Is This Racism OR An Impersonation of National Lampoon?

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Conservative students offended

by this test question

were offered free therapy

plus two red lollipops

:::

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After The 2021 Halloween Dog Parade Ended ...

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The most-photographed animal 

was a cat

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Photoverio #632: Experimental Image

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Red Light at 31st Street

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Photoverio #631: Left Lane Must Turn Left

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This JEOPARDY Category Is Christianity

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The "answer" is below the blue box

What is the name of the first Advertising Agency?

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Photoverio #630: An Autographed Image

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Photoverio #629: BlueBar Beach

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Quotes From W. SOMERSET MAUGHM's Novella, The Hero

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To do good for your enemy

is the very best way

of showing contempt

" "

The easiest way

to get through life

is to say pleasant things

on all possible occasions

" "

There is no superiority

like moral superiority

" "

It requires a good deal 

of information

to discover

one's own ignorance

" "

 

W. SOMERSET MAUGHM

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Veronica Does Not Wipe HIM With Black Face

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HIS face is blackened by the shadow

of a church stereo speaker

The Sixth Station of the Cross 

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Stafford On Shakespeare: To Be Or Not To Be Anybody Else

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WILLIAM STAFFORD

 

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Footnote

The next page in the Shakespeare series is TBD

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A Question Inspired By An Artist From Denmark*

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Why Is This Man Laughing?

INGALVUR AV REYNI

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Most Stunningly Beautiful Thing About This Rennaisance Artist

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She's A Woman

ARTEMISIA GENTILISCHI

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The Telephone Call I Waited More Than Thirty-Five Years For ...

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... ARRIVED THIS WEEK ...

There have been no shortage

of musical references

in the more than six thousand

pages of this blog

But the album cover that

has appeared quite frequently

has a double-autograph

from the only Goddess

who has ever employed me

 

The title is 

Nina Simone Sings Billie Holiday

and it was signed by Nina

in 1983

 

And the caller was

her niece and legal representative

 

We talked for thirty minutes

with Joyce Stroud doing

most of the listening

 

So ecstatic was I

after the call,

my feet did not come back 

to earth until AT LEAST

forty-eight hours 

 after we spoke

 

Something I did not tell

Ms. Stroud had to do with the site

of the Summer of Soul

music festival

•

 

It is often referred to as

"The Black Woodstock"

with the primary difference being

that it was thoroughly organized,

brilliantly executed

—all according to plan—

but no one wallowed 

in the mud

and

none of the performers 

   sang off-key

 

The site of SUMMER OF SOUL

was 

Mount Morris Park 

in Harlem

 

My Father had lived

directly across the street

from the park

and my Mother

was a frequent visitor there

before they were married

 

It is NOT inconceivable 

that their first child

—my beloved sister, Lynda—

was conceived there  

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The Fifty-First Page In This Series ... What Is At Stake?

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We can't go on

meeting like this

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The next page 
in this series
is  here 

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The Plight Of Mr. And Mrs. Piddle (Comic Relief #4140)

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GARY LARSON

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