Uganda's New Anti-Gay Law: "Where Are We Supposed to Go?"

On Monday, Uganda's president signed into law a new anti-gay bill, a modified version of a bill that was passed in 2014 but struck down by the country's Supreme Court on a technicality.  NBC News reports: 

 

Last month, Rachel Maddow reported on the U. S. evangelists who have for years been encouraging anti-gay legislation in various African states:

 

The way things are going just now in states like Texas, Arizona, and Florida, who knows whether such a law might be attempted over here one day. If so, I hope I don't live to see it.

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Who Invented Pants?

We recently enjoyed this very interesting documentary from the German Archeological Institute on the origin of pants - the where, the why, and the who.

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Sunday Drive: Time Is Tight (1969)

The sound of happiness from Booker T. and the M.G.'s:

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Waitin' for the Weekend

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Art Works: Talking Paintings No. 1

 

This handsome face seems startlingly modern, don't you agree?

The first of a series of amusing commentaries by Francois Rousseau, the witty, erudite proprietor of Men Portraits, the link to which can always be found in the sidebar of this blog. This one is about the portrait of Jacopo Boncompagni by Scipio Pulzone, 1574, with some pertinent observations on his braghetta - er, um, that's codpiece to you. 

Alas, the commentary is all in French, but the captions are in English, so give it a try.

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Past Times: Gas and Groceries

Scenes from the 1950s and 1960s. I recommend muting the sound and just listening to your own memories.

 

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Sunday Drive: Chopin, Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

The great Vladimir Horowitz performs at the White House before President and Mrs. Carter on February 26, 1978. 

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Waitin' for the Weekend

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Art Works: The Last Supper (1999)

An evocative photograph of Israeli soldiers at chow, by Israeli photographer and gay veteran Adi Nes, that says something about the uncertainties of human life.  To appreciate the details, click on the picture to see a large-size version.

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Poets' Corner: I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

Boy on a Beach, Henry Scott Tuke, 1901

  

Emily Dickinson

(1830-1886)

I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there’s a pair of us!

Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know!

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –

To tell one’s name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

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Beautiful Isle of Somewhere

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