette. I wanted to be on record as being opposed to the invasion. War Letters describes the experience, and has copies of the replies that I received. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
The God Of Word
The facebook comment started with “Christ had so little regard for … ” I gave into the temptation to comment. “Are you talking about Jesus? Not everyone agrees that he was the Christ.” The internet showed mercy, and only one stranger replied. “I think the bigger picture is being overlooked for semantics here… ” Talking, in or out of vain, is a big deal here. This is a repost.
People like to express opinions about the teaching of Jesus. The source of 99% of these thoughts is the bible. It is a fundamental belief that “the bible is the word of God.” I have disagreed with this notion for a long time. This is not the same as not believing in the existence of God.
I started to type a facebook reply, and then thought better of it. Sunday afternoons are a gift, even if they are uncomfortably hot. It is too fine a day to argue religion on the internet. Before he stopped, one thought did occur to him. If the bible is the word of God, then maybe Jehovah is the God of word. If you saw a mushroom cloud rising over Brookhaven …
Christianism is a religion of beliefs, rather than practices. The idea of getting people to agree with your beliefs is key to the Jesus experience. Many of these beliefs are noted in the bible. It is as if people make a God out of a book. When these high powered thoughts are expressed, then the semantics can get overwhelming.
As for the teaching of Jesus, all we know is what the Council of Nicea chose to tell us. We don’t have very much. What we do have is conveniently selected to fit the agenda of the speaker. What someone says about Jesus tells us more about that person than it does about Jesus. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
UPDATE This post starts with by quoting a facebook post. The link no longer works. The former facebook friend … a person who I helped move twice … blocked me.
After George HW Bush died, the ffbf was trashing the former President, using the phrase “I am not going to whitewash history.” I commented that it would be better for his karma to be a bit kinder towards the former President. The ffbf did not like that, and blocked me.
A Simple Question
It started out with a simple question. Who is on the ballot for President in Georgia? I am beyond disgusted with Donald John Trump and Kamala Devi Harris. I have numerous issues with Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. There are usually others to consider.
One possible option is Chase Russell Oliver. The Libertarian Party serves only as a spoiler. Mr. Oliver has a lot going for him. He has been active in the fight against Cop City.
Google has not been helpful. The Georgia Secretary of State has not been helpful. I called the SOS office, and talked to a lady. “Mam, can you tell me who is on the ballot for President in Georgia.” “That is on the Secretary of State website” “Mam, that does not work” “What do you mean, it works for me”
A second phone call to SOS yielded better results. Apparently, the ballot has not been finalized. We will know later which non-duopoly candidates will be on the Georgia ballot. Either the election, or the world, will be over soon. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Blue Tail Fly
Q: What does “Jimmy crack corn” mean, and why does he not care?—Matt, Columbus, Ohio
I was trolling stupidquestion.net when there was a convergence of stupidity. (The site does not exist in 2024.) All my life I had heard Blue Tail Fly, and been embarrassed. And there, in (pardon the expression) black and white, was someone who wondered the same thing.
It seems as though BTF started out as a minstrel song. For those who don’t know, minstrel shows were white people putting on black makeup, and imitating African Americans. That is another reason you seldom hear BTF today.
Dave Barry took a poll once to find out the stupidest song of all time. The overwhelming winner/loser was MacArthur Park. The combination of over the top show stopping, while singing about a cake left out in the rain, makes this ditty a duh classic.
In the spirit of corny convergence, the video is a karaoke version featuring Donna Summer. Miss Summer is a talented singer, who happened to connect with Giorgio Moroder. Lots of singers could have hit the big time by fronting those records. Donna Summer hit the jackpot.
For a proper post, there needs to be a third stupid song. This is not about stupid bands, singing about being D U M B. Even though they totally don’t belong, there is a video of The Ramones included. I saw the Ramones at the Agora Ballroom in 1983. This was after their prime, and before a homeless man caught the Ballroom on fire.
We still need a third stupid song, and I want to get this posted with as little research as possible. Just like some writer was once given twenty minutes to write a song, and he decided to do the worst song he could think of. The result was Wild Thing. I used to have a 45 of someone who sounded like Bobby Kennedy singing Wild Thing. Let the good times roll.
These four hundred and six hastily chosen words are a repost. Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. This was downtown Atlanta in 1941.
Fighting Racism With Clickbait
This feature was originally published in 2014. … A link keeps turning up on facebook. It is for an item, 18 Things White People Should Know/Do Before Discussing Racism. It was posted at The Frisky | Celebrity Gossip, Relationship Advice, Beauty and Fashion Tips. The facility has a series of suggested posts. The first one you see is BLOWJOB TECHNIQUES YOU NEED TO TRY.
