“Workers preparing coffee”
A WPA photo.
Orange Crate Art
Jungle music
From Nella Larsen’s Quicksand, an unmistakable suggestion of the “jungle music” of the early Duke Ellington.
The Far Side minus Garfield
As the title says.
In the dark and the light
Another great noir scene.
In the dark
A great noir scene.
Masking, still masking
We live in a county in which only 45.2% of the population is vaxxed. And only half of those people are boosted. And I should care that someone thinks it’s strange to be wearing a mask?
Ten movies, two seasons
Ids Lupino, Lou Grant, and others.
Mystery actor
The sunglasses make him look a lot like George Shearing, but I think he’s still recognizably himself, sort of.
SMASH
The latest episode of the BBC podcast Just One Thing encourages the listener to “Enjoy Oily Fish.” SMASH: salmon, mackerel, anchovies, sardines, and herring.
“Tenants”
Is it Christian nationalism yet? By Jove, it is.
Memorial Day 1922
From The New York Times.
A Brooklyn public library
A few years ago, when I was asking my mom for memories of her Brooklyn childhood, I wrote this down: “As a girl, Mom walked to the Boro Park library on Saturday mornings. It was on 13th Avenue, toward the higher street numbers.” And there it was, between 52nd and 53rd Streets.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Dose folks.”
Mary Miller, lying
Congresswoman Mary Miller (R, IL-15) questions Dr. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education and offers a crazy quilt of lies and irrelevancies ending in a self-own.
Aaron Rupar collecting
On Twitter, Aaron Rupar has collected today a number of Republican comments on the latest school massacre. The comments are either absurd (“When 9/11 happened, we didn’t ban planes”) or wholly evasive.
“Better than the one that I’m in”
Donald Evans, talking to the Paris Review about his postage-stamp art (creating stamps from imaginary countries).
College enrollment down
“While elite colleges and universities have continued to attract an overflow of applicants, the pandemic has been devastating for many public universities, particularly community colleges, which serve many low- and moderate-income students.”
Inara G. and Van Dyke P.
From 2015, Inara George and Van Dyke Parks.
“Ten hours to Chicago”
From Nella Larsen’s Quicksand.
HCR on “the right to bear arms”
Heather Cox Richardson gives a short lesson about the history of a peculiarly American idea.
Red flags
Our household’s representative in Congress, Mary Miller (R, IL-15), has touted, loudly, repeatedly, her opposition to red-flag laws.
“Why are you here?”
Senator Chris Murphy (D, CT): “What are we doing? Why are you here, if not to solve a problem as existential as this? This isn’t inevitable. These kids weren’t unlucky. This only happens in this country, and nowhere else. Nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking they might be shot that day.”
Herschel Walker voting
Does he know how to use a voting machine?
The last pay phones in NYC?
This story is getting considerable attention: “Last street payphone in New York City removed” (CBS News ).
SFW on the shelf
Take a look at this tweeted photograph of Bryan Garner’s bookshelves. Can you spot the book by Sally Foster Wallace, David’s mother?
Domestic comedy
“Yes, Michael, you’re brilliant. You’re a genius at watching television. You can quote me.”
Mary’s and Rhoda’s apartments
Computer-modeled tours of Mary Richards’s and Rhoda Morgenstern’s apartments.
Grain, oil, and pastries
Is it certain that the hunting guide wasn’t trying to help Don Jr. make contact with his dad?
Phonics redux
In The New York Times, an article about phonics and reading instruction.
Mozart in Lviv
“We understood why musicians must not keep silent”: Natalia Dub, an audience member for a performance of the Mozart Requiem in Lviv, Ukraine.