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The wordpress homepage had an eyecatching story about “Sex and Bristol Palin“. It seems as though the young lady has taken a vow of chastity until marriage. This is a bit like locking the barn door after the horses run off…and Levi is long gone anyway. It was the comments to this that got PG’s attention. Someone has named their blog “Tallulah Bankhead“. The concept of using a famous dead person as an online identity is not original, but Tallulah Bankhead has a big personality to live up/down to.
Miss Bankhead was born January 31, 1902 in Huntsville AL. She had a year-older sister, Eugenia. Their mother died February 23, 1902. Legend has it her last words were “Take care of baby Eugenia. Tallulah can take care of herself.”
The father of the actress was Will Bankhead. He was a prominent politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives in Washington. Mr. Bankhead was on the short list of Vice Presidential candidates for Franklin Roosevelt, but was passed over. The Bankhead national forest and the Bankhead Highway are both named for Will Bankhead.
Tallulah Bankhead was an actress, radio show hostess, and personality. She went to London in the early twenties and became a stage sensation. Returning home, she became a Broadway star with “The Little Foxes.” She made movies, but saved her best public performances for the stage.
Miss Bankhead was known for being sexually active, with both men and women. Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammie in Gone With The Wind, was rumored to be one of her “friends”. Her introduction to Chico Marx went like this “Miss Bankhead.” “Mr. Marx.” “You know, I really want to fuck you.”. “And so you shall, you old-fashioned boy.”
One legend has Miss Bankhead at a dinner party with Dorothy Parker and Montgomery Clift. As might have been expected, the cocktail hour went on most of the evening. At one point, Mister Clift had his head in Miss Parker’s lap. “oh you sweet man, it’s too bad that you’re a cocksucker. He is a cocksucker, isn’t he?” Miss Bankhead replied “I don’t know, he never sucked my cock.”
Her most famous movie role was in “Lifeboat”, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Her co stars complained that she was not wearing panties under her dress. Mr. Hitchcock posed the question, is this a matter for wardrobe or for hairdressing?
In the fading days of radio, Tallulah was the host of “The Big Show”. She became known for her deep voice, and for saying “Dah-ling”. More than one guest got big laughs by calling her Mister Bankhead. After “The Big Show” ended, Miss Bankhead remained active on stage and television. She died December 12, 1968.
Miss Bankhead was a staunch Democrat, as is fitting for the political family she was raised in. During the McCarthy era, an actress friend of hers was accused of being a communist. Miss Bankhead made a statement of support for the actress on the radio, and then asked her, are you a communist? The actress said that her daddy was a republican, and so she guessed that was what she was. Miss Bankhead was horrified. “A republican! That’s worse than being a G-ddamn communist.”
This is a repost. Pictures are by Chamblee54.

This episode started out as a repost. Google and reality got in the way, and there is no telling where we will wind up. Pictures (except for the divas) are from The Library of Congress. Ansel Adams took these pictures at the Japanese Internment Camp, in Manzanar CA, in 1943.
Awful library books is one of the actors in this drama. It is a good waste of your time. (The link in the repost does not work, because Awful library books has a new web address.) On top of the shelf today is Lee the Rabbit with Epilepsy. Other uplifting volumes on the front page include Isn’t One Wife Enough?: the Story of Mormon Polygamy and When Cavemen Go Bowling.
The book that Awful Library Books chose to “weed” was Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say “No” to Drugs. The links in the original post no longer work, so google was enlisted to find a replacement. Believe it or not, this galloping tale has a wikipedia page.
The original book was targeted at African American youth. The author has daughters named Latawnya and Chrystal. The author has sued amazon, wikipedia, and urban dictionary.
A possibly illegal reproduction is found using the link. One of the comments tells a cautionary tale: ” It seems that many of these comments are viciously lampooning the work of a genius. I, however, see the visionary work of Mrs. Gibson. This insightful masterpiece presents the very real dangers of horse peer pressure. Just last week my daughter, Amber, was walking to school on a normal, idyllic day in suburbia. Then out of nowhere a Clydesdale galloped brazenly over to my precious princess and offered her a 40 oz bottle of Olde English 800 and a marijuana cigarette.”
