The theme this Old School Friday is here comes the bride. I’m late due to wedding ignorance. Been to a few, and will go to more, but I don’t generally give weddings, brides, or songs thereof, much consideration. Weddings are off my radar. Even though I don’t mind bearing witness, …
Renee reminded me of this with a clip she posted. Brave New Films has partnered with RAWA, to help Afghans displaced by US war, focusing on what is really happening in Afghanistan as a result of US policy. The partnership is to provide direct aid to displaced people living in …
In this wonderful post racial world we have a Philly suburban pool that accepted $1,950 dollars for a group of kids from Creative Steps day camp so the kids could go swim for 90 minutes every so often. When the kids got there for the first swim people noticed they …
Pia reminded me that Robert McNamara died. I’m not as well schooled on the Vietnam era as I am on other things, though I know more about it than most people my age, if only because I find it more interesting than shopping for Jim Choo’s — they are out …
When you take someone up on an invitation for a night out, and the invitation starts with “Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be”, be forewarned. You won’t escape from such an event until well after noon the following day. When you do extricate …
The first year I had this blog I missed writing a 4th of July post. I haven’t missed one since. Traditionally I posted an audio or you tube version of the following song. Last year I interrupted the tradition, posting Tom Morello’s version of This Land is Your Land. It’s …
