Hombre con balón de futbol | Francisco Eppens, 1938

Fans of the Statler Brothers have been lightly anticipating the second part of my journey into Statlerization, and what happened when I bought 50 Statler Brothers tapes on eBay. (songs are linked in the article). icantbelieveididthis.blog/2020/11/19/the… via America Eat!

Public Toilets were the first issue ever tackled by Citizens Union, at their first meeting in 1893 in the Brooklyn home of Christian Scientist politician (and future congressman) Robert Baker.

Earthlings of NYC! It is time to be your own adventurer. Lose reception with all intention to be one with Mother Nature. Download the Nike App.

Holy Moly~

As we prepare for the Ettrick Shepherd's 250th birthday tomorrow #JHJ2020, I wonder if the stone has since been fixed? thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/people/vi…

Free Opera ! (Usually a $12 ticket) Brooklyn College Opera presents Hawaiian composer Michael Ching's 2013 comic one-act "Speed Dating Tonight" 12/12 @ 7 pm and 12/15 at 12:30 pm. Free Opera! facebook.com/events/7903871…

"Whatever awaits Donald J. Trump after he leaves office, the memory of his once-powerful father’s final years in that quiet, heavily carpeted office, flanked by life-size cigar-store Indians, is surely playing in his mind."icantbelieveididthis.blog/2020/12/16/fre…

.Mary L Trump's book describes the wooden cigar-store Indians as "wooden Indian chief statues that were lined up against the wall like sarcophagi." Don't know what happened to them or if they are still there.

Oh no, one of the kids who called Santa on Brian Lehrer said "Santa you are a disgrace, you must drink piss instantly"

Charles Schulz, the cartoonist behind “Peanuts,” took part in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and the occupation of Munich. stripes.com/news/us/peanut…

Sorry haters, but Donald Trump has done more for hair care than the last 5 presidents combined! #MAGA!

I just realized the Walter Scott statue in Central Park also features a larger-than-life bronze of this favorite of Scott's hounds! #Scott250

1 of 2. My grandfather taught me 2 never make political statements but as I saw insurgents running past his statue & many other patriots in Statuary Hall, I was horrified that this was the United States.

2 of 2. Many of us have dedicated our careers 2 bring peace thru agriculture n some of most unstable countries n world & to see this happen in our own country was heart breaking. Regardless of what side u align, we r Americans & please take a stand against this & bring healing.

My two current passions -- Walter Scott and being an Anti-NIMBY crank -- have come to into unfortunate conflict.

Huge day when Brooklyn College alumnus and son of jazz tenor saxophone great Lester Young takes over the leadership of SUNY! nysed.gov/news/2021/boar…

Bush got it wrong: Emily Clyburn, a librarian and Civil Rights activist who died in Sept. 2019 at the age of 80, is "the savior."

That moment when Scott, aged 15, met his idol... #HappyBirthdayBurns scottsabbotsford.com/news/the-impac…

Happy Febru-Rory Gallagher! The thing I love most about this Rory Gallagher poster, now back on sale, is that it shows what a huge Patricia Highsmith fan he was.