Exactly … when I was in high school the default plan was the gang would “go to the movies” on Friday night, what movie tbd.

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While economists and editors might not like it, the meaning of the word 'inflation' has now changed from rising costs to high prices.
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Former Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy endorsed President Biden over his cousin Robert Kennedy Jr., who is running for president as an independent candidate.

'There is no other choice than Joe Biden,' he said.
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Miles Davis

Born on this day in 1926

- I Fall In Love Too Easily -

Meanwhile, over in Google Search.
Andrew Johnson has been killin it, I never knew.

A lot of potential and a lot to build on; Rhode Island Life Science Hub will support company creation&growth, good paying jobs, and better care for patients!

This is the most compelling case I’ve seen against the idea that smartphones are causing a mental health epidemic among teens.

Apparently Obamacare included a recommended annual screening of teen girls for depression and HHS also mandated a change in how hospitals code injuries.

This morning while getting a copy of the The New York Times featuring Alissa Zhu and Nick Thieme and my story on the front page, I was stopped in my tracks. The cashier reads the headline, looked at me, and said “that’s how my fiancé died.” It brought me back to why we did this story.

It's been five years since a fire ravaged Notre Dame, destroying the roof and spire of the cathedral. But the work to restore it to its former glory is continuing. Elaine Cobbe visited the ironworks in Normandy where they repaired the cross.

I say this every year!

Bonus: Memorial Day would then line up with Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth as they are similarly themed holidays.

The Diocese of Fall River announced on Saturday that Bishop Emeritus George Coleman passed away on Friday.
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.Jack Shafer: 'Often throttled by their top editors, today’s journalists also find themselves fighting a second front against politicians who now direct their campaigns at reporters as much as they do their opponents. The public appears to hate them too' politico.com/news/magazine/…

I think I watched 'Mary Poppins' roughly 5,000 times as a kid. Could probably sing most of those songs from memory still. RIP

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STORY: French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub it into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.
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Random thought: has Congress ever considered swapping Veterans Day and Memorial Day?

Memorial Day is supposed to be somber but it kicks off a celebratory weekend - incongruous. Nov 11 seems like a better fit. And veterans parades/celebrations could be festive for this weekend.

She's fierce, fantastic and now Miss Piggy is turning 50. This week is the 50th anniversary of her television debut. To mark this momentous Hollywood milestone, Michelle Miller sat down with The Muppets star to discuss her career, status as a fashion and feminist icon and more.

If there are vets in your life, please be considerate this weekend and recognize their thoughts may be elsewhere.

Guster started in college in the early '90s and have built one of the most loyal followings in music. And for the first time in five years, they're out with a new album. @JeffGlor met up with all four members of the band.

Tony B at Rhodes!