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“Wearing of Sandals”
From a May 27, 1968 memo on the counterculture movement, directed to the head of the FBI: “nonconformism in dress and speech, neglect of personal cleanliness, use of obscenities (printed and uttered), publicized sexual promiscuity, experimenting with and the use of drugs, filthy clothes, shaggy hair, wearing of sandals, beads, and unusual jewelry, tend to …
Grief
I can’t make the BBC embed code work with WordPress, but here’s the link: LINK If you have eight minutes, it’s a really helpful little video.
We Saw Yesterday Last Week
Mona and I went to see a Beatle’s tribute band last week, and they were a lot of fun. We didn’t go expecting to relive Beatlemania, we just wanted to sing and dance and enjoy the songs that have become such a part of our lives. The band we saw, Yesterday: The Beatles’ Tribute, gave …
The East Texas State Fair has instituted a tough “no tobacco” policy. Beginning this year, patrons will literally be searched at the gate, and if they find a pack of cigarettes they will confiscate it. You will be relieved to know that they still allow handguns.
Special
If you could travel back in time and kill Hitler as an infant, would you? I’ve been asked that question before, and my answer is always “It wouldn’t matter.” The question presupposes that Hitler was a remarkable, irreplaceable human being, and I don’t think that’s accurate. I think he was an idiot. And in an …
Crazy
Mona and I saw Crazy Rich Asians in the theater last week. The movie didn’t appeal to me– there were too many people doing too many things, too many wheels inside of wheels– but there was one thing in particular that bothered me. Although they were very careful to avoid any hint of stereotypical Asian …
The Hedonic Treadmill
From Wikipedia: The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes.
Tim Hawkins
We went to see comedian Tim Hawkins last weekend, and he was a lot of fun. He’s been labelled as a “Christian comedian,” but don’t let that scare you off. I’m of a different faith, and was still the most I’ve laughed in a long, long time.
It Is Important Not to Know
Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the benefits of travel: Sometimes it is better not to know anything about a country when you visit it. Especially it is important not to know its language or languages. Thus every sound, striking the ear like a small bell or animal cry, without any associative meaning, takes on the immediate quality …
“I was immensely proud that I had been able to give her a comfortable life.”
Recommended by Aw Diddums.
Time
It’s pretty simple to upset the applecart.
