Category: Culture (Page 1 of 23)

The WNBA is starting to get interesting.

August 7, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Enes Kanter Freedom declares himself 2027 WNBA prospect, cites eligibility rules

First it was Sophie Cunningham. She seems fun and good. Now a retired NBA player declares himself to be a woman and announced his eligibility for the 2027 WNBA draft.

“I am definitely not here to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices,” he said, adding that he wants the WNBA’s rules “applied equally, consistently, and without exception.”

Sophie has been clear on what a woman is, and been getting a lot of shit about it. WNBA management and the players union haven’t been so clear. It’s time to pick a side.

Madison Wisconsin is a mess.

August 4, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

This ‘Charlie-Foxtrot’ has been allowed to exist in Madison for a couple of weeks. Police aren’t allowed in and the fire department has to waste time going around it. This chaos is a pain in the ass for everyone who lives or works in the area.

The mayor has finally decided to tear it down.

A better response is to never let it get established, and to make it clear to the insurrectionists and garbage people that seizing territory is not a legitimate way to protest.

Choose the form of your destructor

July 29, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)

The feds conduct an annual survey to find out how many people use drugs and how many people are mentally disturbed. The link goes to the highlights of the survey. The results are interesting, but because it’s a survey, I wonder how accurate it is.

This data has been collected for almost 50 years, and we learn that this year, more people use marijuana, than use cigarettes or alcohol. From context, marijuana = THC marijuana and not CBD oil. Cigarettes = tobacco products, but not tobacco-free nicotine products.

l am no expert.

She seems like a sporty traveler

July 5, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board ‘naked’ amid record-breaking heatwave

Edda Elisa, a fetching fitness influencer from Germany, was denied entry on a Lufthansa flight after a gate agent allegedly accused her of being “naked” as a “catastrophic” heatwave plagues Europe.

Elisa is fetching, but time and place do matter.

The gate agent is maintaining standards for public behavior, and Lufthansa should back her up.

Let’s be honest.

Happy birthday to us.

July 4, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Be the person your dog thinks you are.

That’s my advice for people, and for countries. This is America’s 250^th anniversary. Everybody else is saying something about it, so I thought I should. I’ve got nothing profound, just a bunch of little thoughts.

Sophie knows the old magic.

June 30, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

If you haven’t seen this, then you live like a normal person in the real world.

I have no interest in women’s basketball, but this incident is fascinating to watch. I didn’t do a deep dive, but nobody is providing a convincing explanation.

Softly softly catchie monkey

June 28, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

I had an exchange student from Brazil. Every couple of weeks when we had some free time, he would describe to the class some aspect of life in Brazil.

Europeans should get over it, and buy an air conditioner.

June 23, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Britain braces for hottest June day on record

She seems nice. Probably a druid or some other kind of pagan.

The article says that it may hit 38^o C in England this week. For countries that landed a man on the moon, that’s about 100^o F.

Juneteenth Charadethes

June 19, 2026 / Richard Nestoff / 0 Comments

Sparky wants to play Juneteenth Charadethes.

Do we have to say it like that?

“Yup”

Sparky explains that for Juneteenth Charadethes, you have to act out a notable Black character. Sparky went first.

The way he was licking his chops, I had a pretty good idea.

Have a beholden Juneteenth!