Clydesdales have long been used to promote the products of the Anheuser-Busch company. When PG was younger, he worked on the mall maintenance crew at Northlake Mall. One day, the Budweiser Clydesdales made a visit. PG was given a shovel and bucket, and told to walk behind the horses.


One of the reasons for the drug problem is drug education. Many of these programs, while well intentioned, make the problem worse.
Courtesy of Awfullibrarybooks, we can see today “LATAWNYA, the Naughty Horse, Learns to say “No” to Drugs“. This uplifting story is about the afternoon when Latawnya goes out to play with her sisters Daisy and LaToya. Suddenly they meet four strange horses, Connie, Chrystal, Jackie, and Angie. They like to drink and smoke drugs.
The author of this tale was born in Mississippi, and lives in California. She says “Thank you, G-d”.
In 1986, there was an oversupply of cocaine coming into America, and new ways of using the product were needed. Someone had the idea of making crack. The media did its part, by running scare stories about the new drug sensation. “One puff makes your head feel like it is exploding”. The stories had the combined effect of scaring parents, and making crack cocaine irresistible to certain people. Crack became a part of the life.
The first time PG heard about oxycontin was a drug education flyer at work. It promised an overwhelming rush to the user who injected the substance. PG imagined the reaction of some of the druggies he had known to this promise…where can I get some?
PG is in the detoxed, old fogey stage of his life. Millions of others are not. When they read stories about horses who drink and smoke drugs, they learn to believe the opposite of what the drug educators tell them. Many will not live to be detoxed old fogeys.

The new year is officially here. The frozen funlovers at Lake Superior State University have issued the 2014 List of Banished Words. They will twerk your fanbase, send the twittersphere reaching for the steroids, and set off the mister momageddon.
The winner this year is selfie. People have been taking self portraits in the bathroom for quite a while. The shampoo on the sink is embarrassed. It is only recently that the six letter name was coined. The name may fade away. The custom will be with us for a while, until the mirror explodes in shame.
Another case of a new bottle for old wine is twerk, twerking. As long as people have moved in time to music, the backfield has been in motion. After a recent awards show performance, we learn that this dancehall move has a name. What is even more amazing is the people screaming cultural appropriation. Some say an ethnic group invented booty shaking. Everyone else is a copycat.
The chosen phrases were presented in all caps. This is a trend that should be banished, but probably will not be. It does created extra work for slack bloggers. The remaining four independent banished phrases are hashtag, twittersphere, mister mom, and t-bone.
There are three categories for the remaining bw. Suffering suffixes are ___ on steroids, -ageeddon, and -pocalypse. Politics contributes intellectually / morally bankrupt, and obamacare. Sports gives us adversity, and fan base. There was no category for racism or religion. Photographs today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.

Radiolab has a delightful feature, Sex, Ducks, and The Founding Feud. You are asked for a donation at the start. Radiolab is worthy of your support. The show starts with a woman catching her philandering husband. PH got the former best friend (FBF) of the lady pregnant. The offended bride (OB) decided to get revenge. It was not served cold.
OB worked for a division of Dow Chemicals called Rohm and Haas. (This is not the same as Roman Hans, the proprietor of World Class Stupid) OB got some nasty chemicals at work, and tried to poison FBF. OB was not very effective, or very bright. FBF called the police, who said it was probably cocaine. FBF then called the Post Office, after OB spread poison on the mailbox. It is now a federal case.
There is a treaty forbidding the use of these chemicals for acts of terrorism. These laws apply to an angry woman looking for revenge. The case went to court, and is headed to the Supreme Court. Legal geeks are having a good time with the implications of this matter.
It seems as though treaties take priority over state laws. A case is mentioned of duck hunters, who were shooting so many ducks that the species was threatened. The loophole the feds used to regulate duck hunting was a treaty with Canada. This show was in production before the current quack up over “Duck Dynasty.” Arming the ducks, so they can fight back, was suggested in both cases.
The issue of a treaty preventing legal reform is not new. In 1961, the United States signed the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This treaty criminalizes a long list of substances. According to Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, federal law and treaties are the “supreme Law of the Land.” The various states are governed by these treaties, and thus limit the ability of any state to legalize marijuana.” The argument has been made that even if the government wanted to decriminalize certain substances, the treaty would forbid this action. Pictures for today’s entertainment are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.

