A short passage of Loury at his best.

Also, Miami is closer to Managua than Chicago.

(And if you're flying through O'Hare, it might be the better destination.)

(Har!)

Stay up to date on research into this devastating health crisis.

• Lining up the milkers for a nap.

• There's a twitter account with videos called "perfectly cut screams," but this isn't one of them.

If I said "Squidbillies," would you know what I meant?

There are tempests in realms of show business that I didn't know were still around, and in realms I didn't know even existed.

• Belgian indulgence.

• Another Covid Origin story.

Belgian indulgence. ~ Crid at August 18, 2020 9:32 AM

"A great day this has turned out to be. I'm suicidal, me mate tries to kill me, me gun gets nicked, and we're still in fookin' Bruges!"

Looks up 'endometriosis'. No thanks, please.

Looks up 'endometriosis'. No thanks, please.

Michelle Obama in 2013: "Harvey Weinstein is a wonderful human being and a good friend."

Michelle Obama in 2020: "Joe Biden is a profoundly decent man guided by faith."

https://twitter.com/NotKennyRogers/status/1295471650557661184

I read the list of "fatphobic" comments that the college was calling attention to. Each comment they highlight is just simply rude and/or insensitive. Mean-girl shit. Who doesn't know that you don't tell another woman (whether she's thin or fat or in-between), "You have such a pretty face"? Or, "you carry yourself so well." It's nobody's freakin' business, just leave people be! Miss Manners' Guide is all they need to teach if they truly want to avoid lots of "microaggressions."

I guess that means Susan B. Anthony is now a white supremacist transphobic bigot TERF.

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1295723314141429766

R.I.P. Linda Manz, 58, co-star of Richard Gere in the 1978 film "Days of Heaven" (she also narrated), and star of director Dennis Hopper's 1980 film "Out of the Blue."

(One could argue that that second one isn't quite as good as "The River's Edge," but if you liked that one, you should like OotB. So, do NOT try to watch it on YouTube - the odds are too high that you'll stumble on some big fat spoilers before you watch it. Btw, Raymond Burr is in it.)

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/17/linda-manz-obituary