Welcome to the weekly newsletter, where I share my musings on world events. I’ll also use this to identify those deserving of our collective side-eye. I’ll share thought-provoking online gems or things that make me laugh (because we need both). And sometimes, I may include personal nonsense. I hope this brightens your week and makes you think.
Nonsense
This weekend I cleaned up litter along the edge of my property that runs along a road. Gross.
However, I was rewarded by finding several patches of trillium, a classic Appalachian wildflower. I also found a huge lone flower (see below).
What’s Goin’ On?
America’s “trapped in place” economy.
Homeland Security simultaneously raided Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ homes in L.A. and Miami as part of a sex trafficking investigation.
Flaco, the beloved Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo and lived freely in Manhattan, died with rat poison and a pigeon virus in his system. Please stop poisoning animals you don’t like! It affects entire ecosystems.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after one of the pillars was hit by a cargo ship that had lost its steering. Six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time are presumed dead.
Is the sun conscious?
Dairy Queen is offering buy-one-get-one-free Blizzards from April 1 through April 14 in the DQ app. The summer Blizzard menu also drops on April 1 and includes the Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party Blizzard, the Picnic Peach Cobbler Blizzard, and the Ultimate Cookie Blizzard.
Even mild COVID-19 has been shown to significantly impact the brain in various ways, including a reduction in IQ.
Punxsutawney Phil and his wife, Phyllis, had twins. Hopefully, they’ll bring in Spring each year quicker than their bum of a father.
Protections for endangered species were restored. Nature rejoices!
Beyonce dropped Cowboy Carter. So many layers, so much history. Phenomenal. I’ve had a really difficult time narrowing it down to favorites (in the order they appear on the album): “Ameriican Requiem,” “Blackbiird,” “Texas Hold ‘Em” (can’t resist Rhiannon Gidden’s banjo), “Just For Fun,” “II Most Wanted,” “Ya Ya.”
Bless Their Hearts
Is it just me, or does this look like two people dressed as a cow’s ghost under a bedsheet?
The best way to appeal to women.
Yee-HAW!
Good Friday cake.
Beat capitalism.
Random Cats
I Want to Go to There
What did you find interesting this past week? Tell me in the comments.
Okay, the Good Friday cake got me. ☠️ Literal lol and almost woke my husband 😂