Freestyle

Milan — freestyle motocross. Photo by Luca Bruno/AP, posted at theguardian.com:

Celebrity song of the week: The Clash’s Should I Stay or Should I Go. “…This indecision’s bugging me…” (Topper Headon/Mick Jones/Paul Simonon/Joe Strummer, who I suspect would have voted for Harris were they American). Photo from Google Images:

Among today’s celebrations, it’s National Dunce Day. I qualify occasionally, maybe even frequently.

Why the heck haven’t Arizona and Nevada finished counting votes? Are its leaders embarrassed to be so far behind all the other states? They should be.

Three selections culled from 34 Historical Bits of Trivia That Refuse to Be Forgotten by Jay Wells L’Ecuyer at msm.com, edited by yours truly:
In the ancient Persian Empire, men used to debate ideas twice, once when sober and once when drunk, because an idea had to sound good in both states in order to be considered good. These days it often seems the American congress is ruled by drunken sailors.
Rita Hayworth’s face was painted on atomic bombs tested in the ’40s because she was a “bombshell.” When she found out she flew into a rage and wanted to hold a press conference announcing her condemnation, but Harry Cohn, president of Columbia Pictures, told her it would be unpatriotic.
The first man in London to use an umbrella was publicly ridiculed. Jonas Hanway was pelted with garbage, called effeminate (or, worse, French). LOL.

New Delhi, India — Hindu devotees worship the Sun god. Reuters photo by Anushree Fadnavis. I’m not converting. I just love the pic:

Beautiful but windy day. My thanks to the burly guy who bought three animated Superman DVDs, and to the gentleman who purchased a book in Russian by a personal friend who now lives in Israel; and to the kind folks who retrieved stuff that had been blown away. I again left two bags of Russian hardcovers hidden in the garden.

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