I wasn’t going to do this, but …
I know, but I just had to share! 🙂
Okay, then …
And I will use the headlines from the print edition. How’s that sound?
Her life’s work: ‘Good books for bad children’. Subtitle: The courage of editor Ursula Nordstrom.
This one really had my attention. More than any story on the front page.
If I might indulge in a quote or two:
Banning controversial books is a coward’s act. Publishing controversial books can require great gobs of bravery.
Truer words were never spoken.
And I love this:
Nordstrom’s spectacular eye for talent and many “firsts” as a mid-century career woman were not the most remarkable things about her. She believed in truth for children, even when it made adults uncomfortable. She prioritized children’s needs over reactionary parental qualms and rallied a fierce defense of realistic themes in books for young people. Her stance should be recognized, now more than ever, as a model for fighting back against censoriousness, grandstanding and patronizing of children masquerading as protecting them.
Realism was, for Nordstrom, something children needed and deserved. In a 1964 article, she asked: “Is there a real world where young people always respect their always respectable parents? Where Dick Faversham always asks Patty Fairchild to the Senior Prom? Where Dan Baxter, the bully, and Mumps, his toady, always get their comeuppance?”
Very good questions.
And here’s one where the online and print headlines actually matched!
TikTok’s latest aging effect reveals America’s obsession with youth.
Okay, boomer or Gen X-er or millennial or whatever. Any thoughts on this?
I get Botox every three months. But not for wrinkles. I get it for my dystonia.
It is a treatment that is much less than a cure. But it will do until technology magically saves me or pigs start flapping their wings or something else comes along.
Is it any wonder that …
People are paying to break printers with sledgehammers in smash rooms.
Same headline as the paper, but the online version has this subhead: “Smashing printers might actually be bad for our health, environmental experts say”.
Here’s an idea. TikTok videos where people smash their phones! Their fancy expensive iPhones on which they make … um, never mind.
Meanwhile, back in D.C. (or, in this case, Northern Virginia, which is pretty much D.C.)
That reminds. There was a hearing recently over a developer seeking a variance in order to eventually add retail and office space to the busiest section of the small town I live near.
Office space? Don’t we have a surplus of that? Not to mention the fact that the property had previously gotten a variance in order to build a small shopping center.
I won’t go into the ins and outs, mainly because there are a lot of them and my hand hurts and the denial of the variance got buried under a shitload of other emails.
And as for these two, I’ll just go with the online headline.
My last gift link for now. With eternal thanks to the Washington Post and its owner Bart Simpson, ahem, I mean, Jeff Bezos. Hey, it’s not like I compared him to … never mind.
And from Oct. 12, 2020.
Police investigating shootings that left six dead in three days in District.
I didn’t bother to make it a gift. It’s like deja vu all over again.
But, wait, I almost missed this one!
Philip Marlowe gets a modern makeover. Subhead: The PI is written by a woman for the first time.
Funny, isn’t it? And here I was so focused on Mrs. Flitcraft.
Okay, that was the last gift link. For now, anyhow.
PS: I forgot the Edward Hopper article headlined: When Edward Hopper fell in love with Jo Nivison, she turned his life around.
You know the old expression, “Take a picture. It’ll last longer.”? 🙂
PPS: And finally, the funnies.
Mmm. You know, my Dad never once said, “Pull my finger.” On the few occasions I actually saw him.
Imagine! And doesn’t need batteries. Or several boring tutorials and FAQs to use.
Thank you for the reminder. Really!
Originally published at http://randomandsundrythings.wordpress.com on August 7, 2023.
