We all are Omar Mateen.
Brexit: Sam Bee and Sam Bee and John Oliver.
New Yorker: Why Brexit might not happen at all.
John Oliver: Doping.
How an Outsider President Killed a Political Party.
Bev Harris – Hacking Democracy documentary (2012).
Continue reading “June rambling #2; Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands”
Do I say to him what he ought to do in order to try to save the relationship?
Why do you think no one has made a movie about Herb Jeffries yet… and if they did, whom would you cast?
To the former, because I think most people don’t know Hollywood’s first singing black cowboy.
Tell you what: you write the screenplay and I’ll send it off to Jada Pinkett Smith. Actually, if there WERE a screenplay, I’d probably send it to Nelson George – I backed one of his Kickstarter projects – and he could get it to Spike Lee, with whom he has collaborated.
Maybe it’s because I just saw my niece singing with him, but I was thinking El DeBarge, of that singing DeBarge family, or Prince. If you needed a younger actor, maybe Jussie Smollett from the show Empire, which I’ve never seen, or Drake.
Who is your favorite ex-president?
My first strong awareness of an ex-President was Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), who I was SHOCKED to discover that he was still alive by the time I first learned about The Great Depression. I must confess that I was entertained by Richard Nixon, who tried REALLY hard to be an Elder Statesmen of the Republican Party, writing books, and pontificating, hoping that we’d forget about that Watergate thing.
My second favorite ex-President has to be John Quincy Adams Continue reading “Herb Jeffries, and other topics”
Do I say to him what he ought to do in order to try to save the relationship OR assume those facts to be immutable. and advise him how to survive it better?
Hi Roger- Re: “Ask Roger Anything” – I’m helping [my son] plan his courses for next semester, and so these questions come to mind: What was your very favorite course taken as an undergrad? Most useful later in life (for any reason)? One you struggled to get through but was worth it? Etcetera…
Favorite course: American Government and Politics, the intro course, which has also been quite useful for me as a librarian in ascertaining which federal department might have jurisdiction over different issues. Given his proclivity for politics – I follow his Facebook page – it might be a good fit.
I also liked a music intro course where I got a little music theory, composed some little ditties, and had a lot of fun.
Most useful later Continue reading “College, and a LOT of politics (ARA)”
When I could not blog the last week in December, my brain got overloaded with stuff I wanted to offload.
Mark Evanier noted an article about information:
Anne Pluta says that the trouble with Donald Trump voters is not that they are uninformed but that they are misinformed. Biggggg difference. Uninformed people just plain don’t know. Misinformed voters think they do but they’re wrong — and they’re usually determined to never admit it.
Then Alan David Doane pointed to Frank Santoro, who wrote:
I asked my editor and comics scholar, Dan Nadel, about this occasionally quoted sentiment of younger makers Continue reading “What is the information?”
What happens if the Elephant in the Room decides to make the Skeleton in the Closet bring the truth to light?
What Evanier said about Paris. Ditto. This is the second time this year my cousin Anne, currently working there, has had to report that she is safe.
Marilynne Robinson warns against utilitarian trends in higher education.
Middle-Aged White Americans Are Dying of Despair.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Prisoner Re-entry.
The First County Clerk in the US to Approve a Same-Sex Marriage License. In 1975.
Egypt’s women-only taxi service promises protection from male drivers.
A New Alcott Emerges From The ‘Annotated Little Women’.
Now I Know: How Matthew Broderick Helped Shape American Computer Law and The World’s Most Prolific Author.
Berowne’s participation in the French Revolution. Continue reading “November rambling #1: Rebecca Jade’s new video, and Confessions Of An Idiom”
