By Jack Brummet
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Monday, December 30, 2013
Photo: Lost dog on Highway 97
An overinflated Christmas in Kent, Washington
By Jack Brummet
Photographed Sunday December 29, 2013. . .
Photographed Sunday December 29, 2013. . .
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
Woody Guthrie's New Year Resolutions
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
Woody Guthrie wrote these rulins' a/k/a resolutions in either 1941, 1942, or 1943, depending on who is writing or talking. The "official" Woody Guthrie website says they appear in one of his journals dated January 1, 1943 (at the very centerfold of the notebook).
Whenever he wrote them, he was 30-32 years old and this list is, like most of his work, a fascinating amalgam of innocent, funny, and wise.
If you're a psychology student, it's kind of fascinating how these map onto Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs (although many fall into the cracks between the levels).
Woody Guthrie wrote these rulins' a/k/a resolutions in either 1941, 1942, or 1943, depending on who is writing or talking. The "official" Woody Guthrie website says they appear in one of his journals dated January 1, 1943 (at the very centerfold of the notebook).
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Whenever he wrote them, he was 30-32 years old and this list is, like most of his work, a fascinating amalgam of innocent, funny, and wise.
If you're a psychology student, it's kind of fascinating how these map onto Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs (although many fall into the cracks between the levels).
Text of the journal entry:
1. Work more and better
2. Work by a schedule
3. Wash teeth if any
4. Shave
5. Take bath
6. Eat good — fruit — vegetables — milk
7. Drink very scant if any
8. Write a song a day
9. Wear clean clothes — look good
10. Shine shoes
11. Change socks
12. Change bed cloths often
13. Read lots good books
14. Listen to radio a lot
15. Learn people better
16. Keep rancho clean
17. Dont get lonesome
18. Stay glad
19. Keep hoping machine running
20. Dream good
21. Bank all extra money
22. Save dough
23. Have company but dont waste time
24. Send Mary and kids money
25. Play and sing good
26. Dance better
27. Help win war — beat fascism
28. Love mama
29. Love papa
30. Love Pete
31. Love everybody
32. Make up your mind
33. Wake up and fight
2. Work by a schedule
3. Wash teeth if any
4. Shave
5. Take bath
6. Eat good — fruit — vegetables — milk
7. Drink very scant if any
8. Write a song a day
9. Wear clean clothes — look good
10. Shine shoes
11. Change socks
12. Change bed cloths often
13. Read lots good books
14. Listen to radio a lot
15. Learn people better
16. Keep rancho clean
17. Dont get lonesome
18. Stay glad
19. Keep hoping machine running
20. Dream good
21. Bank all extra money
22. Save dough
23. Have company but dont waste time
24. Send Mary and kids money
25. Play and sing good
26. Dance better
27. Help win war — beat fascism
28. Love mama
29. Love papa
30. Love Pete
31. Love everybody
32. Make up your mind
33. Wake up and fight
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 27, 2013
Just Barely Alive - the plight of Donald Miller
By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.
[illustration by Jack Brummet]
In October, an Ohio judge turned down a petition by Donald Miller, Jr., asking to be ruled alive. “You’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned.” Probate Judge Allan Davis ruled that state law requires challenges to a declaration of death (his wife obtained the declaration in 1994) to be filed within three years. Said Judge Davis, “I don’t know where that leaves you.” The Findlay, Ohio Courier, October 8, 2013
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[illustration by Jack Brummet]
In October, an Ohio judge turned down a petition by Donald Miller, Jr., asking to be ruled alive. “You’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned.” Probate Judge Allan Davis ruled that state law requires challenges to a declaration of death (his wife obtained the declaration in 1994) to be filed within three years. Said Judge Davis, “I don’t know where that leaves you.” The Findlay, Ohio Courier, October 8, 2013
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Poem: Voluptas by James Weldon Johnson
Excavated by Jack Brummet, Poetry Ed.
To chase a never-reached mirage
Across the hot, white sand,
And choke and die, while gazing on
Its green and watered strand.
To chase a never-reached mirage
Across the hot, white sand,
And choke and die, while gazing on
Its green and watered strand.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Drawing: Father O'Mara's letdown reflex following the Christmas Eve service.
by Jack Brummet
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
The Grateful Dead perform Run, Rudolph, Run
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
The Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden in 1971, perform "Run, Rudolph, Run." You may not be familiar with the Dead's original singer (preceding Jerry Garcia) Pigpen, who died in 1972. . .
The Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden in 1971, perform "Run, Rudolph, Run." You may not be familiar with the Dead's original singer (preceding Jerry Garcia) Pigpen, who died in 1972. . .
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Images of the Plague Doctors
By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.
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A plague doctor was a special medical physician who treated those who had the Plague (a/k/a/ The Black Death). "In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some doctors wore a beak-like mask which was filled with aromatic items. The masks were designed to protect them from putrid air, which (according to the miasmatic theory of disease) was seen as the cause of infection. Thus:
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A plague doctor was a special medical physician who treated those who had the Plague (a/k/a/ The Black Death). "In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, some doctors wore a beak-like mask which was filled with aromatic items. The masks were designed to protect them from putrid air, which (according to the miasmatic theory of disease) was seen as the cause of infection. Thus:
"The nose half a foot long, shaped like a beak, filled with perfume with only two holes, one on each side near the nostrils, but that can suffice to breathe and to carry along with the air one breathes the impression of the drugs enclosed further along in the beak. Under the coat we wear boots made in Moroccan leather (goat leather) from the front of the breaches in smooth skin that are attached to said boots and a short-sleeved blouse in smooth skin, the bottom of which is tucked into the breaches. The hat and gloves are also made of the same skin… with spectacles over the eyes."
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Joan Baez with Jimi Hendrix
By Jack Brummet, Rock Ed.
Joan Baez with Jimi Hendrix. I originally saw the bong version, which is probably someone's Photoshop. A version that Corbis licenses is smokeless, and seems to be the original. But who really knows these days?
Joan Baez with Jimi Hendrix. I originally saw the bong version, which is probably someone's Photoshop. A version that Corbis licenses is smokeless, and seems to be the original. But who really knows these days?
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