Kosh's Shadow 8/17/2022 8:04:31 PM

1

Given my inability to post during the day, we need to find a way to pay for this site (in December, so we have time)

I CANNOT take money directly without problems.

I need to give some others access to the hosting account to pay it.

vxbush 8/18/2022 5:55:03 AM

2

In yesterday's #17 buzzsawmonkey said: I'm watching a bunch of bloggers hating on Mike Pence at another blog, convinced that he stabbed Trump in the back, that he could have refused to certify the 2020 results, etc.  I've never thought Pence any great ball of fire, or tower of strength, but I don't see him being a blind hate-Trump type as Liz Cheney seems to be.  What's really weird is seeing all these people who spend the lion's share of their time online decrying the misrepresentations and perfidy of the mainstream media swallowing the mainstream reportage whole when it happens to feed their emotions.

An excellent point. 

JCM 8/18/2022 6:50:45 AM

3

Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

You have my email. I'm willing to foot the bill.

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2022 6:57:15 AM

4

A small piece of interesting ethnograghy:

Most people are aware that the title of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic play, "A Raisin in the Sun," is taken from a poem by Langston Hughes:

What happens to a dream deferred?/Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun?

What is less known is that Hughes' phrase "a raisin in the sun" is a punning twist on a black folk song/spiritual "Racing With the Sun," which goes like this:

Get your day's work done/Get your day's work done

Or soon you'll be/Racing with the sun

Make your plans today/'Fore the evening comes,

Or soon you'll be/Racing with the sun

Hard, hard times/That you've had

Hard, hard times/But today you're mighty glad

'Cause your work's all through/And your battle's won

Now you'll never, never be/Racing with the sun.

I was listening to the song, performed by Ella Jenkins, a popular performer of the '60s folk era, and thought I'd share the observation.

vxbush 8/18/2022 7:34:36 AM

5

Occasional Reader 8/18/2022 7:43:08 AM

6

In #4 buzzsawmonkey said: What is less known is that Hughes' phrase "a raisin in the sun" is a punning twist on a black folk song/spiritual

Now, you know that for a fact, or you're surmising it?  (Just curious)

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2022 8:03:33 AM

7

Reply to Occasional Reader in 6:

I am surmising, on the basis of overwhelming probability---just as I surmise that the scene in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" (which abounds with jazz/song references) wherein the unnamed narrator buys two hot yams from a street vendor and holds one aloft in each hand is a reference to the song/dance "The Yam" (performed by Astaire and Roger's in "Carefree," and by Astaire with Ray Noble's orchestra).

The ethno-linguistic cognates for "Raisin/Racing" are too close to not be connected with intent.

Occasional Reader 8/18/2022 8:39:11 AM

8

Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

We could always ask my buddy, celebrity racist Ta Nehisi-Coates for confirmation, since I am informed he is "the reincarnation of Langston Hughes"... 

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2022 8:46:41 AM

9

Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

I thought he was merely the author of "How to Hate the United States in Ta-Nehisi Lessons."

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2022 9:04:43 AM

10

NEW---Fourteenth Amendment Roll-On Deodorant!

It provides equal protection!

vxbush 8/18/2022 9:09:35 AM

11

In #10 buzzsawmonkey said: NEW---Fourteenth Amendment Roll-On Deodorant! It provides equal protection!

No, that's not good enough. We need a diverse and inclusive deodorant that can provide equity across all sweat levels. 

/

Occasional Reader 8/18/2022 11:08:59 AM

12

Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 10:

Combine with the 2nd, and you have the right to keep bare underarms. Or something.

Occasional Reader 8/18/2022 1:46:15 PM

13

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2022 2:17:47 PM

14

Reply to Occasional Reader in 12:
++++++

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2022 2:18:49 PM

15

In #13 Occasional Reader said: Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. 

Not even with the lesser gravity?  I'd think it would be easier to raise them if they didn't weigh so much.

Occasional Reader 8/18/2022 3:51:04 PM

16

In #15 buzzsawmonkey said: Not even with the lesser gravity?  I'd think it would be easier to raise them if they didn't weigh so much.

Yeah, but the lower gravity makes toilet training more difficult. 

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2022 4:53:13 PM

17

Reply to JCM in 3:

Thanks. It isn't that much. I will set you up with access to the hosting account and let you know when the payment date approaches (December)

But with someone else on the hosting account, we can keep this running longer should Hillary get me to commit suicide or something/

I'll let you know when I do this (weekend at the soonest)

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2022 4:54:06 PM

18

Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 4:

Pikk Floyd culturally appropriated the poem!

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2022 5:04:23 PM

19

In #18 Kosh's Shadow said: Pikk Floyd culturally appropriated the poem!

Jukebox

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2022 5:12:29 PM

20

Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 19:

The lyrics I was thinking of:

And you run and you run 

To catch up with the sun 

But it's sinking 

Racing around 

To come up behind you again 

The sun is the same 

In a relative way 

But you're older 

Shorter of breath 

And one day closer to death 

buzzsawmonkey 8/18/2022 5:18:24 PM

21

God, but I hate rock "music"---and the singers who sound like Alex Jones trying to get his bowels to move.

It is only my esteem for you that caused me to listen to the end of this ...thing.

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2022 5:18:46 PM

22

Russian collusion - Putin is taking a page from Hillary Clinton

Anti-Putin businessman’s apparent suicide to be investigated by DC police

Several Russian business executives have died of suspicious circumstances amid the onset of the Russian-Ukrainian War. 

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2022 5:54:30 PM

23

Would a pub thread get more people to post?

It does not seem so, but if I get replies that it would, I'll see.

Kosh's Shadow 8/18/2022 7:15:12 PM

24

Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 21:

And Pink Floyd is one of the best rock bands - of the 1970's.

THanks for putting up with it