I’m taking next weekend off to get married. Seth Fischer, who rides herd on this joint some Sundays, is going to fill in for me, for which I am eternally thankful. I’ll try to avoid the temptation to check and see if any comments need moderating.
Gil Scott-Heron has died, and the news has blown up both my Facebook page and my Twitter feed(s). He influenced a ton of people from poetry to hip-hop and elsewhere. His last album, I’m New Here, was straight up fabulous. If you don’t know his work, explore it. You won’t be sorry.
I have no problem with most dirty politics. I’m even a fan of the more clever stuff. But this is over the line.. High school yearbook photos of the Republican contenders is just wrong, man. Wrong.
I have no idea what lesson to take away from this story.
So I will never have the money to do something like this–a Star Trek vacation–unless I get a MacArthur Genius Grant or something. So MacArthur people? It’s up to you.
Perhaps the greatest thing about the internet is that it allows people to collect an incredible amount of stupid in one place.
