Citizen Son
Braggin’ Mommy Time… Our son Benjamin is the Citizen of the Month at his elementary school. He got an award certificate and a congrats from the principal. Not bad for someone in kindergarten. Yay Ben!
Unconscious Mutterings 160
… Weekly Unconscious Mutterings Meme Week 160 I say:: you think Baby step:: at a time Wasted:: on the way Reggie:: Archie Pitiful:: me Acting out:: immature Tomato:: editorial Bad night:: tossing Trip:: light fantastic Finance charges:: usury Sport:: old
Billboard Pop Meme
Here’s a meme. What was the #1 U.S. Pop Song Hit on… The Day You Were Born: "Can’t Buy Me Love" by The Beatles The Day You Were Married: "My All" by Mariah Carey The Day or Days Your Child/Children Were Born: "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B Do as many as you like – maybe you can think of other significant days… Blog it and leave a comment! (tip of the hat to Troy)
Port Questions – Et tu Dole?
It turns out that former Majority Leader and Presidential candidate Bob Dole was hired last year as a legal consultant by Dubai Ports World to shepherd the deal through, courtesy of Alston & Bird. Wife Sen. Elizabeth Dole says that she is "deeply concerned" about operations at six U.S. ports being controlled by Dubai Ports World (owned, in case you somehow hadn’t heard, by the United Arab Emirates – AUE). Congrats on her "independence" – I guess. I have several…
Absence of the social
Jean Baudrillard, one of my all-time fave thinkers, has written a short piece on the torched cars and ransacked schools of France. "The Pyres of Autumn" argues that these events (among other things) call attention to the actual lack of a meanful social culture. He describes the ideological bankruptcy of the West as a "banalized, technized, upholstered way of life, carefully shielded from self-questioning." What does national belonging really mean, and how does one have a sense of it today?…
Popcorn and Woolworth
Today in history is brought to you via my emails from Centrum. On February 22: 1630: A Native American named Quadequina brings popcorn to the first Thanksgiving celebration, introducing the English colonists to the popping kernels that had been grown for more than 1,000 years on the North American continent. Hey, Centrum, how about letting us know the name of the tribe? Googled it – it’s the Wampanoag tribe. Ok, the leadership of Quadequina and his brother Massasoit was what…