“If every kid having a mom and a dad is really what you are concerned about,” Miriam Axel-Lute expects “to also see you showing up” for these struggles.
The Fagbug meets Equality House.
Arthur: “When I was a kid, I expected life to be a certain way, and that way did not include being true to myself. I simply couldn’t imagine that one day I might be a full citizen.” Here is his favorite speech (it IS a hoot) and his favorite moment in the marriage equality passage in New Zealand.
The Man On the Street: Three Decades of Street Harassment.
This month in 1889, the so-called “Unassigned Lands” in what is now central Oklahoma were opened to white settlement, the celebrated Oklahoma Land Run. “The Native tribes, you may be sure, aren’t quite so enthusiastic about celebrating.”
Mr. Frog re: Spike Lee’s School Daze and a Ramble About Racism.
10 Cover-ups That Just Made Things Worse.
27 science fictions that became fact in 2012.
Meryl: Logos: The power of grounding logic and expectations in our communications. Also, Optical Illusions and their role in Education, Brain Training, and Visual Literacy; at least check out the video at the end of the latter one.
I whine a lot about writing, but I never have whined quite so persuasively as this.
MY FAVORITE STORY OF THE MONTH: Eddie writes This is the Story of Gussie and Bertie, two of his aunts, of a sort.
Tegan tells a story.
Mark Evanier sells the house he grew up in.
Happy Navroze – a personal look at the Zoroastrian holiday
SamuraiFrog’s fond memory of Turkey in the Straw.
Math Anxiety: What it is and How to Relieve Its Stress and Impact.
Here’s an alphabet mural Ken Jennings painted on his daughter’s wall when she was a newborn. Very clever.
Jaquandor has been doing this musical A to Z, and they’re all interesting. Cheri asked what music makes me cry. One of them is his B. “Bach’s music is, to me, architectural. It is mathematical. Now, to some that might make it sound like the music is clinical and sterile in emotion, but nothing could be further from the truth.” Another is his D; funny story therein. He ALSO wrote a great obit of trumpeter Bud Herseth, who you’ve probably never heard of – I hadn’t – but still a most worthwhile read, and listen.
Lost in translation: CHEERS theme in German, and an ad for the musical Wicked when it got to Helsinki, Finland. Also, If you don’t understand this commercial…
The latest Carl Reiner book, and an anecdote about a funeral.
From the 1940 Charlie Chan movie, Murder Over New York: The police round up every Hindu in town.
Always liked Jonathan Winters, and sorry he died. Here’s what Ken Levine had a nice piece. Mark Evanier wrote several pieces; first thoughts; Jonathan receiving the Mark Twain Award at the Kennedy Center in 1999; him at a recording session for Garfield and Friends in 1990.
Willie Nelson turns 80 this week, and Coverville celebrates the occasion.
I probably watched Pat Summerall announcing sporting events for 40 years. And Maria Tallchief, a great dancer.
Never DID trust Winnie the Pooh.
Someone on Facebook wrote: “If you’re a geezer, you’ll hear it in your head.” And I do.
K-Chuck Radio: Miles to go before I sleep…
Contraptions: Oreo separator machine. Also, a recipe for making ice.
Photos of Insects with Drops of Water On Their Heads
Yes, My sweetest memories are from my childhood …
That’s why they call him “Pooh.”
Went to the Spike Lee blog and posted a reply. Thanks for this. Just watched Malcolm X again and it blew my mind for the third time, especially his denouncing of Elijah Mohammed, the lecherous creep. And then they got taken over by Farrakhan, and the less I say about him the better. Malcolm knew there was a better way, eventually: Unity. And so they killed him.
I knew about J. Winters’ struggles with depression – you could see it in his eyes, his downturned smile… he was a wonderful man and an awfully funny man. Hope he passed without too much pain. He deserved that much.
Finally, about the Charlie Chan movie, let’s remember that they “Asianed up” American actors like Gregory Toland to play him. And now, the news reports are all about Chechen terror cells??? Emphasis on ???. Faux news. Why7 isn’t anyone talking about the Ricin letter the prez received, or the noose sent to him by some redneck in Arkansas?? Homegrown terrorism never gets airplay. Xenophobia is it – and now we’re gonna start another Cold War with Russia over two college kids? And we’re arming Syrian rebels, just like we set up the Mujahadin in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein.
When will they ever learn? (Rhetorical question, set to music) Amy
that is a whole lot of great linking and thinking Rog, it takes me two times to read it all….you have been busy here…I want an oreo right now.
Love your “ramblings” at the end of the month!