Hello, Poetry Fanatics! Today we’re talking about our first Beat poet, Jack Kerouac. I first encountered Beat Generation ideas through reruns of the old sitcom, The Many Loves ofDobie Gillis. This sitcom originally ran from 1959-1963, long before my time. But, I discovered it when it ran in the late evenings as a Nickolodian experiment called, Nick at Night in the late 1980s. A pre-Gilligan’s Island Bob Denver played a comical version of a Beatnik.
Unlike way too many others, I don’t think about ancient Rome much until we slouch towards the end of the year, when references start popping up about the god Janus. He is absolutely one of the coolest Roman gods, if only because he is one of the few who the Romans didn’t rip off from ancient Greece. Janus wasn’t just the god that looked forward and bac… ncG1vNJzZmilkaq%2Foq%2BNrKybq6SWsKx6wqikaKhfn66vwdJmnqicXaSzbsDRmqWsoaSevK%2B%2F
My son is a voracious - and surprisingly responsible - consumer of YouTube. He favours motormouth male broadcasters and so his rota of cultural references is quite sophisticated. We get a lot of sarcastic jokes about “the IMF”, “JFK” and critiques of various conspiracy theories. And then recently, he started talking about Jeff Dahmer. It rang a bell. Jeff Dahmer, Jeff Dahmer… who is that? I wondered as I poked at something in a pan at the stove and listened to Sam rattling on at me in that practised know-it-all tone that YouTubers use.
New Orleans has Emeril. Georgia has Alton Brown. California has Guy Fieri. There’s something about the hometown local chef made good. They feel like they could be your brother or your father, but they’re also making America happy by serving up good eats and humor. A few years ago, Chicago got their own guy, Jeff Mauro, when he won season 7 of The Next Food Network Star. Mauro went on to host The Sandwich King where he brought mom and pop spots like Mickey’s in Oak Park to the national stage.
Get ready for some rough sledding, Jets fans. 1.Joe Namath Namath has had no peer, over the long haul, in attracting crowds to stadiums. Even last year, the Jets, who play most of their home games in poor weather in November and December, sold more than 50,000 season tickets to windy Shea Stadium. Joe Namath was one of the most visible hucksters in sports. He receives $250,000 a year from Faberge for promoting its men's cosmetics products.