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             After our contretemps over “DANCE FEVER”, Merv Griffin and I had nothing to do with one another until his son, Tony, got married.  Merv did not invite us to the wedding, but Julann, his ex-wife and mother of Tony, did. We sat at Julann’s table while Merv presided at the head table with the bride and groom, Clint Eastwood and Merv’s lifelong pals from his Warner Bros. days, President and Nancy Reagan.

I have dabbled with a few social media accounts for Explainable since launching. Musk-era Twitter is dead for publishers and I’m not feeling Threads so I’m going all in on Bluesky. You can find me at explainable.bsky.social. If you want a code to join then please do get in touch, I have 20 to share with you beautiful readers! Note: I worked at Meta for over two years as a content expert.

Q: What’s the difference between what you call “metaprogressive” and the “post-progressive” politics coming from Steve McIntosh and the Institue for Cultural Evolution? Let me say, firstly, that I am both. There is a slight difference in emphasis between these variants of integrative, developmental, transpartisan and trans-centrist politics (Steve and I have discussed these themes on numerous occasions and I am a strong supporter of his efforts & intentions) HOWEVER there is clearly a lot of emergent overlap between these two positions.

“Of those who like to put their faith in mankind’s inherent goodness, I must ask… based on what, exactly?” Early on in David Fincher’s The Killer, the titled character presents an intriguing question on humanity’s absolute “glass half full” society, right after downing ten grams of cheap protein at a Parisian neighborhood McDonald’s and taking a nap. After all, a hitman’s world must be devoid of empathy, or at the very least a low enough amount that popping an eternal hole in a woman’s forehead rubs off the soul faster than a blood stain comes off a silk shirt.

Hello. Okay, FWIW, I don’t actually believe Mexican food sucks. I have enjoyed Mexican food, even though much of it looks like the photo above, an amalgam of disparate colorful cheap stuff in greasy fried bread. But I am now empowered to make this terrible and unfair generality about Mexican food because the concept was uttered during the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. It is now part of Pop Culture.

MEXICAN FOOD RETURNING to Downtown Marquette? Absolutely. The deal to convert what was formerly The Marq to El Santo Tacos and Tequila closed last Friday…Carlos Romo and his partners, who also own La Catrina out in the Township, hope to open El Santo within three months…The Health Department has to sign off on the kitchen…new equipment, including a tortilla-maker, needs to be brought in…and the overall atmosphere of the restaurant has to be given, of course, a Mexican theme.

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Become a member if you want full access to all episodes. On this episode, the girls/women are joined by Mia Hughes, author of the groundbreaking report based on files released from the internal messaging forum of the leading authority of transgender healthcare (“WPATH”). The report confirms some of the worst fears of critics of the gender movement—the files reveal widespread disregard for medical ethics and patient outcomes or overall well-being.

I wish I could say I tried Moss products because I was invested in my gut health, its antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, its high fiber, its ability to reduce the risk of diabetes, or even because of the amino acids needed for muscle building and collagen production. Considering I’m on a mission to get off high blood pressure medication and never had high blood pressure until the summer of 2022 (the start of this parking lot lawsuit), trying sea moss beverages could’ve been helpful then (and now).