“Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it.”
The Marvelous Land of Oz
American novelist, L. Frank Baum, was born on this day in 1856 (died 1919).
Some of them I’ve not quite mastered.
As I wrote on Monday, I’m daily going through my to-do list and prioritizing.
Some days, like yesterday for example, that means I don’t post here.
I have some daily “must do” items. Then there are some “should do” items.
Moving down on the list we have the “want to do” items.
I will never get to them all.
While that used to bother me, I’ve grown accustomed to it.
It’s Wednesday with a lot going on. Just like you, I need to get back into it.
Feel free to read the links below at your leisure. And hit the tip jar on the way out.
Or not.
Speaking of Oz, the trailer for the Wicked movie is supposed to be released today. I love the musical. But since they’ve broken it up into two films, I hope they’re drawing more from the book, which is the far better story.
IN OTHER NEWS
‘I have loved you with an everlasting love’: 76 reasons I love Israel as she turns 76
Joel Rosenburg, All Israel News
…Exactly 76 years after our first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, declared our independence – I want to share with you 76 reasons why I love this country.
UN revises Gaza death toll, almost 50% less women and children killed than previously reported
FOX News
JERUSALEM – In a dramatic shift, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revised its data pertaining to the number of Palestinian casualties in the seven-month-old Gaza war, reducing almost by half the number of women and children it previously said were killed in the hostilities between Israel and the Iranian-backed terror group Hamas.
Latest Polls Show Biden Will Need Twice As Many Fake Ballots To Win Election This Year
The Babylon Bee
The startling poll results presented the Biden campaign with a sobering reminder that the standard number of fake ballots used in previous election years needed to be increased significantly for him to win again in November.
A ‘Never Again Trump’ Guide to Voting Trump
Scott Moorefield, TownHall
For a host of reasons, all of which I’ve laid out in excruciating detail both on Twitter/X and my past Townhall columns, Donald Trump wasn’t my choice to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. I considered myself a “Never Again Trumper.” Though I happily voted for him twice, I felt strongly that Ron DeSantis was the better option this cycle. Yet, for better or for worse, despite the efforts of all of us who wanted an alternative, here we are, with Trump as the Republican presidential nominee for a third election in a row.
With Birthing Person’s Day Over, Families Prepare For Lawnmowing Person’s Day
The Babylon Bee
“Ah, I love lawnmowing person’s day,” said Dale Polski, a local family lawnmowing person who identifies as male. “It’s a great day to put some meat on the grill, open this year’s pair of new socks, and enjoy a nap.”
Jane Lynch returns for new Only Murders in the Building: ‘I’m in a lot’
Entertainment Weekly
Lynch told PEOPLE she’s returning for season 4. “Well, I’m the murder victim, which is not a tease,” she told the publication on May 9 at the Alzheimer’s Association Magic of Music Gala. “And so I have some really great flashbacks.”
Available on Amazon.