Miss Piggy was quite right . . .
It's the Satyr's day . . . and many in Okieland “woke” up to Northerlies and their first 50º morning.
“Evaluate wisely what you think, about the things you think about.” – W.R. Bethel (circa 1942)
Trump's getting worse and the press is failing to properly report it. Most media are portraying the Harris/Trump campaign as one of equals in combat. It's their standard “lets let you and him fight while we watch” motif for trying to maintain viewers/readers – otherwise known as “eyeballs.” Its about market share and $$ of course. Harris/Trump are not equals. She is rational, he is increasingly incoherent. You don't have to be a feminist democrat to see that. You do have to embrace the capitalist patriarchy to ignore it.
Events that changed the Way of the Watercourse we are amid:
Today in 1927 the first successful television image was demonstrated, by the inventor Philo T. Farnsworth.
It's the birth date of Buddy Holly. The singer and songwriter was born in 1936 Lubbock, Texas.
And, Jennifer Egan turns 62 today. The novelist, short-story writer and Pulitzer Prize laureate (The Good Squad) was born in 1962 Chicago, Illinois.
Metaphorically speaking, it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye. – Miss Piggy.
Garrison Keillor's stream-of-conscience compositional style is sometimes “beautiful.”
Start with vulnerable . . .
It's Freya's day . . . and Northerlies are bringing our first real taste of Fall to Okieland this weekend. And it's snowing in Colorado …
Today in 1997 2.5 billion people watched the televised funeral for Diana, princess of Wales, England. She was killed in Paris a week earlier on August 31.
A photo-bio was posted by CNN two years ago on the 25th anniversary of her untimely death.
The return of a “real judge.” Ms. Vance has posted an update on the Trump trial pending before Judge Chutkan.
Legal hassles pre and post the November elections. FYI, this excellent NYTimes piece requires a signup (free).
You are the story you have to tell. Your most vulnerable truth is the place to start. – Cheryl Strayed at Omega.
When we can’t find it in us to give thanks, it is a sign that we are blocked from our reverence for life. Rather than judge ourselves, we are being called to identify the blockage, to part whatever veils have come between us and life, and to reconnect with life directly. – Mark Nepo
Miss Piggy gives a black eye to an ignoramus . . .
It's Thor's day . . . and the expected heat dome isn't. Forecasts indicate cooling after today's clear and calm upper 80's.
If life were easy, it wouldn't be difficult. – Kermit The Frog.
Having shot themselves in in their own capitalist tech's feet, now researchers are responding to parental, social and governmental concerns that children’s health is paying the price for tech companies’ profits. Next steps, expand the research into adult populations.
Werner Herzog turns 82 today. The innovative film director was born in 1942, Munich, Germany. One of his films, Fitzcaraldo, was a docudrama about a rubber baron's attempt to move a steamship up a mountain. A train wreck of a film with typical Herzog environmental mixed with psychological tension.
Speaking of train wrecks. One is unfolding across the U.S. these days. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from An American
Speaking of innovators . . .
Today is the birth date of John Cage. the avant-garde composer was born in 1912, Los Angeles, California. His inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas profoundly influenced mid-20th-century music.
The novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac was published by Viking Press today in 1957.
And, The Muppet Show premiered in the UK today in 1976. The series was produced by ITC Entertainment and Henson Associates. If you are so inclined, you can watch most all of them on YouTube.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye … Beauty is all about loving who you are. And if you have a problem with that, may I suggest you try loving who I am? – Miss Piggy