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January 25, 2018
The Irrepressible Nature of Irony*
Or, Nothing Is As It Appears To Be If you were to do a search on my site for the word “irony” — and why would you? — but, if you were to, of the ten results you would receive, the first three would have the word “irony” in their heading, so it’s easy to …
January 24, 2018
Don’t be a Doormat
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. ― Rebecca West #notetoself #timesup Advertisements
January 22, 2018
A History of A*
According to the ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY**, the etymological “definition” of the indefinite article “a” is: a form of an used before consonants, mid-12c., a weakened form of Old English an “one” (see an). The disappearance of the -n- before consonants was mostly complete by mid-14c. After c. 1600 the -n- also began to vanish before …
January 20, 2018
While waiting impatiently for Sunday’s NFL Conference Championship games…
#AMWRITING #butdistractedlyso #yesthatshortstorycollectionstillseemstobeathing #yesistillwritefirstdraftswithpenandpapersowhatofit #goeagles #gojaguars
January 19, 2018
Fans of Albert Camus are so absurd
Yeah, so call me absurd… Anyway, as happens with my other such favorite influential authors — Kafka, Vonnegut, Melville, Hemingway, London, Conrad… (I know, I know. This list is very male and very white… I’m working on that. I promise.) — I, like clockwork, begin jonesin’ for a Camus fix at least once a year. …
January 17, 2018
Why does it seem stars from my generation* have such a hard time staying alive?
What gives, yo? I mean, life’s a bitch and all but come on Gen Xers, don’t let all that depressing music from the Nineties go to your head… Or your heart. Man**… I tell ya, last year we lost such notable Gen Xers as Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell*** and, before them, Scott Weiland a …
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January 11, 2018
January 9, 2018
Writing is Sorrow…
Having had written is sublime. #notetoself #amwriting
December 18, 2017
Youtube must have new dream-capturing technology…
For somehow it managed to capture this reoccurring dream of mine: #resist #trump Advertisements Filed under: Politics Tagged: #RESIST, Donald Trump, humor, James Comey, Jared Kushner, Michael Flynn, parodies, political humor, political parodies, Politics, Russia, Steve Bannon, Trump, videos
December 13, 2017
For some reason I’ve been humming this song all day long…
Despite the fact that Southern Man don’t need those of Neil’s and my ilk around anyhow. #hardtobelievewehavetocelebratethefactanallegedchildmolestorlostanelection #harderstilltobelievewehavetomournthefactanadmittedsexualmolesterwonthepresidency #apologiesforthemassiveracistsymbolthatissoproudlydisplayedinthatvideo #resist Filed under: Politics Tagged: #RESIST, Alabama, Confederate Flag, Donald Trump, Doug Jones, hate symbols, Lynyrd Skynyrd, music, music video, Politics, racism, Roy Moore, Sweet Home Alabama
