Tag: abbey

• Best Damn Quotes: Edward Abbey

  “At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “this far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but…

  JunkChuck

  June 2, 2014

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  abbey, bulldozers, corporations, development, earthmovers, edward, edward abbey, environmentalism, government, line in the sand, regret, thoreau

• Best Damn Quotes: Edward Abbey on Stupidity

  “One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bonafide stupidity, nothing beats teamwork”. -Ed Abbey   *I’ve stopped numbering these.  Why bother to keep track?  

  JunkChuck

  March 31, 2014

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  abbey, cactus, ed, edward, environmentalism, funny, hayduke, insight, stupidity, teamwork, west, witty

• Olympics Volume 2–Meryl Takes Down Downton

  It was Sunday night, the sofa was soft, the down comforter warm, and the sun was shining on Downton Abbey–it’s always shining on the glacially slow BBC soap opera, you might have noticed, despite what I’ve heard about England, yet it was brighter still inside the ice arena in Sochi, Russia where the world’s finest…

  JunkChuck

  February 17, 2014

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  abbey, Andrew Poje, canada, charlie, controversy, dancing, davis, detroit, downton, Elena Ilinykh, Fabian Bourzat, france, ice, Kaitlyn Weaver, marina, meryl, michigan, moir, Nathalie Pechalat, Nikita Katsalapov, olympics, program, russia, russian, scott, short, sochi, sunday, tessa, usa, virtue, white, world record, zoueva, zueva

• Where I Live: Indiana, PA

  Coming up on the beginning of the holiday season, our town kicks things off with the annual “It’s a Wonderful Night In Indiana, PA” light up festival–there will be a parade, the mayor will wave from his car, and the marching band playing Christmas songs; next up is a bonfire, hot cocoa and all sorts…

  JunkChuck

  November 20, 2013

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  abbey, bedford, crimson, ed, edward, falls, hawks, indiana, iup, james, jimmy, life, pa, pennsylvania, stewart, university, wonderful