are writing themselves. From the BBC today, “A comedian has said he is speaking about climate change in his comedy, to educate people about the crisis in a “positive and funny way”.Stuart Goldsmith, from Totterdown, Bristol, has been a comedian for 20 years, after training at Circomedia as a street performer. He has developed a climate change focused act to help get people engaged in the climate crisis and to deal with his own fears about it. He said: “I started to feel like I have a responsibility to talk about this. I have a responsibility to say to people, that this is a frightening thing.”
Stuart’s a comedian alright. Just not in the way he intended.
I hate street performers so much it’s unreal. There’s nothing worse than seeing some clown cluttering up a city street, doing monkey tricks while a bunch of idiots are clustered around like human blowflies, gawking at it. It’s a sad spectacle. The beggars who get on the subway and sing and dance or whatever they do, should be thrown off as well, and not necessarily at the next stop. This isn’t England in the Middle Ages where Jongleurs, versatile entertainers, with their tales of romance, daring deeds, and far-off lands, held audiences spellbound, regardless of age or station. They were not just artists; they were also communicators, spreading news, gossip, and tales from one region to another. So they were the CNN, MSNBC, and NPR of the time, and we wonder why the media is garbage today.
Jongleurs jongling in Medieval Britain
There is an article about Jongleurs from Knights Templar.com where I’ve copied and pasted most of the stuff that’s here. I liked this part, “A typical day for a jongleur began with sourcing new material or refining existing ones. Mornings might be spent in practice, honing their skills on the lute, the lyre, or the harp. By midday, they’d scout locations, be it bustling marketplaces or lively taverns, where they’d draw the largest crowds. Performances often spanned the day, from afternoon matinees to evening spectacles under torchlight. After their shows, interactions with the audience were common, as it was an opportunity to gather stories, receive feedback, and, of course, collect coins or food as compensation.” That’s pretty funny, I gotta say.
People just standing around wasting their non refundable lifetime.
As you can see, I’ve got nothing today. I just came back from the dentist, who thankfully didn’t have to inject me with any numbing juice to repair a filling that had broken loose. He’s a little concerned about the election. I told him not to worry. Whatever happens will be interesting.
Speaking of self contained ecosystems of mental illness, from komonews.com in Washington State, the mentally deranged there are requiring people in the Island County elections office to wear masks. An observer was recently kicked out for not wearing one. “Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider said in the August primary, 50% of the staff got COVID-19.
Oh, the irony. Everyone I don’t like is Hitler.
With the election one week away, Crider said they could not function if they lost 50% of their staff again. She added that masks and gloves can also help protect workers from anything found on ballots or in envelopes.” The people in the post office should be wearing hazmat suits in that case.
Washington State seems like lunatic central to me. The current governor Jay Robert Inslee appears to be totally unhinged at the best of times. As a member of the centrist New Democrat Coalition, (whatever that is) Inslee vocally supported policies combating climate change. Of course he believes in things that don’t exist. Inslee was “one of Congress’s most ardent advocates of strong action to combat global warming,” according to The New York Times. His official portrait would make a great Halloween mask.
This is Inslee’s official portrait. He looks perfectly sane don’t you think?
That’s all, I can’t think of anything else today. Tomorrow is Halloween. If I get inspired I might even post a link here to a Fortress Halloween Special from a couple of years ago. Kids…..you’re gonna be so scared.