I am so sorry, Imani.

Challenging the Pope: The Avignon Papacy

So today on Gone Medieval I have that rare thing - a medievalist emergency - wherein I had to explain the Avignon Papacy because a lot of people know the phrase *cough* the Trump administration *cough* but they don't actually know what it means. Don't let it be you.
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Oooh, Sunset Boulevard is an inspired option!

(Of course, I haven't seen Charade, Rear Window, or Rosemary's Baby, so I'm in for a treat with the first two.)

I don't do video recipes.

Granny Clampett could take all 4 of them with one hand tied behind her back.

(And now I'm daydreaming Irene Ryan & Bea Arthur hamming it up performing "Bosom Buddies" ... sorry, Dame Angela.)

Be excellent to each other ... and party on, dudes!

Wouldn't that be something ...

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Trilobites are freakin' fascinating!!! (They're not related, but I always think about them when I'm observing horseshoe crabs at the beach.)

Initials YouTube video by Laura Benanti - Topic

In a mood; Laura Benanti singing "Initials" from Hair will fix me: youtu.be/tJxsG4X4nVM?si

Deinonychus: Link to Early Birds | AMNH At 7 feet long, Deinonychus belonged to a group of dinosaurs called maniraptors, or "hand-robbers."

My teenager likes sauropods; I like 'em small & vicious.

This *specimen* is my favorite: www.amnh.org/exhibitions/...

(Yes, yes I am an alumna.)

Robeson Plaza at Rutgers—New Brunswick.

Dedicated on his birthday (12th April) in 2019: robeson100.rutgers.edu/gallery/paul...

Ohhhh, it was football, basketball, and track & field: robeson100.rutgers.edu/about-paul-r...

Weird Al parodied the style of early Beach Boys/Jan & Dean music in "Trigger Happy" which was track 2 on his 1992 album, Off the Deep End (lead single was "Smells Like Nirvana")

He was such a star! Brilliant, too: valedictorian (Rutgers College 1919), multisport athlete (IIRC, football & baseball), Cap & Skull Honor Society ... *sigh*

(Just so we are clear, I'm "meh" on STP but have been OBSESSED with Hamlet since 1994. It explains a lot.)

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Stone Temple Pilots

... to here, is anybody's guess: youtu.be/V5UOC0C0x8Q?...

Hamlet - Act 4, scene 3 | Folger Shakespeare Library Hamlet is Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy," in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his uncle Claudius,...

My brain is a scary place bc how I get from here, specifically lines 39-40 ...(see next): www.folger.edu/explore/shak...

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Winnipeg would like a word.

Minimum Wage YouTube video by They Might Be Giants - Topic

EARWORM bc I'm writing a corporate memo and TMBG applies ... youtu.be/SRcRn_Xv7Ek?...

Name Four Non-Person Things That Make Your Life Livable:

1) Greyhounds

2) Comics

3) Novels

4) David Bowie albums

"How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"

IN HIS DEFENSE, he's 16.

JEFFERSON???

My dad objected to "kid-tested; mother-approved" for the former and "choosy moms choose Jif" for the latter.

I actually like Kix bc it's not overly sweet, but we bought the store-brand equivalent instead.

As for pb... we were a Skippy household! (TBH, my fam buys Aldi brand now.)

Dad refused to purchase Kix cereal or Jif brand peanut butter bc the slogans had "mom" in them.

He was the custodial parent to 4 kids in a messy divorce & slammed hard into "mom is default" at every turn.

(I still, 32yrs later, hesitate to purchase either even though they changed their slogans.)

I have 5 minutes left but I just wanted to say the way Hector is *describing* Miguel & Mama Coco got me all teary-eyed and man, y'all both brought so much love into this episode's discussion. Never stop.

Thank you.

It was awesome. (We were SO plastered.)

Cute 'fit! (Dress is amazing, so are the shoes.)