And you know, Biden & Colbert have this in common. Both are devout Catholics and both suffered great losses. Biden of his wife and daughter; Colbert of his father & two brothers in a plane crash. Both cleaved tightly to their faith during their grieving.

Shirley Chisholm was an incredible woman. You are very lucky to have a connection to her.

First in line: a woman from California.
(Likely) second in line: a woman from California.

For a couple months as teen (I was either 17 or 18) I hung out with these two dudes who were following the Dead around the NY/NJ/New England area. They were driving around in a VW microbus and selling tie-dyes and beers outside the shows. This was when arenas wouldn’t shoo such folks away. I’d meet the guys on the…

I’m going to give the new song a shot. I wish I could like AC/DC, but my Third Form roommate in HS (grade 9) played only AC/DC in our dorm room. Every morning, every afternoon, every night. For a year. I think, even all these decades later I suffer from over-exposure. We worked out a plan for sharing what we listened…

I’ll need to learn lo-fi. I’ve heard of them but not heard them that I’m aware of. Thanks for the rec.

Also watching Biden now. Never in my life did I think I’d tear up at hearing “my fellow Americans”, but here we are.

You’re quite welcome. From time to time I’ll get on an old(er) music kick. Often it’ll be heavily weighted to artists/bands like The Temptations or The Band or Robert Johnson or Thin Lizzy.

You’re very welcome.

Music thread. I’ve been grooving to new-ish artists lately.

1. Bruce ks a favourite of mine on the Twitter.
2. Binx: TOE BEANS!
3. Rygel, top photo: STREEEETTTTTCCCCHHHH!!!

Oh dear! So glad you and the little one are safe and well. The beach really is a great place to go after something like this happening. You probably already know this but: watch for problems with your back/neck tomorrow and Monday. Sometimes the shock of the event will keep pain at bay.

Indeed. Because of the causes/groups my Mum was involved with during her early days in New York, there was a tiny overlap in the Venn diagram of her & Ms. Chisholm. There’s a very special place in my heart for her.

VPOTUS-Elect Kamala Harris, how it started:

Now this would be funny!

Yeah, I can’t wait for the scandal to be condiment or suit colour related.

Your husband is right. Turkey, some of the leftover vegetables, cranberry relish (not the “keeps its shape” canned stuff) a little mayo &/or mustard on a really hearty multigrain bread? YUM!

I 💗 Michael D. Higgins and his pups! An entire nation in mourning over Bród.

My late husband loved turkey. One Thanksgiving (the year I was laid off during the holidays), for some reason, we brought zero leftovers home from wherever we spent the holiday. He had to work the day after, so I was home on my own. As a surprise I went and bought a small turkey (maybe just the breast) and all the…

Jarmusch direct one of my all time favourite films: Night on Earth. It doesn’t get nearly the credit it deserves for its brilliance.