no, not the umbrella man—I don’t live in MN—I live in a small, mostly white community on the west coast, although I spent part of my 20s in MNPLS and have relatives who live about 20 blocks from Lake Street and who have been helping clean up the damage during the days.

It’s already on our local news. I am pretty sure that the progressive arm of the community realizes exactly who caused the chaos the other night.

I certainly don’t equate murder with property damage—I understand that this is an absolutely horrifying false equivalency. Nor do I think that rioting is *not* a logical response to disenfranchisement. I said as much in my first paragraph.

In our town, it was the white protestors setting fires, breaking windows, and looting, and the black activists asking them to stop, esp. when the black=clad, balaclava-wearing white dudes were trying to destroy local, minority-owned businesses.

thanks for the reply.

Finally! Now, what about the other three?

Oh,one-piece gym suits were a thing in public schools.  I had one--so hideous, and, yes, they gave just about everyone camel toe.  Snowflake is correct.  1970s Jr. High phenomenon.

Isn’t this what Brian Wilson did when he was writing Pet Sounds?

I really like all the Nick Hornby adaptations: Fever Pitch (both versions), About a Boy, Juliet, Naked, but High Fidelity is probably my favorite. The scene where Cusack can’t hear his date when she describes being date raped because he is so busy focusing on the fact that he dumped her (she didn’t dump him) is such…

I did see it, just recently (I am so far behind the pop culture curve), and it was excellent and, I thought, really on point. Thanks for the reminder, though. I should watch the bit again—it’s such well structured comedy.

I almost never think of David Spade, but you made me think of him, and then I remembered that I actually did like him in Just Shoot Me as Dennis Finch, collector of porcelain cats.

LOL:)

I think the short is enough—it’s an interesting conceit, but I’m not sure the feature improves on the short.

My husband is going most of the dog walking (I have an injury), but the companionship and responsibility of a dog is good. One of our dogs is a neurotic rescue who demands attention, and I’m glad to have him at this point.

Everything I’ve heard and read about Wellstone indicates that we was a good person (hence, a good man). I had friends still living and working in MN who knew him and thought he was decent. He was elected, largely, on the youth vote.

Hmm. I’m thankful that I have to get the dogs out of the house, or during the pandemic, my mind and body would rot in front of the TV/Hulu.

I wonder if some of it is regional? When I moved to the east coast, I was shocked at how familiar people were (and how my body seemed to be considered public property). I definitely didn’t have that experience growing up in MN.

I saw Clinton in public, up fairly close, in the fall of 1992, and the guy was charismatic—there was a throng of women around him—all ages—with men pushed to the back.   It was so clear that Clinton loved the attention he got and was very good at making his adoring throng feel important.

I’d add Paul Wellstone to the list of men who weren’t ass grabbers. RIP, Paul; at one time, you were the hope for a more socialist & progressive government.

There’s a lot in Blazing Saddles that is in poor taste but, by and large, Mel Brooks was punching up, not down.