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 and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.
PHOTOGRAPHY NOTES— an exhibition entitled Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict— a retrospective on one of the most devastating aspects of war, with documents, photos and posters detailing sexual/physical abuse of child evacuees to adult women (even the sexual humiliation of Iraqi male prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison) — is free of charge at the Imperial War Museum in London, England to November 2nd.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #1 is this lengthy yet clear essay in The Atlantic by Adam Serwer (gift article) on the attack on knowledge entitled The New Dark Age.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #2 is this essay in Public Notice on why the Administration’s detention of legal white residents is simply an extension of its policy targeting non-whites.
THURSDAY's CHILD is named George the Cat - a Florida feral kitteh who was brought to a shelter to be neutered, then when his caregiver came to claim him, he bolted …. walking the nearly three miles … right back home.
YOUR WEEKEND READ #3 is this essay in Salon by Amanda Marcotte, declaring that Kristi Noem’s seeming ignorance before congressional committees builds on the legacy of Sarah Palin: the kind of right-wing woman who reinforces patriarchy.
FRIDAY's CHILD is named Ringo the Cat - a Welsh kitteh who was among many in that region who (quite mysteriously) went missing - yet who was discovered and returned home months later due to his microchip.
THE OTHER NIGHT yours truly hosted the Top Comments diary about the 40th anniversary of the Bradford City Stadium Fire of 1985— where an ancient wooden stands in northern England went-up in an inferno in 4-½ minutes — on a celebratory division championship final soccer game of the season, with a major stadium overhaul to begin in two days (and construction materials on-hand).
BRAIN TEASER— try this Quiz of the Week's News from the BBC ...… and the usually easier, less UK-centered New York Times quiz.
SEPARATED at BIRTH— film star Joe Alwyn (The Brutalist) and TV star Chord Overstreet (Glee).
...... and finally, for a song of the week ...........................… super hectic week, so just a chance to highlight my favorite song from the guitarist Rick Derringer, who has died this week at the age of seventy-seven.
Although perhaps more famous for Hang On Sloopy, plus one that he wrote (Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo) as well as his work with both Johnny Winter and (separately) Edgar Winter on his songs Frankenstein and Free Ride— this is my favorite. The chorus merely indicates … we all leave this Earth at some point.
Did you ever take a look to see who's still around? Everyone I thought was cool is six feet underground They tried to get me lots of times And now they're coming after you I got out and I'm here to say: Maybe you can get out, too
I'm still alive and well Still alive and well Every now and then I know it's kinda hard to tell, But I'm still alive and well