History
For every 100 West Virginians, there were… …277 Virginians in 1870 …245 Virginians in 1880 …217 Virginians in 1890 …193 Virginians in 1900 …169 Virginians in 1910 …158 Virginians in 1920 …140 Virginians in 1930 …141 Virginians in 1940 …165 Virginians in 1950 …213 Virginians in 1960 …267 Virginians in
Music
§1 Dance like Fosse / Dance, dance like Fosse... “Talk to Daddy” from Season 2 of Schmigadoon! is a brilliant piece of jewelry, and Dove Cameron's facial expressions are the gem at its center. §2 A pleasant throwback The new track “Tioga Pass” by Yussef Dayes (featuring Rocco Palladino)
Books
§1 Rock and metal genres Becoming a Rate Your Music member is a great way to learn about the multitude of genres that people have imagined for sub-dividing rock and metal music, and this video (unrelated to RYM) can serve as a quick introduction. §2 Book David Orr had
Politics
§1 Arkansas Act 372 The willingness of conservative politicians and opinion-shapers in these days of Trump to speak ignorantly, lie brazenly, and act rashly has made it worthwhile to read how judges respond when their work is challenged in court. The latest worthwhile opinion (49-page PDF document) was
Music
§1 Pomplamoose Pomplamoose and friends show their chops on “Shotgun.” §2 Hot Hot Heat In the 2000s, I thought of this album as “Get In or Get Out” and nine tracks of filler. Listening to it again now, I'm less impressed by “Get In or Get Out,” but
Humor
In the 1990s, I wrote song parodies that had fun with college football. My hijacking of the Hallelujah Chorus to honor Johnny Lujack went something like: JOHN-ny Lu-jack! JOHN-ny Lu-jack! Johnny Lujack! Johnny Lujack! JOHN-NAY LU-JACK! JOHN-ny Lu-jack! JOHN-ny Lu-jack!
Music
§1 Life's unexpected turns If a fortune teller had told awkward and unpopular high school student Janis Joplin that someday a famous French fashion firm would use songs she would sing to advertise their wares, what would she have thought? §2 Lyric “You might not like it now
Portland
For my first 10 years in Portland, I lived in the same house and used the same four bus stops: One to go east, one to go west, one to go north, one to go south. The bus stops to go north and south frightened me. Their street was too
Music
§1 Python A habit I'm working on breaking as I learn Python: Skimming lightly through the introductory material because “I already know that.” No harm is done by remaining open to the possibility that I don't. §2 “Skilljacking” “Will Truman” is the pseudonym of an ordinary
History
I started watching this video for one reason, and ended up being fascinated by it for another reason altogether. In the 1960s, white conservatives tended to believe that white people were racially superior to others, while white liberals tended to believe (or at least say they believed) that people of
Humor
§1 Python Hello, World! My home computer now has the default Python 3.11.4 package. I'm using the IDLE shell for now, and plan to switch later to Nova, which I have been using as an html editor for years. §2 Philip Agre When I was in
Media
When I had a Twitter account, I gorged on news from Ukraine, spending at least an hour a day following about 20 accounts for up-to-the-minute news and speculation. My Twitter account getting locked after I used it for frequent criticism of the service owner provided me with