Donate blood—it saves lives

By Jack Brummet

I donated blood at the Puget Sound Blood Center today and collected this pin (which represents 32 pints).  I've donated over 100 pints since I was 17, but they were at different blood banks, so, alas, I will never get my name on the 100 pint donor wall. . .

Go see the good vampires in your neighborhood, and give a pint.  And every time you donate, you literally saves lives.  It's the easiest volunteer work you'll ever do. . .

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Painting: Chrysanthemum (Digital art)

By Jack Brummet

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New music from Paloma Ford: Hit Of You

By Jack Brummet

A new single by my niece, Paloma Ford.  Check it out!


 

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Digital art: Foxgloves/Digitalis

By Jack Brummet

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The Johnny Cash comic book

Found by Mona Goldwater, C& W Music Ed.

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Digital art: roses

By Jack Brummet

[100% digital]

click to enlarge

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Bluegrass Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt with the Virginia Road Runners, circa 1933.  That's her just behind the banjo player.

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Digital art: Dahlias

By Jack Brummet

click to enlarge

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Big Bang to The Reformation: history in a nutshell, from the first Encyclopedia Britannica (1768)

Found by Mona Goldwater, History Ed.

From the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1768

click to enlarge

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Digital art: Tulips

By Jack Brummet

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Guy Clark's "Maybe I can paint over that"

By Mona Goldwater, Roots/Americana Music Ed.

Guy Clark's song from his new album.  Another knockout. Guy is a master who has been writing and recording for decades.  And now, late in life, he comes up with a masterpiece like this,

"Maybe I can paint over that."

I've smeared my heart on my sleeve
I've tagged my name on the wall
It's prob'ly time for me to leave
Actin' big and talkin' small

I've tracked blood in on the floor
I put my first through the wall
I've dragged trouble through the door
And I've spilled wine on it all

(chorus)
Maybe I can paint over that
It'll prob'ly bleed through
Maybe I can paint over that
But I can't hide it from you

I've got some ink beneath my skin
A good idea at the time
I won't be doing that again
Not with any arm of mine

And I have stumbled in my time
I left my footprints down the road
And the part of me that shines
Ain't the part of me that's showed

Maybe I can paint over that
It'll prob'ly bleed through
Maybe I can paint over that
But I can't hide it from you

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Finger of the day: Anthony Weiner gives the finger to reporters after delivering his concession speech

By Mona Goldwater, Gestures Ed.

Anthony Weiner gives the finger to reporters after delivering his concession speech.  Election night was a mess for Weiner, like much of his campaign.  Sydney Leathers, the woman at the center of the sexting scandal that began the unraveling of his mayoral campaign, showed up outside the election party in what she admitted was a play for media attention (and a boost to her fledgling career in the adult film industry).  Between her and the media/paparazzi, it was a zoo.    

CNN: "When the candidate finally showed just before 11 p.m., he quickly bolted into a next door McDonald's restaurant. The press corps and Leathers gave chase – yes, this really happened – security pulled a blocking maneuver as Weiner ducked through a door that connected Connolly's and the Mickey D's."

He gave his concession speech, and then, the former congressman got in his car, flipped off the press, and drove away into obscurity.

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