Jack Jacobson Family Law Attorney Retired

The Supremes, the Temptation, Smokey Robinson, the Miracle & Martha and the Vandellas in London 1965.

Majestic Giant Sequoias, the largest living things standing on the planet.🌳

The border between the Brazilian city of "Manaus" and the Amazon rainforest. 💚 🇧🇷

My uncle says the architects got rid of the front porches because they didn't look well. But my uncle says that was merely rationalizing it; the real reason, hidden underneath, might be they didn't want people sitting like that, doing nothing, rocking, talking; that was the wrong kind of social life. People talked too much. And they had time to think. So they ran off with the porches. And the gardens, too. Not many gardens any more to sit around in. And look at the furniture. No rocking chairs any more. They're too comfortable. Get people up and running around. ~Ray Bradbury

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(Art: Photograph by Sonny Lee)

“Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes

Laurel Tice

Aida Overton Walker “The Queen of the Cakewalk" was a vaudeville performer, actress, dancer and singer.

Amazing Bookshelf **ALERT** Check out this tree-mendous reading nook where the bookworms meet the earthworms. This isn't just a bookcase; it's a whole forest of knowledge! 🌳

Quick poll: Would you swap your IKEA shelf for this organic masterpiece or is it too "wild" for your taste? Let's hear it! 🌲📖

LONG HAIR 🔥🔥
Traditionally, long hair was always a symbol of masculinity. All of history's great warriors had long hair, from the Greeks (who wrote odes to their heroes' hair) to the Nordic, from the American Indians (famous for their long shiny hair) to the Japanese. And the longer and beautiful the hair was, the more manly the warrior was considered. Vikings flaunted their braids and samurai wore their long hair as a symbol of their honor (they cut their braid when they lose honor).
When a warrior was captured, his mane was cut to humiliate him, to take away his beauty. That custom resumed in what is today military service. There when new soldiers begin their training the first thing they do is cut their hair to undermine their self-esteem, make them submissive and make them see who's boss.
The Romans were the ones who "invented" short hair so to speak, between the 1st and 5th centuries AD.. In battles they believed this gave them defensive advantages, since their opponents couldn't grab them by the hair. This also helped them to recognize each other in the battlefield.
Short hair on men is a relatively new "invention" that has nothing to do with aesthetics.
But today we often see men being humiliated, sometimes called "gay" for wearing long hair, not knowing that short hair is actually the "anti-masculine" and is a repressive social imposition, while long hair symbolizes freedom.

Kick them off if they are racist....

I have retired...