18 Things is supposed to be educational. PG was encouraged to read the piece two weeks ago, and found it lacking. The link today was from a combination facebook friend/ facebook unfriend. Maybe 18 Things deserves another look.
18 Things is garbage. Take a look at number one. “1. It is uncomfortable to talk about racism. It is more uncomfortable to live it.” You would never know this from the number of people who seem to enjoy talking about racism. The louder you talk, the more passion you display, the more truth your words have. What is uncomfortable is to quit talking, and listen.
But then, maybe the idea is for everyone to talk at once. Here is item 16: “16. Silence does nothing. Blank stares and silence do not further this difficult but necessary conversation.” If you are going to listen to someone, it is very helpful to keep your mouth shut.
“2. “Colorblindness” is a cop-out. The statements “but I don’t see color” or “I never care about color” do not help to build a case against systemic racism. Try being the only White person in an environment. You will notice color then.” This is a curious paragraph. Sentence one has little to do with sentences two, three, and four.
Sentences three and four are connected. The author assumes that the PWOC reading this piece has never been the only pale face in an environment. Actually, it is probably more common to be the only white person in the room, than to be the only black person in a room full of whites.
“3. Oprah’s success does not mean the end of racism. The singular success of a Black man or woman (i.e. Oprah, or Tiger Woods, or President Obama) is never a valid argument against the existence of racism. By this logic, the success of Frederick Douglass or Amanda America Dickson during the 19th century would be grounds for disproving slavery.”
Has anyone ever said that the success of Oprah Winfrey is the end of racism? Do you have a link for that? Ok, and even if they did say that, it would be wildly untrue. But it gets better. If you agree with this statement that very few people have made, that is like saying that the success of Frederick Douglass disproves slavery. This is ridiculous.
The rest of the piece is little better. Items 4, 5, 9, 14, and 15, can be summed up with the five words … there is racism in America. You are encouraged to use google to educate yourself. This can go in different directions. Maybe you could google “logical fallacy,” or “critical thinking.”
This feature should not be taken as denying the existence of race problems in America. (The words racism/racist are problematic.) People should be treated with kindness and respect. Opportunities should be available to all people. The police should not target racially defined populations. Celebrities should not say tacky things.
The question arises, though. What value do articles like 18 Things have? Do they inform people who need to learn? Are they preaching to the choir? (Frisky has a header ad for Red Bull. Do articles like this sell power energy drinks?)
There are other possibilities. Do articles like 18 Things trivialize racial problems? Maybe the constant promotion of nonsense like 18 Things will lead people to believe that there really isn’t a race problem in America. People who uncritically praise articles like this are doing more harm than good. Those who claim to educate should be held to some sort of standard. Posting nonsense on the internet is not the same thing as working for equality and justice.
A website called The Frisky still exists, in a dramatically different form. @TheFrisky “Hi, former Frisky EIC Jessica here. The chop shop that bought our site never bothered to take the Twitter from me. Go figure. So sad about the loss of all the extremely good work, and also sad that i basically only got to come onboard to see the site ushered to its fall.” Pictures are from The Library of Congress.
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“It takes two years to learn to speak and 60 to learn to keep quiet” Ernest Hemingway This tidbit turned up of facebook today. When I googled it, the first result was Quote Investigator® · @JDVance1 “Praying for our friends in Israel this morning. Just an awful situation.” This tweet was how I learned of the latest war in Palestine · This is a repost from 2019. · UPDATE: When I was posting the link on facebook, I clicked in the add photo spot. When I pasted the link in the place, FB put it up without the picture. I quickly realized my mistake, and deleted the entry. When I returned, I posted the link in the proper manner. Before I could see the post, FB sent word that my post violated a rule, and was deleted. I appealed the deletion. When I closed that window, the second entry was still up, with the picture intact. FB works in mysterious ways. · Nonetheless, I decided to err on the side of caution. The post was deleted, and reposted under the title Don’t Try This At Home. · UPDATE: When I was posting the link on facebook, I clicked in the add photo spot. When I pasted the link in the place, FB put it up without the picture. I quickly realized my mistake, and deleted the entry. When I returned, I posted the link in the proper manner. Before I could see the post, FB sent word that my post violated a rule, and was deleted. I appealed the deletion. When I closed that window, the second entry was still up, with the picture intact. FB works in mysterious ways. · This is a repost from 2021.. Morgan Spurlock passed away May 23, 2024. … · selah
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
This is a repost from 2021. Morgan Spurlock passed away May 23, 2024. … Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! was recently the featured presentation at a documentary discussion group. Morgan Spurlock, is the auteur. In Super Size Me, Mr. Spurlock lived on a McDonald’s diet, and survived. SSM was successful enough to justify a sequel.
