The ones now crowing about how this is a Republican holiday because of Lincoln’s actions were the same ones bitching and moaning about removing statues of Confederate generals (aka traitors).

Unfortunately, knowing the mindset of American business, the odds that anyone other than federal and bank employees actually get this holiday off are probably so close to zero that an electron microscope couldn’t find a gap between the two.  

There is a simple reason why this vote passed overwhelmingly other the fact nobody objects to a day off. With the exception of a few totally racist white men, Republicans in Congress can now claim they are can’t be called racist when confronted with questions as to why they are demonizing CRT, the 1619 project, are…

As a children’s librarian I love this for a ton of reasons. Obviously the library connection is one of them, and social consciousness in young folks is always great to see, but honestly the biggest is that my job has let me see a lot of kid performers, and (with no offense at all to the enthusiasm of the ones who are…

Hitchens had the integrity to admit he was wrong, and given that he had himself not committed war crimes or decided to attack Iraq, that’s relevant.

Except Hitchens wasn’t directly responsible for a lot of entirely preventable death and misery.

The pinnacles of Sinatra in film (or films that I have seen; he won an Oscar for From Here To Eternity) are The Manchurian Candidate and The Man With the Golden Arm. Both hold up well. He could be a very effective actor when the movie was about something other than his persona/ego.

I just like modern Vegas so much more. It’s just as tacky, mind you, but the high ceilings and ever present air-conditioning allow me to think I’m living the high life. The casinos of the original version are the “rug joints” Hyman Roth was talking about.

“...most likely working either as a tanner, a hedger, or a ditch digger.”  so, you might say he was...a shrubber?

Rebel, Rebel

lodged against Scotsmen by the British.

but she’s later seen approaching mounted police officers

People who eat at Applebees lean all the time.  Its better for their ankles. 

“complicated to prepare”

“The food comes out faster, [it] comes out tasting great

As a believing type of person I used to feel kind of bad about being glad he suffered the final year of his life as he died of brain cancer and one of the treatments left him partially paralyzed. But now I’m old, so I know karma’s a bitch and he got what he deserved

“a fellow-student threw a glass of ice at her, “and it really hurt her which was the funny part.””

I think you’re cool, mom.

“I lie all the time and don’t care if the rubes get hurt.”

I got a HUGE can of pork and beans at a Dirty Santa.