This is a collection of facebook comments. Some of them were posted. Some were not. Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. ~ The 2010 California rebellion could not have taken place in a state covered by the Voting Rights Act. ~ When I first saw that, I thought you said Impeach Nancy Reagan. ~ Georgia has open primaries. You can vote in the one you want to. In the runoff, you must vote in the same party party ballot that you chose in the first election. In 1966, Republicans helped Lester Maddox get the Democratic nomination for Governor. The same party rule was enacted after that election. ~ There is usually more action in the Republican primary. ~ In 2006, Ralph Reed was running for Lt. Governor. I thought he needed to spend more time with his family, and voted in the Republican primary. This was the year when Hank Johnson ran against Cynthia McKinney. As much as I wanted to help Mr. Johnson in the runoff, I had voted in the Republican primary, and could not participate in the Democrat runoff. ~ You might also want to follow:@LAYS The perfectly crispy chip that has been America’s favorite snack for 75 years. ~ Don’t watch this on your smart phone while driving ~ In what missions did U last serve? ~ Is that a threat, or an existential threat? ~ I’m going to pray for you ~ Defriending someone. It is not a word or phrase, but an action. It is almost always done without any interaction with the person being defriended. ~ a muse or a mess? ~ a smear campaign might be fun, but would also make you look bad ~ Didn’t you try that with a hammer one time? ~ Patsy Cline is the music for a pretzel commercial. That is wrong. ~ that’s mister dammit show some respect for your elders ~ Did she kill her ski instructor? ~ why are globes always displayed with the northern hemisphere on top? if you are in space you are just as likely to see it with the south on top. ~ I haven’t seen a seven digit phone number in quite a while ~ And we are better? Our government, which we support with our taxes, is murdering these people with high tech weapons ~ There are 2,830,000,000 results for “are you the same in real life as you are on facebook” ~ Only if Rudolph is the daddy. ~ I have never figured out when you cease being the child of people and your own person. Some people never do. Everyone has their own way of dealing with this. I only know the path I have taken, and continue to take. It is fun to read about others. ~ Maybe you should put them in the trash. Our sewers are overworked as it is. The thought is cool, but the application is flawed. ~ has anyone clicked on the headphones expecting a video to start? ~ I hope those bedsheets are bulletproof. ~ This sounds like some of these self loathing white liberals who carry on about racism. ~ Leon Russell was the arranger. ~ One nit picky point. The first name of Mr. Gandhi was Mohandas. Mahatma is a title for Indian royalty. The use of this title to describe Mr. Gandhi is not appropriate. ~ I don’t know anything about working with wikipedia. I suspect that it might be more trouble than I care to deal with. I find it ironic that you list Mother Theresa one notch above Christopher Hitchens. ~ Band I was given: The White Stripes Do I like them: no Seen them?: no Favorite song: Jolene I had never heard of the White Stripes before receiving this challenge. I found a you tube video of a live performance. I did not enjoy it. After fifty minutes, I turned it off, and put Joni Mitchell on. ~ Many Atlanta neighborhoods are full of trees. Just find a place with little traffic near your residence, and go. When biking in Brookhaven I often feel like I am living in a resort. If you can drive for a few minutes, the Chattahoochee river is lined with fabulous parks. ~ This is disgusting. To say that the qualification for queerness is to buy a t shirt. ~ Those drawings did not include a parking lot. ~ Do you ride the artist and martyr bus? ~ A tree cannot say what a forest looks like. Of course, if the forest is empty, the talking tree would not make a sound. If a tree falls in an empty forest, does the chainsaw make a sound? ~ He probably does not snore ~ What is it about white privilege that makes people write so badly? The piece Mouse linked to is horrible. This is true of most posts about race and privilege that I see. If you want to educate the public, you should first educate yourself about how to write. ~ The second to the right is probably very popular ~ Comodify is a great word. Pronounce one way and you turn something into a commodity. Pronounce the second vowel another way, and you convert the subject into a commode. ~ @BretEastonEllis Listen to #kaynewest talk wonder how much I want to hear 13 minutes in he says occupation is creative genius ~ wouldn’t that be the labor department? ~ Firefox has issues. I installed a new version the other day. It was loaded with flaky extras, which are basically glorified viruses. If you are not very careful with your installation you will get one in your system. No matter how many times you delete it, it keeps coming back. Firefox used to be a great program, but it has gone over to