So, things are getting weird out there. I try to imagine ever being in a situation where I see an old man working a hot dog cart and feeling in my heart “Yeah, we need to destroy that hot dog cart. That old man needs to be shown a thing or two.” I suppose the point is to intimidate people into keeping their fool mouths shut and just accepting the way things are. We should all, as it was suggested to me recently, just try to find moments of happiness in an otherwise bad situation. To survive I guess. And there’s some truth to that. But damn man…do you stand by and let an old man’s business be destroyed? Or actively promote through word and deed the policies that allow for this kind of thing? The least we can do is to point at that stuff and say no. That’s bad. That’s not a good thing. And it most certainly is NOT common sense. What’s that saying about evil and the good man doing nothing…? I have no desire to hang on the martyr cross or anything but I also have no desire to live life as a coward. And so I have to say tearing down Clint Tarver’s hot dog stand was the work of thugs and racists and we need to be looking at what stirred that up and actively working to fix it. Cause it’s broke y’all. Broke and busted like that no account boyfriend your dad said he never wanted to meet. But that analogy might only work for me…
Speaking of broke and busted, here’s Rob Parker of ESPN talking about the rising star of the NFL, RGIII. I was just reading about this yesterday — and had to send it to someone who made the tired intimation that not voting for Obama MIGHT equate to racism. God that’s so effing tired. As a woman, I can relate to being called all kinds of bad things for not calling myself a “feminist.” (Here’s basically why. I don’t relate to these people. I just can’t — it’s anti-intellectual.) I’ve written about it before in this space but I don’t want to go into it again because it can be depressing to write about. But I tell ya … people that call you bad things and try to exclude you from their group because you don’t get on board with everything they think are not impressive people. Not open-minded, not kind, and not smart. At least those in the music world still like a “rebel.” Parker, your bitchiness looks like jealousy. Just sayin’.
Okay other fun, Friday things so we can get to our weekends in the right frames of mind. I have a million cookies to make this weekend and some house-cleaning and what-not to accomplish so I can head home for a FULL WEEK!!! Seriously, I’m excited…
Want so bad. Yes, I see the price. But it’s a Halston…
Oh Hank Johnson, just stop talking…
This is not a development I take lightly and, while this guy seems to welcome the idea, I do not. And I’m not being paranoid. But in the game of world politics this looks like a brilliant chess move.
It’s pretty obvious that there is bias in search results and I think it’s sort of funny to suggest that the algorithms (it’s so hard for me not to write logarithms. I try to use these words interchangeably…don’t know why…) are somehow NATURALLY showing bias. Think about that for a second. Computer algorithms organically segregating results…Sorry artificial intelligence lovers, I don’t buy it…
My favorite Christmas treat has got to be my second mom Mrs. Wilson’s poppy seed bread. This is the basic recipe, with a few minor tweaks. She used to wrap them in foil with a cute little plaid ribbon and walk them over from next door. The glaze was all gooey and sweet and the bread had a nice crust on the outside that was just…man, Christmas memories. I got the recipe much later as an adult and I’m sure I’ll be a making a few this weekend for the work kids and myself. I predict several pounds of fun being added to my midsection over the holidays…Which is why I’ll be spending my time here working just that much harder…
It was my favorite of the books but I hear the movie is quite long. That’s a Peter Jackson staple.
Making it slowly through these…
This is just golden.
I have a love/hate thing with del Toro but this is like The Terminator meets Alien meets Transformers meets The Abyss so that can’t be bad, right…?
Is this a useful endeavor? I don’t know. But it’s awesome!
I woke up singing this. One of my all-time faves.
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