Traffic be damned, I want every event to be at Art Hill. #stlouis #arthill

May I present Exhibit B?

One woman who lost her eye during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran was denied a visa last week, while the same U.S. government granted visas to her oppressors. Appeasing Islamic Republic is appeasing Hamas, Hezbollah, & Houthis. Pick your side.

I witnessed the poor maintenance of Soviet ships and subs and saw first-hand the lousy design and condition of former East German craft. Totalitarian regimes don't care about crew safety and they breed corruption, corner-cutting, and kickbacks at every level.

BadlyWiredLamp J.K. Rowling If you unscramble the letters it spells ‘Murphy is doomed, poor sod.’

Take some time to read from the book of love this weekend - and whether or not you have a voice like the Dutch Tenors, sing some of it too! TGIF youtu.be/znGGAD66Oe0?si…

My marriage may be facing a crisis thanks to J.K. Rowling's new Twitter header! 😱 Kim Broker is absolutely freaked out by fish, and if she doesn't want to read #TheHallmarkedMan and - *gasp* - possibly the rest of the #CormoranStrike series, we may need to pursue counseling. A

I haven’t made a Pressure Drop in a while but we were in the mood for a cocktail with Pear Brandy.

Rothko sleeping. #Caturday

"An old piece of bucolic melodrama on the time-honoured theme of the simple country wench and the villainous scion of the gentry who ‘done her wrong.'" This is an excerpt from a description of a popular stage & later film melodrama entitled "The Murder in the Red Barn" based on

THREAD: Today we flew in Chopper9 for nearly 5 hours to get a look at the damage in Western North Carolina. What we saw was devastating. WSOCTV These are some of the images: 📍Riverside Dr NW Charlotte

"Hezbollah enslaves women en masse to fund its war machine and enrich party elites... “The senior leadership of Hezbollah hides behind a facade of piety,” observes American University of Beirut historian Makram Rabah, who writes about today’s episode in a separate essay. “It

Went to help in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area today, and it’s hard to describe - never seen anything like this. Post apocalyptic. It’s so overwhelming you don’t even know how to fathom what recovery looks like, let alone where to start. Going to be a long path to recovery that

We had to buy a set of cat steps today to help Rothko reach the couch (he's 16 now & it's becoming difficult for him to jump) but I can still smile and enjoy these crazy kitties.

"So is faith to be tried..." " ...an hand environed with clouds, Holding out gold that's by the touchstone tried; The motto thus, 'Sic spectanda fides.'" - Shakespeare, Pericles, Act 2, scene 2 Ruminating over touchstones of a Sunday evening ... as one does, right