@Mik said: My SIL was friends with her at DePauw. Interesting! I don't read a lot of fiction in English, so this is the first time I've heard of her as an author (my mother actually shared the info about the new book with me, which is how I learned of it).

So this sad crowd that turned up to H and M's cosplay royal appearance? Aerial footage has surfaced showing their PR team leading this little group into the venue. The footage shows handlers bring in adults and literally groups of children. So this event was what kids today might call- "performative". Why am I surprised?

@Steve-Miller Here’s a link to the food walk that we did. Jenny was a great host! She actually sent us an email with all the places we went, and what we ate.

@mik, nice find. I Google AI- ed brass and bronze. I didn't know they are both mainly copper. I didn't know bronze turns green with a "protective patina". I'd rather have brass. It doesn't have the reputation of bronze but so what.

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@Steve-Miller said: caprese sticks on his boards. Cherry tomato, a basil leaf and cheese on a stick. Ooh, that sounds nice! A little labor intensive for some of the mid-semester events I do, but doable for a Christmas gathering. @Bernard said: Cheese straws are easy and inexpensive to make. Interesting! I've never heard of those, but from what I saw googling, they look yummy!

@DougG said: I was told there would be a handbasket. Lol!

@AndyD Your car is waiting.

You, and others here, plain will not listen to the words that are being said. What reply can a person have to something that haven't heard? It's the same phenomenon across a range of "controversial" topics here. Ad nauseam. What did Richard Wolff do wrong? How is he lacking in relevant expertise? What experiences in his personal life invalidate his words? These people and many others like them are (emphasis added) the experts. Not Bari Weiss. Not any corporate rag outlet "fact checker". You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

Like Hygge but with more mattress.

Well I knew what it meant, if not how to spell it.

There was a time in the US when people decided they needed a truck in suburbia. They still buy them in droves and stilll think nothing of the cost of fuel during both an energy crisis and an inflation crisis. Stupid.

Vive la France! ️

Yes. A great breed with personality. Sometimes too much personality. lol He can be a stubborn and mischievous little guy, but most of the time he is a sweetheart.

Jared Kushner is pushing back on a report involving a hacked iPhone, international spies and billion-dollar transfers from foreign governments. An upcoming book by journalist Matthew Cole claims Kushner, who is President Trump's son-in-law, had access to more than $2 billion in "slush money funds" from Middle Eastern leaders in an attempt to influence U.S. foreign policy. An excerpt of the book released Thursday details allegations encompassing Kushner's time as a senior White House adviser during the first Trump administration, which included a lead role in U.S. policy in the Middle East. Kushner had a major hand in negotiating key foreign policy deals that involved Israel, the Gulf states, China and Russia during that period. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kushner-pushes-back-report-involving-133251393.html Here's the Vanity Fair excerpt from the book. Subscription required. https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations Link to video

The Mamas and The Papas

Not to underestimate the freedom to vote and of expression, it is the accountability of people in power that is important. They should be accountable both during their period of office and when that office ends.

Friday night, eyes shut after driving to London today, I could be in a Harlam club listening... https://m. Link to video Such good jazz musicians, individually & as a band, playing a Nat King Cole favourite.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/317203317628 Madonna, Italian Vogue, Steven Miesel One of her best magazine covers. There are many of this quality for Vogue and Vanity Fair. Some of them are as good just different. This photograph is stunning when you see it apart from the cover, with its coloring unfiltered. I wish I could show you the photographs inside this magazine, but photographs are arranged in such a haphazard way on the Internet toda Everything is based on brand promotion, and you find bits and pieces. In the old days, all of this was categorized methodically by fans on sites where you could look at every magazine cover and every magazine photograph, arranged chronologically. Those sites don't exist now. I'll catalog my favorite magazine covers for comparison at some point. $700 asking price?!