Hippie Vikings Make Beatniks Obsolete

Beatniks were too intellectual to survive--all that philosophizing, beat poetry and jazz couldn't match what came next.

Meanwhile, for your viewing pleasure, here is a selection of Tiny Tonka Trucks from ages past, though still cherished and loved by many. I'd much rather play with examine a Tonka truck than suffer through, read beat poetry.

I'm not speaking of fine poets like Gary Snyder, of course. But the really good beat poets never liked the term 'beat' anyway, because it was a made-up term that really didn't mean very much.

It's time for some very intellectual chocolate muffins, which you can find here. Or this superb Black Forest cake.

Nothing could be finer.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you'll do it again....