I don’t have any pets or kids or kids I keep as pets or pets I keep as kids. I do, however, have pics of a kitten my niece and nephew found on the university campus near their home. Here are some from when they first found him and brought him home:

Every day, when I’m lifting in the driveway, someone comes by for some grass and to say "hey".

We have the absolute worst president ever for a pandemic. He’s a lying narcissist with a cruel vindictive personality that openly insults and divides on a daily basis.

I bet. Fun fact; in the 90’s I lived across the street from a sex club which was located in a former church. They probably played that song on an endless loop.

I know right, before a worldwide pandemic affecting everyone we had: lower unemployment (including blacks), far higher stock market, higher housing market, less violent crime.

God I miss the Obamas

That’s where language gets treacherous on you. “Medlar” denotes a kind of fruit, yes, but in Middle English and Early Modern English, it also carries a whole MESS of connotations. Wikipedia: Mespilus germanica goes into it.

Adding this because Enigma reminds me of the period when I used to listen to Dead can Dance and Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, I guess.

“Anyone else remember the Gregorian Chant phase from... oh, the late 90s?”

You mean this stuff?

The delightful History of English podcast has a lot of spoken old and middle English (I have not reached the modern English sections yet) and when you get used to hearing it, you can pick out bits and pieces. It was truly a different language than what we speak today.

I definitely remember the big band phase.  Jump, Jive n Wail!  The Cherry Poppin Daddies!  That GAP commercial!!!

My husband is a musicologist and was pretty psyched that you talked to musicologists for this article! And yeah - he listens to bardcore as background music.

Early Modern—the English Shakespeare wrote, around 1600—is about as old as a recent English speaker can readily understand. (And even that gets a little dicey. Quick, what’s a tallow-catch? What, exactly, am I suggesting by comparing _____’s lips to the sweetest of medlars?) Understanding Middle English requires, at a…

I saw some of these videos recently and greatly enjoyed them. I liked the relaxed style and the lyrical turns of phrase were funny.

I never expected them to be authentic, any more than I expect Postmodern Jukebox to be authentic.

I liked the peek into how medieval music ‘worked’ in this article though. It reminded me…

Anyone else remember the Gregorian Chant phase from... oh, the late 90s? My friend’s dad had a recording of “Hey, we’re the Monkees” done in chant - it was a whole thing. There was also a cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit that I remember doing the rounds.

And meth. Don’t forget meth.

Wait, in 2005 he was charged with possession of drugs while being under 21.  That means at most he is 36 years old?  He looks at least in his mid to late 40s.  Racism really does age you

I grew up on the west coast of Florida and can attest it is teaming with white trash like this asshole, especially in the rural areas. Outside of the cities-Tampa Bay Area and Sarasota-there are klaverns and “concerned citizens” organizations all over the place.

Behold the “master race!” Here’s the thing about the Aryan nation “ruling the world:” they kind of already do. Think these billionaires give a fuck about black/brown lives? Hell they don’t even give a fuck about your white trash ass past the utility of your hate in helping them accumulate more wealth, to your own…