SSM2HC is not as much a documentary, as it is a “reality” show. Mr. Spurlock wants to open his own restaurant, with healthy food. A consultant sells him a bite of reality. “You know, consumers crave this food. They’re not willing to sacrifice the taste. But there’s this interesting shifting definition of health, so it’s not necessarily 100% healthy for you. It may be bad for you, it’s fried, but it’s got some vegetables in it, so you feel better about it. -So it’s a perception.” Another consultant tells him about the “health halo.” A pinch of lettuce, under the bun, makes the burger taste healthy.
Mr. Spurlock decides to go with chicken, and raise the birds himself. Mr. Spurlock will take the poultry that he raised, and feature them at his own restaurant: Holy Chicken. Nobody knows where he gets the capital, not to mention the time to make it all happen. Mr. Spurlock even has time to call the FDA, on camera, and ask about the rules are for labeling chickens “free range.”
The practices of “Big Chicken” get worked over. (An eye-rolling shot of Marietta’s Big Chicken was cut from the finished film.) It is tough to get real facts here. The giant poultry suppliers have some shady practices. It is in their best interest to keep the story from getting out. A warning letter is sent out by Thomas Super, “Senior Vice President Communications the National Chicken Council.”
The story rolls on. Mr. Spurlock finds an old Wendy’s, in Columbus OH, to house Holy Chicken. The place is decorated, employees are hired, and the media is alerted. Starting a new restaurant is another capital intensive, 25-hour-a-day job. Except for Morgan Spurlock. He takes time out, from his chicken farm, and his restaurant start up, to go to Washington DC. Mr. Spurlock goes, without an appointment, to the National Chicken Council. The plan is to invite Thomas Super to the Holy Chicken grand opening. Mr. Super declined the invitation.
SSM2HC is a joke. The consultants used are real. One wonders why they would participate in something like this … it must be true, there is no bad publicity. CCD Innovation, in $an Francisco, is a real company. Their story took a sad turn. “Kimberly Egan, CCD Innovation Partner, loses battle with breast cancer.” Ms. Egan is the other lady at the table in this clip.
No discussion of Morgan Spurlock is complete without his Me Too story. In December 2017, with the release of SSM2HC eminent, Mr. Spurlock released a statement about his problem. It is uncertain why he chose to do this, but it had consequences. It puts a different spin, on SSM2HC, to know about Morgan Spurlock. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
Don’t Try This At Home
This has been a lively week in the real world. It started last Sunday, when I decided to clean the laptop. I turned off the power, sprayed some cleaner on it … bad move … and wiped it down with a rag. Then, I sprayed some cleaner on the keyboard … worse move … and worked between the keys with a toothbrush. Then, instead of leaving it open overnight, I closed it.
The next morning, I was typing something, and I noticed that it was all caps. When I tried to change it to regular letters, it went blank. I booted it, and could not type in the password. This is not a good situation. As soon as the computer place opened, I went over there.
Delta computers is a building on Tilly Mill Road, next door to Home Depot. It has the same two men who are always there … probably Indian, although I have never discussed it. They provide fabulous, quick service every time.
I go in the shop. Zefir plugs a keyboard in, and tells me the keyboard is shorted out. Basically, I need a new laptop. The next day, I get a new machine, with much more RAM and Windows 11. After two days of brain damage, the device is running well.
All this time, the sore spot on my foot was getting worse. A few weeks ago, I stepped on something in the back yard. A splinter/thorn became part of my anatomy. A tweezer procedure left enough of the foreign object to cause problems. Finally, the swelling and tenderness became impossible to ignore. It was time to see someone. It was going to get worse otherwise.
Piedmont Urgent Care in Chamblee Plaza, where the Walgreens was sixty years ago. The granite wall in back is still there, where the site was blasted out of the Stone Mountain spillover. The only problem with the waiting room is the direct sunlight, but I don’t have to stay there very long. They seem to be happy with my Medicare.
The PA cleans it out, which was not terribly pleasant. The nurse bandages me up, and gives me a script for antibiotics. There are instructions for care, and a trip to the modern Walgreens … on the other side of Peachtree Industrial … for drugs and supplies. The rest of the day was spent staying out of the rain. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress.
UPDATE: The original title of this episode was Tussit Chronicles 072024. When I was posting the link on facebook, I clicked in the add photo spot. When I pasted the link in the place, FB put it up without the picture. I quickly realized my mistake, and deleted the entry. When I returned, I posted the link in the proper manner. Before I could see the post, FB sent word that my post violated a rule, and was deleted. I appealed the deletion. When I closed that window, the second entry was still up, with the picture intact. Nonetheless, I decided to err on the side of caution. The post was deleted, and reposted under the title Don’t Try This At Home.
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