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I should quite writing.
I'll never top:
'Red hair and black leather is my favorite color scheme.'
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Jun 15
Photograph by Clifford Coffin, American Vogue. 1949.
Style is timeless:
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Jun 15
The Last Black Man in San Francisco was the best movie in 2019.
With the best original music score.
So human, personal, heartfelt, and moving.
Uneven in places because it is so much one person's vision of his life, but riveting from beginning to end.
Available on Prime Video.
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Jun 15
From Celtic Bard Jeff:
The Fairy Shoe of Beara Peninsula
Beara (Irish: Béarra) or the Beara Peninsula is a peninsula on the south-west coast of Ireland, bounded between the Kenmare "river" (actually a bay) to the north side and Bantry Bay to the south. It contains two mountain ranges running down its centre: the Caha Mountains and the Slieve Miskish Mountains.
There have been a few artifacts that have unusual origins but one particular one that stumped even the experts was what is now called The Fairy Shoe of Beara Penisular. This is a tiny shoe that was found in 1835 in the southwest area of Ireland. The shoe in question was found in the middle of a sheep track by a farmer taking a short cut.
Now the shoe, which measures just under three inches in length was a mystery.
Who would be on such an isolated track and the shoe did not seem to belong to a doll? The style of the shoe was one that was popular a century back with gentleman. The shoe was passed through various hands and ended up in the Somerville family. Dr. Somerville when in the United States took the shoe to Harvard University to have it examined. The examination turned out to be quite interesting and yet only added to the mystery.
The shoe was hand stitched but with stitches that would have challenged even the most expert of tiny hand humans. It was fitted with tiny eyelets for shoelaces and careful examination concluded the leather was made from mouse skin. Further the shoe showed quite a bit of wear especially about the heel. If it was made by human hands, then why was it left on a seldom used track? Why was it worn so, clearly looking as if someone had worn it and walked in it for many a mile.
While the shoe remains a mystery, it certainly makes one wonder if one of the Fair Folk accidentally left it behind.
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Jun 14
All foreign World Cup visitors! Come to Peck's for a true American experience!
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Jun 14
Just looked up comparisons between Jalen Brunson and Clyde Frazier. Fairly close in most scoring/assists etc.
One major difference: Frazier's top salary $350,000 a season. Brunson, $35 million .
Brunson made far more in 2025-25 than Frazier made during his entire career.
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Jun 14
How is it possible that magnificent Scotland is ruled by an insane elite dedicated to destroying Loch Lomond and its people?
Jun 14
The Tartan Army are a credit to Scotland. Here they are in full voice singing ‘Loch Lomond’ in Boston Stadium last night for the World Cup match between Scotland and Haiti. Absolutely glorious.
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Jun 14
An obvious cartoon caption I submitted for the Bob Mankoff cartoon caption contest a few years ago.
Alas, it didn't win!
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Jun 14
Priceless.
This is the funniest, most rewatchable five minutes in the history of recorded comedy
It is perfection and never gets old
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Jun 14
Seriously. This is playground basketball on steroids. Go one on one, throw up a three, flop.
Repeat.
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Jun 14
A political cartoon. Waiting for a Democrat opponent.
Jun 14
believe it or not... Teddy Roosevelt hosted his own "fight club" on the front lawn of the White House over 100 years ago: justinhart.biz/teddy/
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Jun 13
We are a tough people. Rich and prosperous didn't enter into it until after WWII.
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Jun 13
You Republicans simply cannot grasp the power of the Left’s 24/7 propaganda.
"You Westerners simply cannot grasp the power of Soviet propaganda."
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Jun 13
Intertesting essay.
Jun 13
Now Is The Perfect Time For Trump To Strike Down The Left’s Legal Monopoly thefederalist.com/2026/06/12…
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Jun 13
With ever increasing deliberate interference through dunderhead decisions based on feelings and politics, perhaps it time to paraphrase Twain's famous observation:
"It's becoming increasingly evident that there is no distinctly American seditious class except Federal Judges."
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Jun 13
Something to ponder:
14 million people follow Neil deGrasse Tyson on X.
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Jun 13
In honor of the Stanley Cup Finals going on now, a FB memory, caution to the TV producers:
- The funniest television event of the year was having a live mike on the ice as the St. Louis Blues celebrated their first ever Stanley Cup. Did the producers not understand that these were hockey players? The F-bombs were spontaneous, constant, exuberant, heartfelt, and, well...very hockey as each of the Blues hoisted the Cup for a skate around the rink. After the first two hundred Holy Fs! How F-ing cool is this! etc., the mike was turned off.-
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