A link to the original story. (I am an Order Muppet struggling to let my inner Chaos Muppet out. Yes, that would be Animal.)

A history of the American Girl doll. I’ve visited their store in Rockefeller Center in NY just to gawk. The whole business model is an ur example of doing well while doing good. (NPR)

Quote: “I remember all of the first times. That first game with his chubby cheeks. The first catch in our front yard. The first time I took him to a field where he could run the bases…Someday, God willing, there will be new kinds of firsts. For the two of us, then for him with his own kids, me with my grandkids. And then for him and his grandkids. I’ll pass away, but that stuff about the rhythm of baseball binding together the generations? It’s true. All of it.”
Terrific read. (the bulwark.com)

Helo rescues huskydoodle. (APM)

Quote for the day

“We’re still a country that knows how to throw the bums out.” —Bret Stephens

Outro…but of course, as it’s my favorite.

With this one a close second. ‘Send someone to fetch me, I’m in Saskatchewan…”

Chatter Lagniappe Sunday A Unified Theory of Muppet Types American Girl doll fathers and sons and baseball helo rescues huskydoodle JVL