Paul Hébert
@paulinraincity.bsky.social
Stage lV colorectal cancer guy. Failed academic. Comics, illustration, old books, old music.
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“What a Breath of Fresh Air!”: Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
On 13 September 2022, Iranian police arrested twenty-two-year-old Masha Amini for not wearing her hijab in the prescribed manner. The police beat her severely; three days later she died from cerebr…
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New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
I am now "might as well just leave the heating pad plugged in by my chair" years old.
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I am now "might as well just leave the heating pad plugged in by my chair" years old.
Actually, Steve Bannon got a lot of things right, but they were all ,without exception, horrible things.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Actually, Steve Bannon got a lot of things right, but they were all ,without exception, horrible things.
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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A Kelly Klassic (TM) from 2020.
No offense, @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
No offense, @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A Kelly Klassic (TM) from 2020.
No offense, @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
No offense, @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
I keep telling students: I don't care about the essay. I'm not expecting to learn much about the French Revolution or the Great Gatsby from what you write. I've read the essay you're gonna write dozens of times.
You gotta do it because you gotta develop certain skills, and there's no other way.
You gotta do it because you gotta develop certain skills, and there's no other way.
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I keep telling students: I don't care about the essay. I'm not expecting to learn much about the French Revolution or the Great Gatsby from what you write. I've read the essay you're gonna write dozens of times.
You gotta do it because you gotta develop certain skills, and there's no other way.
You gotta do it because you gotta develop certain skills, and there's no other way.
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In the 50s-70s, through festivals, readers' polls, interviews w/ musicians and the writing of some of the most important critics, #Playboy played a big role in promoting #jazz as an integral part of bourgeois "hip" culture.
And sometimes it just dropped the ball. March '60 review of Ornette Coleman
And sometimes it just dropped the ball. March '60 review of Ornette Coleman
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I've always wanted to read something about this event that focused on what was happening in Guyanese politics at the time.
November 18, 1978: In Jonestown, Guyana, 918 members of the Peoples Temple are murdered or commit suicide under the leadership of cult leader Jim Jones.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I've always wanted to read something about this event that focused on what was happening in Guyanese politics at the time.
I love the hell out of DiMeola when he plays acoustic guitar.
And cannot at all get into his electric playing.
And cannot at all get into his electric playing.
JAZZ PHOTOGRAPHY;
Jazz in color.
A legend... the one and only Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola Acoustic Trio.
Festival Piñata.
Sala Paral.lel 62.
Barcelona.
📷 Photos by JazzC.
#jazz #jazzsky #jazzphotography
#aldimeola
Jazz in color.
A legend... the one and only Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola Acoustic Trio.
Festival Piñata.
Sala Paral.lel 62.
Barcelona.
📷 Photos by JazzC.
#jazz #jazzsky #jazzphotography
#aldimeola
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I love the hell out of DiMeola when he plays acoustic guitar.
And cannot at all get into his electric playing.
And cannot at all get into his electric playing.
In the 50s-70s, through festivals, readers' polls, interviews w/ musicians and the writing of some of the most important critics, #Playboy played a big role in promoting #jazz as an integral part of bourgeois "hip" culture.
And sometimes it just dropped the ball. March '60 review of Ornette Coleman
And sometimes it just dropped the ball. March '60 review of Ornette Coleman
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I totally get this approach to things. I couldn't do it with a band, but have done/am doing similar with decades-long runs of newspaper comic strips and similar... (next up on that list, the complete runs of Pogo and MAD.)
A few months ago, something occurred to me: While I’ve listened to nearly every Dead show for which there is a publicly available recording, many of them too many times to count (to the point they’re in my bones), I’ve never consumed the full 30-year run in chronological order.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I totally get this approach to things. I couldn't do it with a band, but have done/am doing similar with decades-long runs of newspaper comic strips and similar... (next up on that list, the complete runs of Pogo and MAD.)
1960.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
1960.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
Pretty much all run-of-the-mill programming now.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
All this time l've been thinking that Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Chait were the same guy.
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
All this time l've been thinking that Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Chait were the same guy.
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
(...many years ago, l did similar with the Dave Matthews Band and the Matthew Good Band...)
"Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable."
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and boredom infinitely more bearable."
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
Kurt Vonnegut (... allegedly.)
"Back Home in Derry" is an Irish rebel song written by Bobby Sands while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze.
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
Back Home in Derry
YouTube video by Christy Moore - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Back Home in Derry" is an Irish rebel song written by Bobby Sands while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze.
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
Sung to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
youtube.com/watch?v=vMu6...
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
They got played by a man who's clearly suffering from dementia.
Well done.
Well done.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
They got played by a man who's clearly suffering from dementia.
Well done.
Well done.
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It was the most Toronto way to lose a championship
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
It was the most Toronto way to lose a championship
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The jays having one good inning and then spending three hours holding everyone hostage while they waste any and all goodwill is the energy Toronto brings to this nation, I just want Americans to know this
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The jays having one good inning and then spending three hours holding everyone hostage while they waste any and all goodwill is the energy Toronto brings to this nation, I just want Americans to know this
Ten years ago I somewhat famously said the following -
“Canadians are polite but they are not nice. They drink. And they will cut your throat. My God, how do you think they survive on the prairie?”
“Canadians are polite but they are not nice. They drink. And they will cut your throat. My God, how do you think they survive on the prairie?”
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I rooted for Vladdy Sr. when l was a much younger man.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I rooted for Vladdy Sr. when l was a much younger man.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
It's cool to see the kid now that I'm entering my dotage.
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New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
“What a Breath of Fresh Air!”: Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
On 13 September 2022, Iranian police arrested twenty-two-year-old Masha Amini for not wearing her hijab in the prescribed manner. The police beat her severely; three days later she died from cerebr…
readingdoonesbury.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New on my Doonesbury blog:
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
"What a Breath of Fresh Air!": Doonesbury on Iran and the Veil.
readingdoonesbury.com/2025/10/29/w...
