April 2012
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Sitting outside on the screened-in porch, drinking a Negra Modelo and editing/revising, listening to the sound of the fountain in the pond outside my apartment. Nice, peaceful Saturday night.
March 2012
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“A frank facing of the past is unpleasant to the tender-minded, teaching as it...”
– Richard Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences, p. 68
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Boy, do I envy those of you who are out of college. And also those of you who are still in college, but aren’t working a full-time job at the same time.
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I haven't said this in a while on here, but...
I really, really need a beer tonight.
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“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys — to woo women — and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do.” — John Keating, Dead Poets Society
I saw that someone had reblogged this quote a few minutes ago, and felt the need to comment on it. I appreciate the sentiment...
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G&G Southern Food Bracket: Round Three →
I cannot believe the way this bracket is going. Cornbread has beat out Mac & Cheese so far this week, and Hoppin’ John has won over Shrimp and Grits. And now, today, Country Fried Steak is winning over Fried Chicken by 500 votes!! This is a travesty we can’t allow to continue.
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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
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Why do I always get such a bittersweet, almost nostalgic feeling on Sunday nights? I know the week will not be so very hard, and that the next weekend is not so very far away, but that knowledge rarely if ever helps. I always find myself wondering where all the time went, and why there isn’t more of it, and why so much has to be spent doing things that are neither enjoyable to us, nor good...
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“Να εισαι καλυτερος ανθρωπος απο τον πατερα σου / Be a better man than your...”
– Peter Bishop, Fringe
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For centuries, the Underground Railroad ran south →
While most Americans are familiar with the Underground Railroad that helped Southern slaves escape north before the Civil War, the first clandestine path to freedom ran for more than a century in the opposite direction…
A very interesting aspect of Southern history that few people today know about.
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sweetcarolinablues asked: What kind of camera and lenses do you shoot with?
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Irish stew and Smithwick’s at Madra Rua’s tonight. Win. Met some new people and had some really good conversations. Can’t wait to do it again.
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