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Music Monday – “Well they walked that day/The next/And the next/And the water it ran out one by one/Ay mijitos/They looked like dried leaves/Scattered in the sun”

“Migrants” – Sam Baker One of the best managers I’ve known (at least measured by how many quotes of theirs I regularly regurgitate) once said something to this effect: One important thing to remember – those rules, policies, guidelines we have? They’re all just words on paper. They’re arbitrary. And they can be changed completely […]

Roseanne’s Plan To Bump Cosby (1989 vs. 2018 Versions)

It’s 1989 all over again with Roseanne Barr stealing headlines from Bill Cosby…

¶ Posted 30 May 2018 § Humour § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) °

Myth America

(h/t to JB on FB)

¶ Posted 09 May 2018 § Infographic § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, unitedstates

Is “A Horse Is Loose In A Hospital” The Best Donald Trump Analogy So Far?

Fast forward to near the end of this clip for the joke… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU2ye11FyIQ?t=495

¶ Posted 08 May 2018 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Yeah, this is America/Guns in my area/I got the strap/I gotta carry ’em”

“This Is America” – Childish Gambino Some of the Things You May Have Missed MetaFilter weighs in Annotated lyrics This Is America: Donald Glover’s Video Is A Gripping Read

¶ Posted 07 May 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, language, music, unitedstates

Michelle Wolf at White House Correspondent’s Dinner (and Some Thoughts on Transgressive Comedy)

A while back on AskReddit, there was a question about “What will be the “smoking” of the next generation which our kids judge us harshly for?” At the time, I thought that it would be “eating meat” that would be seen by future generations as something that, although enjoyable, had a big negative impact on […]

¶ Posted 01 May 2018 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Reefer Madness (1936)

Happy 4:20! What has the world come to?

¶ Posted 20 April 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Extra Spam = $2.25 (January 2012)

A restaurant menu board from our Hawaii trip in 2012…

¶ Posted 22 March 2018 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, holiday, travel

Some Alternate Theories on What Happened in Hawaii

As a general rule, I’m not a conspiracy theorist as I often find the musings of people who are so inclined pretty illogical, far-fetched, and outlandish. But I also find them entertaining in a “Inspired by a True Story” kind of way. Plus, occasionally something happens that makes you wonder if you’re getting the full […]