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The Jessi Colter Legacy Lives On Part I
I have written a fair amount about the OG Queen of the 1970s “Outlaw” musical movement—a paradigm-shift that changed the way sequins & satin-saturated Nashville did business and how its head honchos dealt with artists who refused to fit Music…
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Egyptian Tourism on the Upswing
THIS IS GOOD NEWS to those of us who treasure the ongoing preservation of ancient Egyptian monuments, the development of that nation’s crucial tourist-based economy, and the fortunes of dear friends actually living in Egypt and working as tour guides…
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Great White Sharks? On the Beach in Pensacola?
Yeah, some anglers caught a juvenile great white shark and managed to reel it onto the beach. In Pensacola, of all places. But they were responsible fisherman and dragged it back into the ocean toute de suite. To accomplish this,…
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A King Should Always Stand Tall (Especially if that King is a Cobra)
Striking footage—no pun intended—has come to us from Asia featuring an appropriately majestic King Cobra rearing the front half of its formidable body six feet into the air so that it might enjoy a little survey of the surrounding terrain.…
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Another Fish Tale
Look, it’s exciting to see a Great White Shark of any size cruising alongside one’s seaworthy vessel, but there is a tendency (as with everything, these days) to exaggerate to the point of … well, gross exaggeration. The white shark…
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There Are Grains of Truth (and Sometimes Chunks of an Altar) in Every Folktale
The remnants of a 2nd Century CE Roman shrine have been discovered beneath the site of St. Martin’s Cathedral in Leicester, England, confirming centuries of “folktale” tradition. Just goes to show you: memories linger in continuous societies. ___________________________ #Archaeology #Leicester…
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Grease-Fires are Too Merciful for these Art Murderers
“Sensitivity readers” my ass. You’re Orwellian devils. If you ever meet me and tell me that you are a “sensitivity reader,” prepare to make tracks. ___________________ #YesItIsExactlyThat #Orwell #LatePhases #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho…
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Wait’ll You See the AI Stuff Replacing all that Dusty Crap in the Louvre!
So, such and such claims it’s a coinkydink that actual human writers are being laid off and replaced by Artificial Intelligence “journalists”. Whull. Color me shocked. For crying out loud, either this phenomenon is already in full swing at many…
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More About the Barnes & Noble Renaissance
Interesting STUFF from the Wall Street Journal regarding the upswing in Barnes & Noble Booksellers’ fortunes. It seems to me that the revival of the hallowed chain is due to variegated strands of cultural and economic influences and shifts, but…
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Volubilis … Still on the Bucket List
I have traveled to the glorious scene of this ancient, ruined Roman city in Morocco since childhood, borne on the wings of enchanted imagination by Eleanor Hoffman’s “best kept secret” classic, Mischief in Fez. If global human civilization doesn’t lose…
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