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Yesterday was Shabbat, when I like to dress in something other than my grubby clothes. I went to my jewelry box and as I do on many days, took out my menorah necklace. As I put it on, I thought once again of my husband’s caution of how others might react, not discouraging me, but […]

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“Leip slak kceak slaeng,” which means “he/she choked as she tried to swallow and she coughed out quaker buttons.” No, he or she is not suffering from some unusual new disease. He or she is simply choked up emotionally. A little over a year ago, I started translating Khmer songs into English and French and […]

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I was privileged that last week my beautiful granddaughter visited with us, and her delightful roommate joined her (with her enjoyable dog).  The roommate was a couple of years older, being 27.  I have been reminded, via Ricochet, how very often it is the youth that do great and lasting things.   My granddaughter was interested […]

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Last week saw Huckleberry Finn bring back the golden laurels for Old Dan Rhody, and he asks: “What work of fiction, which may include embellished descriptions of actual events, made you laugh out loud?  I’m not talking about chuckles or sniggers here, I mean gut-busting belly laughs.” * * * Preview Open

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Quote of the Day: Stupid Is Not Like Soup

 

“Stupid so thick you could eat it with a spoon. But use a fork, you’ll want to miss every drop. And stab it. A lot.” — Sisyphus

I’m sure most of us here are old enough to have seen the old Chunky Soup commercials with the tagline that the above statement is parodying. (Whether we’re too old to remember is another question.) Perhaps a week ago, @sisyphus used this when discussing a subject here on Ricochet, and I thought it needed to be more widely seen than it was in that one thread. I know I have seen many things in the news over the last week where this applies.

Cultural Appropriation

 

OK, I know this is a rhetorical question that has been asked in many ways over several years, and has no real answer, but the recent controversy over the boy who wore an Indian novelty feathered headdress to a Kansas City Chiefs football game and painted his face in the team colors of black and red causes me to ask again:

If it is wrong for white people of European descent to use or enjoy things of other cultures (American Indian headdresses, Mexican sombreros, black people’s dreadlocks, African hoop earrings, etc.), is it not similarly wrong for people who are not white of European descent to use things created by white people? Or to wear warm and water-resistant tweed clothing if you’re not of Scottish descent? Or wear suits and ties if you’re not white of European descent? What about technology (electricity, telephone, the automobile, airplanes, air conditioning), or music (J.S. Bach, the Beatles), etc.?

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POETS Day snuck up on me this week. I try to extend some lifeline, no matter how flimsy it may be, to give plausible rational for skipping out of work early, but I’ve done a lot of these now. Finding a new excuse every week isn’t as easy as it may seem. Don’t let that […]

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On the surface, our celebration of the holiday on our street looked pretty much the same. Last night we made our usual stroll down the street, and even though the lights were more modest, they were still beautiful and enjoyable. After our walk we had our usual appetizers and libations, lots of hugs exchanged and […]

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01 December 2023  Detroit’s Electric Road OK- we saw the Toronado shown above the other day and it has drifted through our imagination ever since.That is what two-door automobiles used to look like. That blue beast demonstrated a front wheel drive and an aggressive smile on the chrome grill. That was how some of us got […]

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Our Saturday Night Classics posts are continuing in memory of their originator, the late Randy Webster.  As is similarly done with QotD and Group Writing, simply indicate the Saturday of your preference in the comments.  Saturday Night Classics are weekly posts of a “classic”song, often of the pop music era, posted on a Saturday.  Randy […]

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