LIKE A BOSS

The blogger faces the daily problem of what to post -- what words and images to combine that might somehow make sense, provoke thought and give pleasure to the viewer/reader.

It is often a satisfying challenge.

This morning I noticed that the Democratic party is apparently considering printing the above image and legend in the form of a physical and digital bumper sticker for mass circulation.  Obviously, it's supposed to be broadly appealing and inspiring but I don't understand why, not at all.

I suppose I should state (and emphasize) that this is real.  I'm not making it up.  Jimmy Reed had it right. Kevin Ayers also. If I'm not mistaken, so did Spongebob.

Jimmy Reed: Big Boss Man (Link)

Kevin Ayers: Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes (Link) 

Good Memorial Day weekend from the land of the led/misled.

  

WHEN GIRLS DO IT

I saw a Man grab a freight train,

roll ten miles & jump off into the air;

I saw a Man smoke ten cigars at once,

He didn’t cough or even swear;

I’ve seen people do weird things in my life

& no one applaud or even booed;

A Man jumped off the top

of the Empire State Building,

it didn’t even make the news.

But then a Girl do it

& it sure upsets a Man;

& when Girls do it,

it sure upsets a Man.

Bobby "Guitar" Bennet: When Girls Do It (Link) 

Upper:  Bust of Athena, type of the “Velletri Pallas” (inlaid eyes are lost). Copy of the 2nd century CE after a votive statue of Kresilas in Athens (ca. 430–420 BC).

Lower:  Artemis with a hind, better known as "Diana of Versailles." Marble, Roman artwork, Imperial Era (1st-2nd centuries CE). Found in Italy.