Good Morning!

Yes to this:

1840 – Auguste Rodin, sculpter and illustrotor. (His famous statue of "The Thinker" bewilders most modern US citizens because it depicts a male human of heroic physique who is neither armed nor armored and who is seated as if on a toilet, but without the sports pages.)

7th grade Rodin:

Happy Hour Rodin (with music):

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_TMUJIWwyI]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/business/yuval-noah-harari-silicon-va...

The useless class he describes is uniquely vulnerable. “If a century ago you mounted a revolution against exploitation, you knew that when bad comes to worse, they can’t shoot all of us because they need us,” he said, citing army service and factory work.

Now it is becoming less clear why the ruling elite would not just kill the new useless class. “You’re totally expendable,” he told the audience.

This, Mr. Harari told me later, is why Silicon Valley is so excited about the concept of universal basic income, or stipends paid to people regardless of whether they work. The message is: “We don’t need you. But we are nice, so we’ll take care of you.”

Of all the things you listed, I choose to celebrate today as Sweetmorn. That gets me only to noon. However, if the morning is indeed sweet, I can take up tthe slack from noon to bed time.

When my class was graduated from elementary school, we sang This Land is Your Land. That was when I fell in love with Woody Guthrie. I think it should be the national anthem. The one we have is horrible. Almost no one can sing it exactly as the notes are written. And it's about a maroon who wakes up after a battle in the War of 1812, ignores human casualties and injuries on both sides, but is thrilled that the flag is o.k. WTF? Given that and the Pledge of Allegiance, which mentions the flag before it mentions the nation, I can conclude only that Americans of earlier eras were obsessed with the flag.

BTW, el, I noted your drollery. (I thought I'd just invented that word, but I guess not: It is not triggering spell check. Oh, well, it's new to me.)

I love the Ellis Island Museum and recommend it to anyone who visits New York. Incidentally, my father called it "Alice Island." Usually, I knew what he was talking about, despite his many mispronunciations. However, I had no idea Alice Island was Ellis Island until I visited the museum.

À propos of nothing at all: My final donation to Bernie's primary campaign was also my largest single donation to that campaign. So, whenever Bernie or whoever emails me to donate to some candidate Bernie is sponsoring/endorsing--which feels like every other day--the email requests that I donate several hundred dollars to whoever Bernie's email names.

When one of Bernie's early post-primary emails asked me to donate several hundred dollars to, among others, Jean Shaheen, I knew that donating to Our Revolution was not for me. This week, his email asked me to donate several hundred dollars to, among others, Ben Nelson. It was all I could do not to unsubscribe from Bernie's mailing list. Whatever else Bernie may or may not be, best I can tell, he is Vote Blue No Matter Who. I'm not.

Happy Birthday. I know this is yesterday's OT, but Pneumonia Day? Every day, soon enough.

North Coast air quality to remain unhealthy for remainder of week

The smoke and ash from the blaze at least 100 miles away in Butte County continues to rise high into the atmosphere, up to 15,000 feet, where offshore winds are blowing them over the Bay Area and Central Valley. From there, pollutants as small as 2.5 micrometers or less are pushed down toward the ground and remain there, according to weather experts.

Particles go straight to the bloodstream, too small for lungs to filter.

Anderson said temperatures are expected to remain normal through the week for this time of year, in the 30s and 40s at night and in the 60s and 70s during the day.

The lingering poor air quality and weather patterns on Monday prompted another Spare the Air alert by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Air quality officials said this wood burning ban will run through Friday. The ban includes the indoor or outdoor burning of manufactured fire logs or any other solid fuel.

There were plenty of others walking on the river path yesterday, can't stay inside all day because stir crazy. None of us had masks, I used my kerchief to cover my face when it got too gnarly. People burn wood to stay warm in Cloverdale, doesn't matter what the law says. Mornings are the worst, even without the current disasters. The inversion layer still exists, it is normal.

How symbolic, trees being the lungs of the earth and all. I'd give my right arm for a non-corrupted government right now. Or, how about my head? I'd give that! lol Yes it is already gone.

victory song
woo hoo