Amen, 39.
The Perfect Epitaph for Establishment Journalism: “In other words, if the government tells me I shouldn’t publish something, who I am as a journalist to disobey? Put that on the tombstone of western establishment journalism.”
I just don’t have the energy to blast the jerks responsible for the 16-day US federal government partial shutdown. Fortunately, Dan is both willing and able to do so.
Arthur and Nigel got married today. Or yesterday – that New Zealand time zone stuff always confounds me. Arthur’s observations before the big day. (I still think it’s because of the broken stemware.) Congratulations!
Amy’s Sharp Little Pencil wrote The Migraine Speaks (much to my dismay) and In the Palm of God’s Hand.
Mark Evanier’s Tales of My Childhood #3, which made me cry.
Leslie on setting boundaries as a teacher.
Steve ponders The Things We Say When Drunk.
Young Indigo Anderson is passionate about manga, anime, cosplay and making comics. “That is why when her tenth grade AP World History teacher asked for a paper about the relationship between North and South Korea, she requested to do it as a comic.
“Give plenty of credit to her teacher for allowing her the opportunity! 
The result titled North and South is a wonderfully succinct, heartfelt, eight-page insight to a piece of history that continues to impact the entire world even today.”
I was in Bill and Orchid Anderson’s wedding in 1997, and Indigo may have been the youngest attendee at Carol’s and my wedding in 1999.
Esteemed Comic Artist Stephen R Bissette Educates and Amuses University Audience. One of the joys of blogging is giving props to your friends.
Speaking of friends, MIGHTY Q&A: Fred Hembeck from 13th Dimension.
Superman 75th Anniversary.
How were animated cartoons made in the thirties? This is an episode of a travelogue-type series narrated by the great broadcaster, Lowell Thomas. He takes us to the Walter Lantz cartoon studio.
Dustbury pointed me to Grace Braeger Has Been Driving The Same Car For Fifty-Six Years. We Asked Her Why.
How DID they make that Honda CR-V commercial? I think its really cool.
Why you may never see the definitive Shel Silverstein biography
10 Mind-Boggling Thought Experiments
Olivia Pope’s dad reminds us of black parents’ favorite expressions. But I DON’T think they are limited to black parents.
Ken Levine on writing for Barney Miller, which may be the most underrated TV show ever.
Speaking of cop shows, 27 Actors Who Got Their Starts on Miami Vice.
The Ghost of Stephen Foster by the Squirrel Nut Zippers, and the cartoon is marvelous.
The History of Music Media: Infographic.
A song from Carole King’s Tapestry, an album I’ve only purchased thrice. Plus a saudade for Patsy Cline, and other music stars who died too soon.
From BoingBoing: Singer, songwriter, guitarist, poet, and artist Lou Reed has died.
From Nippertown: Vancouver musician Michelle Kwan plays Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine” on an ancient Chinese stringed instrument known as a guzheng. Also, Stephen Clair’s “Love Makes Us Weird”.
History of lyrics that aren’t lyrics.
Chuck Miller: When “The War of the Worlds” played in Albany
Crease and Desist and The Down Rule.
Are Oreos as Addictive as Cocaine?
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Jaquandor picked such great links last week, especially about writing, that you might as well visit them all.
GOOGLE ALERTS (me)
Dustbury: “Roger on the dodgy subject of avoiding conflict.”
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SamuraiFrog: “Roger recently did a post about his favorite albums of the 50s, in which he name-checked me, and I figured that I’d try and come up with a list for myself.” (I LOVE this post.)
GOOGLE ALERTS (not me)
Colonel Roger Green (National Disaster Medical Systems for the 5501st U. S. Army Hospital), son of the late Rev. Reubin Green and Daisy Green has been awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious service with the U.S. Army spanning more than 30 years.
Roger, you covered the waterfront with this one! Thanks for the poetry mentions…
About the things Black parents say, I heard a lot of them from my mother, except the “I brought you into this world…” because that wasn’t her style. But I’ve heard just about all these (except the trying twice as hard, even though we were three girls) from Anglos!
Oreos are as addictive as anything in the world. I’m one who dunks them in her black coffee. I’m an unrepentant addict.
I’ve seen the Walter Lantz presentation. Spectacular.
The North/South Korea, while stereotyping the two kinds of girls, still made sense, and the graphics were terrific. I got where she was coming from.
Thanks for a potpourri of fantastic info! I could go on… Amy
On Black parents’ favorite expressions, just for the record: As a white guy born and raised by working class white parents, I heard all but the first two. I heard a variation on the first one (“You were a mistake, we weren’t expecting to have you.”) but I never heard the second one about planning to fail. Perhaps that one has more to do with economic condition than anything else.
Dan – I DID say that I didn’t think they were limited to black folk. In fact, though, the first time I heard plan to fail was from an SBDC advisor.
Yeah, I noted that you said that. That’s why I said, “for the record.” You was wondering”. I provided data.
If I were pedantic, I’d say you had provided anecdotal info. Fortunately, I’m not.
LOL, those saying are definitely NOT limited to a particular ethnicity! I’ve even used many of them! Interesting read about Shel Silverstein. We have a lot of his books. And I’m always interested in the back stories behind the ad scenes. Hope you have a great weekend!
Thank you for the shout-outs, sir. Have a great weekend.
Well Roger, if you are feeling pedantic then you need to get the anecdote immediately.