“We condemn you to Websites From Hell, an archive of the internet’s ugliest websites”.
Are you old enough to remember the McDonaldland character Grimace? Then do not read this, whatever you do. You don’t want to know.
“A lecherous sunrise flaunted itself over a flatulent sea, ripping the obsidian bodice of night asunder with its rapacious fingers of gold, thus exposing her dusky bosom to the dawn’s ogling stare.”
“Approximately two million years after our ancestors first learned to move about the planet with an upright gait, whether or not walking places is good or bad has become yet another dividing line in the American culture wars.”
I’m a longtime fan of The Amazing Race, and so I really enjoyed this oral history of its first season. I didn’t start watching it until a few seasons in so this was all new to me, but looking back 20 years later it was an incredible feat of television, and it’s still a terrific show.
RIP, Tunch Ilkin, former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and longtime broadcaster.
RIP, Michael K. Williams, actor and five-time Emmy nominee best known for his role as Omar Little on The Wire.
RIP, Sam Cunningham, College Football Hall of Fame running back and leading rusher for the New England Patriots who is widely recognized for helping speed up the process of integration in football programs across the South.
RIP, Larry Winters, longtime volunteer and DJ at KPFT who created the “Spare Change” show.
RIP, Irma Kalish, pioneering writer and producer for television.
Did anyone ask for another season of 24?
“The scolds claim to care about social deprivation and learning loss and the developmental concerns of kids being out of school. If that’s the case, they should care about things that might cause classrooms or schools to close at unpredictable intervals, causing a loss of stability to every single child affected. Again: There’s that 6.5% of the kids in Mississippi’s public schools who have already quarantined. Who wants to step up and claim that’s less disruptive to their lives than wearing masks in school would be?”
“The evolution of education in the United States is more complicated than you think”.