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This is powerful.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is powerful.
Trey Bien! C'est tout.
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Trey Bien! C'est tout.
Weirdly, Trey Yesavage is not officially a rookie yet. He's reminding me of Ken Dryden for the Montreal Canadiens in 1971.
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Weirdly, Trey Yesavage is not officially a rookie yet. He's reminding me of Ken Dryden for the Montreal Canadiens in 1971.
This is the iconic pose for this iconic Canadian/Canadien, a man of many parts, but most important for me, goalie of my beloved Habs for 8 seasons and 6 Stanley Cups.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is the iconic pose for this iconic Canadian/Canadien, a man of many parts, but most important for me, goalie of my beloved Habs for 8 seasons and 6 Stanley Cups.
In the past 5 years the Ethiopian government has massacred several hundred thousand people in Tigray province. From the world: crickets.
August 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
In the past 5 years the Ethiopian government has massacred several hundred thousand people in Tigray province. From the world: crickets.
Trump: Comme il est fou.
August 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Trump: Comme il est fou.
I somehow find myself psychologically able to separate baseball from Trump's loathsome version of USA.
July 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I somehow find myself psychologically able to separate baseball from Trump's loathsome version of USA.
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RIP maestro
From the Vatican Rag to Hanukkah in Santa Monica, from Poisoning Pigeons in the Park to Pollution, Who’s Next? and National Brotherhood week, nobody wrote funnier brilliant songs better or better brilliant songs funnier
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
From the Vatican Rag to Hanukkah in Santa Monica, from Poisoning Pigeons in the Park to Pollution, Who’s Next? and National Brotherhood week, nobody wrote funnier brilliant songs better or better brilliant songs funnier
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
RIP maestro
From the Vatican Rag to Hanukkah in Santa Monica, from Poisoning Pigeons in the Park to Pollution, Who’s Next? and National Brotherhood week, nobody wrote funnier brilliant songs better or better brilliant songs funnier
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
From the Vatican Rag to Hanukkah in Santa Monica, from Poisoning Pigeons in the Park to Pollution, Who’s Next? and National Brotherhood week, nobody wrote funnier brilliant songs better or better brilliant songs funnier
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
One of mine as well, along with "National Brotherhood Week", "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", and...and.
Musical satirist Tom Lehrer has died. He once declared: “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” Here’s one of my favorite Lehrer tunes
Tom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag - fabulous version - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
m.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
One of mine as well, along with "National Brotherhood Week", "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", and...and.
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I humbly disagree, Jeopardy.
July 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I humbly disagree, Jeopardy.
1/10 into the season, Miles Straw has more homers than Vladdy or Bo.
April 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
1/10 into the season, Miles Straw has more homers than Vladdy or Bo.
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
Here's the giant faucet DT thinks is at a secret Canadian site.
January 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Here's the giant faucet DT thinks is at a secret Canadian site.