By Jon Henseler
Apr 22, 2021 9:49 AM
Me to all of the haters and losers (of which there are many!) when they find out that sticks and stones can’t break my bones:
Look, it’s no secret that being a redhead as a adolescent isn’t all peaches and cream. As we went over on a blog a few days ago, ‘fire crotch,’ ‘ginger,’ ‘carrot top,’ ‘does the carpet match the drapes,’ are all colloquialisms we hear on a daily basis. Which, given the DEEP history of redheads isn’t actually all that bad. I’ll take being called ‘carrot pubes’ over being burned at the stake circa the Spanish Inquisition, that’s for sure.
By Jon Henseler
Apr 22, 2021 9:49 AM
Me to all of the haters and losers (of which there are many!) when they find out that sticks and stones can’t break my bones:
Look, it’s no secret that being a redhead as a adolescent isn’t all peaches and cream. As we went over on a blog a few days ago, ‘fire crotch,’ ‘ginger,’ ‘carrot top,’ ‘does the carpet match the drapes,’ are all colloquialisms we hear on a daily basis. Which, given the DEEP history of redheads isn’t actually all that bad. I’ll take being called ‘carrot pubes’ over being burned at the stake circa the Spanish Inquisition, that’s for sure.
Pictured Mitchell Kaplan, founder of Books & Books. Photo credit: Instagram, @whatmatterstou
Mitchell Kaplan, a professor, podcast host, movie creator and owner of local bookstore Books & Books will be the special guest in this semester’s What Matters to U event today at 5 p.m. A University of Miami alumni and Miami Beach local, Kaplan opened his first Books & Books location in 1982 in Coral Gables with the intention of bringing people together and offering a home away from home vibe fostered by a love for books.
“At What matters to U, we incite conversations that we traditionally wouldn’t have in classrooms,” said Meera Patel, in-coming chair member of What Matters to U and a public health major. “We want to have a creative approach and create a long-lasting impact on our peers’ college career/life.”
USA TODAY
On Earth Day and beyond, celebrities are using their platforms to call attention to environmental issues that aren t usually brought to the forefront.
This year, Earth Day comes as a deadly pandemic took center stage and and climate change sparked a cascade of calamities from raging wildfires to a ferocious hurricane season. Environmental experts are using Thursday to draw focus to restoring the world’s ecosystems through natural processes, emerging green technologies and innovative thinking.
If you re looking for ways to make a difference, these celebrity-backed environmental causes – some of them brand-new initiatives, others helpful reminders from longtime activists – from stars including Jane Fonda, Bill Nye, Hayley Hasselhoff, Justin Bieber and Prince William are helpful places to start.
Al Roker and Bill Nye pitch in with Great Global Cleanup for Earth Day Duration: 01:25 Joining a worldwide effort by EarthDay.org, TODAY’s Al Roker spotlights volunteers from the Great Global Cleanup on Roosevelt Island, New York in one of 2.500 cleanups happening all over the world on Thursday. Al is joined by Bill Nye the Science Guy, who has tips on how to plant trees.