Years back it was my daily routine, morning paper, I'd read the sports, then the comics and if I had time which was rare I would peak at the murder section.
It's what I referred to for the rest of the rag.
And of course Calvin and Hobbes was my favorite, seems a few of us could relate.
Oh yes! I even owned some of the books that collected the Calvin and Hobbes strips.
And yeah...I sometimes miss those pre-internet days. Here in NYC, you'd get one of the tabloids and immediately flip it to the back cover to read the sports section.
Great batch today, thanks. In the early 90’s in Bay Ridge, I had a job selling lottery tickets and racing forms & a pt at the one hour photo shop on 86th & 4 th. Back when I still read the NYTimes every Sunday. & the Village Voice... my friends would meet at the Verrazano for the sunset a few times a week.
When I was there, I had a bad marriage & anxiety from it- and the kindness of strangers on the subway still gives me goosebumps, kind to me repeatedly . It was exciting to live there, glad I had the opportunity.
no one ever wanted to work - I agree! I think no one goes into work for fun. Very little people would volunteer to do it. Maybe politicians LOL. I think if we could go back 400 years with what we know now, the world would be a much better place. Of course it is utopia. But it would be nice to sit at a table with friends without any cell phones blaring.
well if they keep going up with prices, we might end up having to give up our phone line. Mine went up from 97 to 108 this year - phone line and internet, that is. I might have to let go of the all day on line and just do one hour or so from my tracfone
A great collection, Mickey, thank you! I especially like the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip and the Kim Warp cartoon with the yoga instructor sounding like a present day Unitarian Universalist minister. These days they claim all are welcome but oppose parents who question schools enforcing a trans agenda and encouraged members to join counterprotests to a massive “let kids be kids” protest in Canada.
Thank you, as always, Anne...and I feel ya. There's a new multi-culti mural in Astoria that includes words like "Everyone is welcome in Astoria." I keep waiting them to add the asterisks. 🙄
In 2018, I think it was, my family and I went through the American Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. Very interesting, and HUGE. The room with the Rosa Parks display had an audio on repeat that went something like "Move to the back? I don't see why I should. I paid my fare just like everyone else". We heard this track several times as we took in the exhibits.
A good bit later, as I was hobbling (no benches anywhere in the huuuge museum. I have arthritis and 2 fake hips) toward the Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit, I was moving very slowly in the line to pay respects.
Someone called out "Please hurry the line along. We need to speed this up"
My tired mind immediately went to "I don't see why I should. I paid my fare like everyone else"
Given my visitor status and profound lack of melanin (we stood out, LOL), I think I was wise to keep that thought inside my head!
Great story, Jaye! I can see why you refrained from using that line but, to my eye, you would've been justified on purely human terms.
I'm curious: Did the museum highlight the reality that Rosa Parks' moment was not an "accidental" act but rather a targeted action by someone who spent 12 years leading her local NAACP chapter and had trained at Tennessee’s labor and civil rights organizing school, the Highlander Center?
That's interesting. I take nothing away from Rosa, of course, but it seems like everyone would benefit from the full context. If anything, it demonstrates the importance of connecting with people who share similar goals.
The main focus of the museum really was the MLK assasination. The museum is at the Lorraine Hotel. MLK's room is preserved, shrine-like.
One can go across the street to the hotel from which the shot was made. The displays continue there, going into all sorts of theories surrounding the murder.
It was a museum version of a James Michener novel. Starts with the germ of a story, includes many important characters and an enormous number of interesting details.
I am actually surprised that they didn't say more about RP's background
Years back it was my daily routine, morning paper, I'd read the sports, then the comics and if I had time which was rare I would peak at the murder section.
It's what I referred to for the rest of the rag.
And of course Calvin and Hobbes was my favorite, seems a few of us could relate.
Oh yes! I even owned some of the books that collected the Calvin and Hobbes strips.
And yeah...I sometimes miss those pre-internet days. Here in NYC, you'd get one of the tabloids and immediately flip it to the back cover to read the sports section.
Thanks, Michael!
