Folks, when you’re donating clothes to charity, please don’t donate anything that makes a political statement.
I checked into the Union Mission yesterday, having stayed out since Monday to avoid the $6 nightly charges which are now inescapable. I signed up on the list to take a shower and about 2:25 my name was called.
Now, before you go to your assigned shower stall, you stop at the clothes closet so you’ll have something fresh and clean to put on after you dry off. The attendant gives you a washcloth and towel and a shirt and pants in the size you request. As for socks, there’s a big bin full of ’em and you pick out what you want.
So I rummaged through the sock bin. The socks are balled up so they can fit as many as possible in there. I found a pair of white socks that felt fairly loose, necessary to fit over my swollen ankles. They had a red emblem on them but I couldn’t see what it was because they were in a ball.
After the shower I put the socks on and discovered that the red emblem was a Confederate flag.
Only one visit to the clothes closet per day is allowed, so returning the socks and getting another pair was not an option.
So if you see me walking around in socks that scream I AM A RACIST, that’s why.
On to the news…
The Orpheum will have a screening of Grease Saturday at 2 PM. Come sing along to the songs of the 1978 classic starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
From Popular Science: Read ebooks for free on your Kindle or other reading device
Rolling Stone has coverage of Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral in Birmingham, UK. Rock on, Ozz Man.
Build your own Tom Lee lantern at Beale Street Landing Saturday from 4 to 7. $12. This workshop is for adults only. BYO adult beverages and snacks.
There will be a jazz jam at Center for Southern Folklore Sunday afternoon at 2.
It’s Wizarding Week at Grind City Brewing:
- Tonight: Popcorn and movie night
- Saturday: Diagon Alley Market and limited can release
- Sunday: Hororux Hunt
Ladies are invited to learn to shoot a pistol at Bass Pro at the Pyramid this weekend.
There’s a back-to-school event at the Greenlaw Community Center Saturday from 10 to 2. Score some free school supplies. 190 Mill Avenue.
That’s it for now. Back tomorrow or Sunday with more news.
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