the dark side. ~ The area around the new braves stadium is in transition. There was a proposal recently to buy out and tear down a bunch of apartments on nearby Franklin Road. If the Braves think they are getting away from black people, they need to take a closer look at their new home neighborhood. ~ Are you sure it was not his face? ~ Cher had her first hit song in 1965. And she looks much better than these “newcomers.” ~ The first time I heard of Kayne was when he pulled his stunt at an awards show. I have heard little of his all caps music. Recently, I listened to the first thirteen minutes of a podcast with Kanye. He said he lists his occupation as being a creative genius. I stopped listening. ~ what if plymouth rock had landed on the mayflower? ~ another bit of caucasian semantics bites the dust ~ is the water safe to drink? does the ninth most dangerous business apply there too? ~ most internet tests have multiple choice answers, where you frequently choose the least bad answer. happy gobble day ~ Many Christians like to be forgiven much more than they like to forgive. ~ Thank you for reminding me about this. My favorite was #27 alligator. ~ This is going to be a classic. Three hours of the band tuning up between songs. ~ Why do you say it is a Hungarian stew? That is ghoulish, not ghoulash. ~ I wonder how many of the people mourning Nelson Mandela own diamonds. They come from South Africa. The mine owners were a part of apartheid. ~ The Domesticities would be a good name for a horror movie or web hosting service. ~ There are similarities between all three. ~ If you want to borrow some text, the King James version is public domain ~ With all due respect to Mr. Mandela, I have always wondered how he became the only anti apartheid leader that seemed to matter in the west. I am sure that he had rivals in that movement who did not appreciate him. ~ Who ran the movement when Mr. Mandela was in prison? ~ saturday haiku ~ feline canine ursuline ~ animal pundit ~ I had a customer once on the second floor. The building had no elevator. Their jobs usually involved a dozen or so heavy boxes. It was a few steps from the parking spot to the stairs, and a few steps from there to the office. In other words, a hand truck was useless. I would lug the boxes up to the office, they would find a mistake in the job, and I would have to go back and get the job when it was returned. One day, in front of a Catholic church, one of the box tops fell off, and hundreds of pages from a job went all over the road. The company eventually went out of business. They owed my employers a great deal of money when this happened. ~ How about our weather for their money? ~ Do you have a link? Or was this a rhetorical question? If the former, I would like to see it. I can take it, and write some text to go between the pictures. If the latter, I can click “like” and be done with it. If this test is about racial attitudes, and points out possible racists for community opprobrium, the I am not sure what course of action I want to take. ~ I would have respected @fieldnegro more if he ignored #megynkelly ~ This article is pathetic, so unprofessional, looks like it was written by a madonna fan or something. ~ Selah

The instructions for some things are confusing. Maybe the true indicator of The iPersonic Personality Test. is whether or not you can decipher the instructions. The first time PG tried, he got it wrong.
TIPT has four parts. There are twenty statements in each part, in two groups of ten. One set of statements is the opposite of the other. An example would be “I often like to have a lot of people around me. ~ I need a lot of time alone.” For each of the four parts, you choose a block of statements.
When PG tried the first time, he thought you should click on which lines of each group applied to you. He noticed that when you select one line, and then select another line, the first line becomes unselected. Unless you use the control key, this is how computers work. There was not a box to check beside the individual lines. It was confusing.
The lines of the statements might make the foundation of a mashup poem. “i am not easily worked up ~ my idea of a holiday dream ~ is more than a solo trip to pup ~ perhaps a lonely island scheme.” PG copied all the test lines, and clicked one of the block boxes to get to the next page. Using this method, the test said “Social Realists are popular persons full of energy … have a marked social streak.”
The second time around, it began to sink in that you chose the group of statements, rather than the individual lines. Most people get this right away. Maybe there is a test taker personality type.
By this time, PG was getting tired of this test. He glanced over the sentences, rather than reading every one carefully. He looked at a few statements, and chose the best one. “Reliable Realists are down-to-earth and responsible-minded. They are precise, reserved and demanding. Their most prominent quality is reliability and they will always make every effort to keep any promise given.” Photographs today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.