{"id":573897474,"date":"2024-10-09T22:49:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T02:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573897474"},"modified":"2024-10-14T17:14:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:14:06","slug":"no-flag-no-country-you-cant-have-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2024\/10\/09\/no-flag-no-country-you-cant-have-one\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No flag, no country; you can&#8217;t have one!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More grading today. But I&#8217;ve made good progress on this batch of grading and feedback-ing. So many words to write, and metaphors upon which to expand. <\/p>\n<p>I stopped for two things. First, a quick 25-mile ride this afternoon. Nothing like 90 breathless to reinvigorate you to come back, sit down, and sound knowledgeable about the topics at hand. <\/p>\n<p>The other thing I did today was actually something that we did tonight. We went across the river.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerdelaware.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Izzard was in town, touring on a 35-year career, playing some of the hits. We watched a lot of Izzard in the oughts and early teens, so it was fun to see some of the old bits.  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/oct24\/oct42.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This classic bit made the cut tonight. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NI8UZubOJlo?si=AqLgBHC4TfSQVveL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We heard the Romans, Carthaginians and elephants story. The woman sitting next to me repeated parts of it word for word, which was cute.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smN4_9PwZOw?si=mbaW4JUYQCs3sRjC\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And Izzard closed with the Death Star canteen, of course.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xxX7QCll3oc?si=47_JRUi3cIn9gvH3\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was a fun show. We had front row seats on the mezzanine. Not bad for spur-of-the-moment tickets. <\/p>\n<p>And now back to grading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More grading today. But I&#8217;ve made good progress on this batch of grading and feedback-ing. So many words to write, and metaphors upon which to expand. I stopped for two things. First, a quick 25-mile ride this afternoon. 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