Today in Cultural Appropriation

If every culture is appropriated, then no cultures are appropriated.

 

This might be the most academic-sounding sentence ever.

 

Lyrics from This Town by the Go Gos (to your point)
We all know the chosen toys
Of catty girls and pretty boys
Make up that face
Jump in the race
Life's a kick in this town
Life's a kick in this town
This town is our town
It is so glamorous
Bet you'd live here if you could
And be one of us
Change the lines that were said before
We're all dreamers - we're all whores

Charlotte Caffey is 64 years old
Jane Wiedlin is 59 years old

 

Would have been better had I used "perspicacity" ...

 

Which is why they're a bumblebee's ass different from Gen Xers.

 

And we had better fucking music.

 

Was talking to my father-in-law, who was a high school basketball coach in Indiana who coached Mr. Basketballs, NBA players. Still has an ability to communicate with 16-year-olds 40 years after he started coaching.

"The kids haven't changed at all. Their parents are real fucking different, though."

 

My wife today got an email from a mom this morning arguing that she needed to cancel a field trip to the zoo because it is too cold.

It is currently 50 degrees in Chicago.

 

I still keep in touch with my high school wrestling coach. He is still very very successful, much more successful than when pukes like me wrestled for him.

He says you wouldn't believe parents now a days. They come in - and want to stay all practice, in the wrestling room. Unheard of back in my day.

 

I only coach Little League, and you can't get these parents away from their boys. Then they end up getting conflicting instruction. You know what would help more than you barking instructions to your kid 30 seconds before he's about to bat? Take him to the park and throw pitches to him every couple days. Maybe then we wouldn't get our ass handed to us 20-2 every time we fucking play.

 

You're costing that kid a scholarship!
Don't you know that no one in this country can afford college anymore!