Ides

“Beware the Ides of March,” the soothsayer warned (Shakespeare, Act I, Scene II.) Then again, it would be wise to be aware always in these troubled times. The Death of Julius Caesar c.1825–1829, Vincenzo Camuccini (1771–1844), housed at the Glasgow Life Museums. Hopefully today’s daggers will be only metaphorical:

Headline from newsmax.com: “Cuba’s Electrical Grid Fails; Millions Without Power.” Don’t worry, expert commies are on the case.

Levity from pinterest.com:

Will the play of the race card ever again surprise us? Headline from foxnews.com: “WNBA champ says new fans’ outrage over fouls on Caitlin Clark is ‘racism’.”

Here’s a bit of useless though fun info from an FN headline: “‘Home Alone’ star Macaulay Culkin still doesn’t know how to drive, learned to do laundry in his 30s.”

It’s comforting to know someone so successful shares the same feelings as me. From FN: “Justin Bieber says he struggles with feelings he’s ‘unworthy’ and a ‘fraud’.”

From 36 Random Bits of Pop Culture Trivia Fresh off the Gossip Cob by Jesse (no last name cited), msm.com:

And from 36 Reliable Bits of Trivia That Your Brain Can Always Count on in A Pinch by Cracked Writers, msm.com. This was before the humorless red menace took control of the country:

With moisture in the air, I took the Anti-Inflation Book Shop to a nearby viaduct. My thanks to the woman who overcompensated me for Spanish for Beginners, and to the young woman who bought The Maze Runner by James Dashner, The Crunching Munching Caterpillar by Sheridan Cain, illustrated by Jack Tickle, and My World: Disney Lion Guard by Shari Last.

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