The Maroon Vol. 2… No. 93, Monday, November 28, 2022
“Bringing us all to a place we don't want to lose."
Observer: Farewell Black Friday
Macky’s New York: Macky & Dennis
William Peay: Tales From The Wood…
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame: Made For & Inspired By RHS Alumni
RHS Tired Teens: Later School Start Times
M + A NYC: Mighty Are We As One
In Memory Of Our Classmates & Faculty: Photographs & Memories
Jeff Meyers: Suffering Bastards
James Stroker: Hope Coach
Jim Schoneman: Rock Hound
Siobhan Crann Winograd: Around The Village
Kathy & Ross Petras: You’re Saying It Wrong
Observer
Farewell Black Friday
This was the first year that I can remember that the local news didn’t report on people lining up in front of Big Box stores so they could be first in line for Black Friday deals. There was also no film footage of people trampling one another to get to the flat screen TVs or fighting over the last marked down toaster oven. Truth be told I don’t watch local news, only BBC and Deutsche Welt (DW) on PBS. Though even these European channels didn’t find the space to comment on Black Friday. I was getting ready to proclaim that Black Friday didn’t happen, if it’s not in the media. I felt very grateful for this long sought epiphany.
Then I read about the Mall of America in Bloomington Minnesota where people did indeed line up at 4:30 in the morning. The Mall Of America was America’s brand-new “megamall,” when it hosted its first-ever Black Friday on November 27, 1992.
The people on the line, as you would expect, were bundled up and they were also very respectful of one another. No scenes of pushing and shoving. No terrified Mall employees opening the days and then running for safety to avoid the rush of shoppers. Just another day in Minnesota. Everywhere else people seemingly were shopping online:
Adobe, which analyzes U.S. e-commerce data in real time, says Black Friday set a new record for online sales ($9.12 billion).
Macky’s New York
Matthew Cortellesi Photography
Macky & Dennis Carroll
William Peay
Tales From The Wood…
Broad Street
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Made For & Inspired By RHS Alumni
Visit The RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Digital Printing for the RHS Hall of Fame provided by Tim Boucher, RHS 1988
RHS Tired Teens
Later School Start Times
M + A NYC
Mighty Are We As One
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In Memory Of Our Classmates & Faculty
Photographs & Memories
In Memory Of Our RHS Classmates
Jeff Meyers
Suffering Bastards
These suffering bastards,
These lonely white boys
(reverse racism? I think not;
mass killings by white boys
outnumber the lot)
Who loathe themselves so much
That they decide to attack
Others who they suppose are
Not quite reaching the ideal
They have failed to reach themselves;
These gun-toting, knife-wielding
Miserables, looking for some kind of
Instantaneous fame,
Infamy even, whatever it takes
To not feel alone,
To join whatever club
Will take them, even
If the club includes
Those as lonely
And indiscriminate
As themselves.
Why do so many souls
Seem to want to move towards
Such a club of dead-enders,
Going nowhere?
Perhaps, in their idealistic
Conceit, they despise
Anyone who refuses to join
Their lonely club.
James Stroker
Hope Coach
Jim Schoneman
Rock Hound
It looks like a desert, but this is actually the bottom of the Tennessee River near Decatur, AL. To the left and right is water, but this little shoal is exposed because there hasn't been a lot of rain and the water is low. The smell was quite strong. Very musty.
Siobhan Crann Winograd
Around The Village
So much to be grateful tonight in Ridgewood. To the restaurants who cooked with love today, to the heros that delivered with care and to HealthBarn and Stacey Antine who tied it all together. Feed the Frontlines Grateful 2022.
Kathy & Ross Petras
You’re Saying It Wrong
ascent / assent
“Spectators watcing the assent of the balloon Ben Franklin—BRYN MAWR COLLEGE LIBRARY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Even academics do it: confuse assent and ascent. Assent is a verb meaning to “express approval,” and ascent is a noun meaning “a climb.”
That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories
Ross & Kathy’s podcast: