Wordle 521 4/6*

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(A henka is when a sumo wrestler just dodges the other wrestler during the initial charge, shoving the charging wrestler into the ground. A legal move, but as an easy way to win against a larger or more skilled opponent, it is considered cowardly.)

SMH. I just don’t think it is right for NHK to interview a sumo wrestler and compliment him on his record when he just won with a henka. It’s bad form for him, and NHK.

Ode to Not Watching the World Cup: This is an event of such astoundingly obvious wrongness that doing the right thing is easy. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/11/dont-watch-world-cup-morally-wrong-qatar/672192/

60 years ago, Billboard #4 for the week of Nov. 19, 1962: BOBBY'S GIRL--MARCIE BLAINE https://youtu.be/BDNtDuW-uB4

50 years ago, Billboard #5 for the week of Nov. 19, 1972: The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone https://youtu.be/nXiQtD5gcHU

Garland: "Never mind the resume. What I want is the stare. Who's got the best death stare around? Who can make giant orange bears piss themselves by just looking at them?"

That doesn't seem like anything someone should get the death penalty for. And why should it be? Their business is their business. If you aren't interested, don't go to the club.

That's it. That's all I know from first-hand experience.

1. They were quite friendly and seemed really nice.
2. I sat between them in the back of the cab, and they were unusually soft. Like sitting between two huge down pillows.
3. I wasn't interested in the show and went home after the cab dropped them off.

I once shared a late-night cab from the Austin airport with two drag queens on the way to a show at a club, and they invited me to join them. My notes:

When even a rank failure like Trump wants nothing to do with you or your product ...

Donald Trump says he sees “a lot of problems at Twitter” and will stick to his own social-media platform, offering an initial response to Elon Musk’s poll on whether to reinstate the former president’s account https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-19/trump-cites-twitter-problems-says-he-ll-stick-to-own-platform

Number #1,299,096 of things Jesus never did and never told anyone else to do.

Gunman kills 5 at gay club, is subdued by patrons https://apnews.com/article/shootings-colorado-springs-e098d88261db6bcfc0774434abbb7a8f

Jake Tapper Destroys Biden For Determining 'Thug' Mohammed Bin Salman Has Immunity: You're Letting Him 'Get Away With Murder' https://mediaite.com/a/tjzby

Wordle 520 4/6*

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