Odds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)

I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers & Jeers".

OK, you've been warned - here is this week's tomfoolery material that I posted.

CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.

ART NOTES — a retrospective marking the 500th anniversary of the death of the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch— with loans from major museums around the world — is at the Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch, Netherlands: his hometown (and from where he adopted his public name) through May 8th.

On display through May 8th

HAIL and FAREWELL to Helen Ida Wheat — the third oldest American and fifteenth oldest person in the world — who has died at the age of 113.

FORTY-SIX YEARS after they split-up, The Beatles are responsible for one in every 100 jobs in their home city of Liverpool, England.

THURSDAY's CHILD is named Bagel the Cat — a California kitteh who is forced to wear sunglasses to protect her eyes (due to a medical condition).

          Bagel the Cat

ARCHEOLOGY NOTES — just unearthed is a complete Bronze Age wheel— believed to be the largest and earliest example of its kind ever found in the UK — and which dates from about 1,100 to 800 BC.

FRIDAY's CHILD is named Jesper the Skiing Cat — a Norwegian kitteh who acts more like a sled dog than a feline.

            Jesper the Cat

BRAIN TEASER - try this Quiz of the Week's News from the BBC.

SEPARATED at BIRTH — former New York governor David Patterson and former Washington Wizards basketball coach Ed Tapscott.

 Former NY Gov. Patterson  Former coach Ed Tapscott

...... and finally, for a song of the week ...........................… due to an incredibly busy week, I barely had enough time for the rest of Odds & Ends. So, I’ll just have to post a song to commemorate the passing of a genuine American legend.

Although there was some dispute about the publication of her second publication regarding Atticus Finch: I am grateful that Harper Lee was in the limelight for a while; not as someone who died after a long period as a recluse (and largely forgotten as a person). Accordingly, here is a song from the civil rights era by the late, great Sam Cooke that speaks to that era movingly.

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