Part of my daily routine is practicing German for about 15m per day. With no particular practical goal.

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White antiracist hero: “A hired killer fired a bullet right at Cassius’ chest… just as Cassius was unsheathing his bowie knife, which took the hit and saved his life.”

What a story!   Sharing stories like this (that is, white abolitionists who stood up against whites deeply invested in the racist status quo), is probably something that makes racists annoyed.   Like the various assassination attempts Cassius Marcellus Clay survived, or the time a tour group of 60 proud supporters of the status quo…

Trainer and Sea Lion Tango: “He Had It Coming” (Cell Block Tango, from Chicago)

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Arsenic and Old Lace. I haven’t seen this show since I played the lead as a high school junior in the 1980s.

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Beautiful day for a walk.

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