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 Laramie, Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.
ART NOTES— an exhibition entitled Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe — is at the National Museum of the American Indian in lower Manhattan, NYC through September 11th.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #1 is this from Wired by author Garrett Graff, suggesting “The pressing question for Biden is: will he succeed in giving Putin the chance to lose without destroying the world, too”.
THURSDAY's CHILD is named Nado the Cat— a Texas kitteh so-named after surviving a tornado that badly damaged the shelter he was staying at.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #1 is this essay from The American Prospect by Nick Hanauer on how the administration can help rural economies all on its own.
FRIDAY's CHILD is named Egg the Cat— a Washington state kitteh who reached the quarter-finals in America's Favorite Pet competition.
BRAIN TEASER— try this Quiz of the Week's News from the BBC ...… and the usually easier, less UK-centered New York Times quiz.
THE OTHER NIGHT yours truly hosted the Top Comments diary with an update (from three years ago) of some former Fox on-air hosts… and another two whose future may be in doubt.
SEPARATED at BIRTH— cellarmaster of the Bouchard winery of the Burgundy region of France, Frédéric Weber— and NBC news analyst John Heilemann.
...... and finally, for a song of the week ...........................… just a quick shout-out to the eighty-eight year-old bluesman John Mayall, who has just performed the final two concerts of his career this weekend. His band in the 1960’s was a training ground for many future rock stars: Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (Cream), Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones), Harvey Mandel (Canned Heat), Andy Fraser (Free), Jon Hiseman and Tony Reeves (Colosseum), Colin Allen (Stone the Crows) and more.
Here is a song from his most recent album, with South Carolina guest guitarist Marcus King.