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 James Barnor: Accra/London— a retrospective of Ghanaian photographer James Barnor (born 1929) whose career spans more than six decades — is at the Detroit, Michigan Institute of Art to October 15th.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #1 is this comprehensive (and long overdue) essay in The Bulwark by Nicholas Grossman on why the DC press spends a good deal of time trying to understand MAGA … yet rarely considers what motivates Biden voters.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #2 is this Atlanta Journal-Constitution interview with three members of the special grand jury (who wrote the report that the regular grand jury just voted on) … who stated that the names they recommended for indictment were largely adopted this past Monday.
THURSDAY's CHILDREN are named Joule the Dog and Kelvin the Cat— whose family set-up a closed-circuit camera to check on Joule’s separation anxiety … only to learn that Kelvin provides comfort when the family is away.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #3 is this essay by Clark Neily, outlining why the upcoming Trials of Trump will be a disaster (“Trump will have to take the stand even though he has a right not to, and given his nature, he will lie to the jury just like he has lied to everyone else his entire life”). Nothing unusual — except that it comes from a “senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute”.
FRIDAY's CHILD is named Oyen the Cat— believed to have been abandoned at Malaysia’s national zoo during the COVID-19 pandemic … but was “adopted” by other animals at the zoo, and is now a visitor attraction in his own right.
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 looking at groups with an element of secrecy (leading to conspiracy theories) — with the Trilateral Commission being the one I first became aware of in my mis-spent youth.
SEPARATED at BIRTH?— two political pundits: liberal political science professor Rachel Bitecofer and Lincoln Project chief-of-staff Ryan Wiggins.
...... and finally, for a song of the week ...........................… once again, time-is-my-enemy in compiling this week’s offerings … so, a quick hit. With Roaslyn Carter’s birthday and the indictments handed-down this past Monday: here’s to Georgia!
Originally, the final date of the farewell tour by the B-52’s was supposed to be in their native Georgia last November. But due to illness, several of the shows had to be rescheduled for this past January. Then, an offer for a semi-residency in Las Vegas was accepted, with a planned end-date over the Labor Day weekend. Now, they’ve added an October show in Tennessee, and another in November in the Los Angeles area. (Still hoping they’ll wrap in Athens, Georgia (or at least Atlanta).
Whenever they finish … am glad that my favorite song of theirs is in the setlist.