Month: June 2015
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Tunesday: The Dead, Box of Rain
Another rain post–AND a Tunesday post–one of my favorite songs. Anyone who ever had the pleasure of attending a outdoor Grateful Dead show in the rain knows what very special luck that is. Some bands run for cover, but the Dead just kicked it up a notch and dove into a “rain set.” The last […]
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Monday/Memeday: Get In The Van
You had to know I’d have to get a few more words in after the events of the previous week, but you would be wrong. It’s time to get some healing started, and what better way to start than with one of the all time great memes? I thought you’d agree. I never fail to […]
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Saturday Night Originals: Appalachian Sunburst 1985
So, it’s not Saturday. I know. I didn’t want to wait another week to get this series on track. I’m not a photographer, but I’ve taken a few dozen pictures over the years that I liked–some of them, like this one, are scans of ancient film shots. Enjoy the pretentious effects–I thought I was being […]
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Cruz Vs. Clinton
I was laughing when I lifted this from Twitter, planning to include it with the other funny posts I referenced in a post of #tedcruzcampaignslogans, but the more I thought about it the more I thought: this ticket would be ideal. First and foremost, these two aren’t the idiots most of us think they are–oh, […]
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2015 Summer Wonder #25: Back To The Beach
It rained ALL DAY here today–over 2″ of steady downpour from around 3 am to late afternoon, with occasional relapses into the evening. I sat around like a lump and wrote, read your blogs, deleted a lot of old email, and had Campbell’s Condensed Cream of Tomato Soup and a corn meal muffin for supper. […]
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And About Time Too.
Originally posted on Esme's Cloud:
Another step towards civilisation becoming civilised. Jaque Roberts, left, and her partner of 31 years, Carmelita Cabello, right, show off their marriage license in Austin, Texas. What a beautiful photograph, their smiles say it all. -
What? Rain?
This photo looks joyous. In truth, the young lady is surrendering to the inevitable, biding the rain gods to do what they will. The bastards. I don’t like to whine, but–are you kidding me? Less than a month ago, the following article ran in my hometown newspaper. I’ve never met this guy Quigley, but I […]
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Scalia’s Awesome Massive Marriage Meltdown
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been getting hammered this week, on the losing end of a series of decisions that uphold legislation that runs contrary to his idealogical stance, including upholding the Affordable Care Act and, today, legalizing same sex marriage in all 50 States. Scalia and his partner, Judge Clarence Thomas, are two […]
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2015 Summer Wonders #24: It’s Raining What?
A big storm blew through town the other day–we’ve had two rainless days in the past two weeks. I’ve heard of it raining cats and dogs. I’ve even heard of it raining men, but this is getting ridiculous.
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Wednesday Words of Wisdom: W.E.B. Du Bois
One of the great writers and thinkers in the American legacy, the powerful and wonderfully controversial, W.E.B. Du Bois stands tall, his work growing in stature and significance as time passes, in the way certain monoliths seem not to dwindle in the the distance but rather to assert themselves by virtue of scale and prominence […]
Old Road Apples 