Great batch today, thanks. In the early 90’s in Bay Ridge, I had a job selling lottery tickets and racing forms & a pt at the one hour photo shop on 86th & 4 th. Back when I still read the NYTimes every Sunday. & the Village Voice... my friends would meet at the Verrazano for the sunset a few times a week.
Your comment is very relatable, Rosalind!
How in the world do the early 90s seem so long ago now?
When I was there, I had a bad marriage & anxiety from it- and the kindness of strangers on the subway still gives me goosebumps, kind to me repeatedly . It was exciting to live there, glad I had the opportunity.
I'm sorry to hear about your struggles back then but thrilled to witness how you can still look back with nostalgic joy!
Lol I divorced that guy fast . & got sober in the process, a blessing in the end.
no one ever wanted to work - I agree! I think no one goes into work for fun. Very little people would volunteer to do it. Maybe politicians LOL. I think if we could go back 400 years with what we know now, the world would be a much better place. Of course it is utopia. But it would be nice to sit at a table with friends without any cell phones blaring.
Let's make the term "utopia" no longer be the equivalent of "pipe dream." To me, it's a realistic, highly compassionate goal!
well if they keep going up with prices, we might end up having to give up our phone line. Mine went up from 97 to 108 this year - phone line and internet, that is. I might have to let go of the all day on line and just do one hour or so from my tracfone
A great collection, Mickey, thank you! I especially like the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip and the Kim Warp cartoon with the yoga instructor sounding like a present day Unitarian Universalist minister. These days they claim all are welcome but oppose parents who question schools enforcing a trans agenda and encouraged members to join counterprotests to a massive “let kids be kids” protest in Canada.
Thank you, as always, Anne...and I feel ya. There's a new multi-culti mural in Astoria that includes words like "Everyone is welcome in Astoria." I keep waiting them to add the asterisks. 🙄
Bye-bye to the thieves of Joy, Hellooo to the Givers and Resters and High Frequency-shakers!
No meme post is complete until Malika sums things up! 💚
🤣🎊🏈💫🦋🕊️That made me laugh out loud into my tea!!😅👀🫖
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Thank you as always, Mickey :) And Happy Thanksgiving to you and all here! Much love 💗
Much love 💗 right back at ya!
I have an inclusive "Rosa Parks" story.
In 2018, I think it was, my family and I went through the American Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. Very interesting, and HUGE. The room with the Rosa Parks display had an audio on repeat that went something like "Move to the back? I don't see why I should. I paid my fare just like everyone else". We heard this track several times as we took in the exhibits.
A good bit later, as I was hobbling (no benches anywhere in the huuuge museum. I have arthritis and 2 fake hips) toward the Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit, I was moving very slowly in the line to pay respects.
Someone called out "Please hurry the line along. We need to speed this up"
My tired mind immediately went to "I don't see why I should. I paid my fare like everyone else"
Given my visitor status and profound lack of melanin (we stood out, LOL), I think I was wise to keep that thought inside my head!
Great story, Jaye! I can see why you refrained from using that line but, to my eye, you would've been justified on purely human terms.
I'm curious: Did the museum highlight the reality that Rosa Parks' moment was not an "accidental" act but rather a targeted action by someone who spent 12 years leading her local NAACP chapter and had trained at Tennessee’s labor and civil rights organizing school, the Highlander Center?
Not that I recall. And I think I would have noticed something like that.
That's interesting. I take nothing away from Rosa, of course, but it seems like everyone would benefit from the full context. If anything, it demonstrates the importance of connecting with people who share similar goals.
The main focus of the museum really was the MLK assasination. The museum is at the Lorraine Hotel. MLK's room is preserved, shrine-like.
One can go across the street to the hotel from which the shot was made. The displays continue there, going into all sorts of theories surrounding the murder.
It was a museum version of a James Michener novel. Starts with the germ of a story, includes many important characters and an enormous number of interesting details.
I am actually surprised that they didn't say more about RP's background
Ah, I see and I concur...RP's background could've been mentioned in a paragraph or two.