Ok, so we're about halfway through the first week of classes, and I'm noticing more women students sporting tattoos. Not the subtle little bees and butterflies, but big honking tattoos that cover arms and legs. Makes me think of a song by David Holt, "Strange Woman Blues," see below.
Observations, thoughts, reminiscences, and occasional rants on anthropology, linguistics, old-time banjo, and anything else that crosses my path...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
August 6, 1945
From the Zinn Education Project: "On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the world's first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Shinichi Tetsutani (then 3 years and 11 months) loved to ride this tricycle. That morning, he was riding in front of his house when, in a sudden flash, he and his tricycle were badly burned. He died that night."
Sunday, August 4, 2013
A brief rant
Here's my radical and no doubt easily ridiculed take on Manning, Snowden, the NSA, etc.:
All government should be in the sunshine. No secrets, no lies, everything in the open for all to see. If the country has to rely on secrets and lies to survive, it's not worth saving. And I am, having just passed the 68-year mark, becoming increasingly convinced that the survival of this country is not worth the price we and the rest of the world are having to pay.
All government should be in the sunshine. No secrets, no lies, everything in the open for all to see. If the country has to rely on secrets and lies to survive, it's not worth saving. And I am, having just passed the 68-year mark, becoming increasingly convinced that the survival of this country is not worth the price we and the rest of the world are having to pay.
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