Tim Curry
This content was published April 19, 2011. Tim Curry passed away August 26, 2026. … Timothy James Curry was born April 19, 1946. Mr. Curry is an actor, singer, and all around phenomenon. The role that made him a star was Frank-n-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show.”
Mr. Curry is best known for playing a flamboyant transvestite. His wikipedia page does not discuss his personal life. If you go to google, and type “is tim curry” the top five results are gay, married, dead, alive, died. A visit to some of the sites listed gave no definite answers. One of the sites tried to slip a *trojan horse* into this machine. Some things are better left a mystery.
After Dr. Furter went back to Transylvania, Mr. Curry made rock and roll albums. In 1978, a tour was put together to promote his vinyl debut. The first show in the United States was at the Agora Ballroom in Atlanta GA. I was in the audience.
Riding into town on the 23 Oglethorpe bus, I got to talk to some ladies who were in town for a conference. They were worried about the crime. I tried to reassure them by telling a recent news story. This lady was having breakfast in a downtown hotel, when she put her purse down on the floor. A handgun her husband had given her went off when the handbag hit the ground. The lady’s breakfast companion was hit and killed.
Mr. Curry walked onstage eating a banana, grabbed a stool and turned it upside down. He appeared to be a bit tipsy. This did not affect his performance. Mr. Curry did most of the songs on his album, along with “Celluoid Heroes” by the Kinks. The latter song featured a Garbo impersonation.
Whoever put the band together for this tour had a lot of money. The guitar player played with Lou Reed on “Rock and Roll Animal.” The keyboard player, and musical director, was Micheal Kamen, formerly of the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble. (A song on the Curry album, “Sloe Gin,” was a NYRRE song, “Fields of Joy,” with new lyrics.)
The only song from “Rocky Horror” that Mr. Curry did was “I’m Going Home.” A few people were upset that he did not do “Sweet Transvestite.” He played another Agora show a couple of years later, and reportedly did perform “Sweet Transvestite.”
Tom Waits was scheduled to perform at the Agora the next night. I was wandering through the balcony between shows, and saw Mr. Waits sitting at a table. A bodyguard was standing by, who said that it was just someone who looked like Tom Waits. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Photographs of Cornell Fresh and Cornell 2d Varsity are from the George Grantham Bain Collection ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
Coat Of Many Colors
This content was published August 22, 2012. Dolly Rebecca Parton got her eternal Coat of Many Colors August 25, 2026. … I saw a story, and thought about the song, “Coat of Many Colors.” The b side was by Porter Wagoner, “Coat of many sequins.” COMC is about a woman who is too poor to buy her little girl a coat at the store, so she makes a quilt. The other kids make fun of her, but little Dolly knows that the coat is really made of love. The song talks about a story in the Bible. I had heard about the story, but didn’t remember the details. I must have been daydreaming in Sunday School when that story was taught. With the help of google, Genesis 37 appears, as if by magic. Pass the popcorn.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age:
and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Ok, hold on for a minute. Israel had at least two wives. The Biblical definition of marriage must be between a man and two women.
The story gets a bit weird here. Joseph has this dream, where he becomes the boss hog brother. The other brothers decide something needs to be done, that Joseph needs to die. Reuben tries to help Joseph, and has a plan to save him. Joseph is stripped of the coat of many colors, and placed in a pit, with no water. Before Reuben can sneak Joseph out of the pit, a camel caravan comes by. Twenty pieces of silver change hands, and Joseph is sold into slavery. The brothers decide to pull a cover up, and make it look like Joseph was dead. Reuben made another sandwich.
31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said,
This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him;
Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted;
and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. … The pictures are from The Library of Congress. Walker Evans took the social media picture in March 1936. Vicksburg, Mississippi. ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
She Always Carries Jonquils
This content was published August 18, 2011. … I found Archival Atlanta: Electric Street Dummies, the Great Stonehenge Explosion, Nerve Tonics, and Bovine Laws : Forgotten Facts and Well-Kept Secrets from Our City’s Past at the Chamblee library. There are always more stories to be heard.
In the 1840s, the Western and Atlantic railroad wanted to hook up with the Central of Georgia railroad. The spot for the meeting was called Terminus. One idea was to name the town for William Lumpkin, a former Georgia Governor and a railroad executive. Lumpkinville sounded bad in the mouth, and the new town was named “Marthasville,” after the daughter of the Governor. (Martha is buried in Oakland Cemetery.) Few people liked this name, and someone decided that the feminine form of Atlantic was Atlanta. Unlike the state flag, this is unlikely to change.
The new town prospered, and recovered from the unpleasantness of 1864. In 1875, there was a problem with stray cows. The answer was the “1875 Cow Ordinance.” The law required that cows be kept in a pen at night. A fine of two dollars was assessed for every stray cow that was caught.
About this time, there were a few very busy railroad tracks going through downtown. People were getting tired of waiting for the trains to go through. One by one, viaducts were built over the tracks, creating a forgotten ground floor. This was built up into Underground Atlanta in the sixties, which was red hot for a while, then cooled off, and is now so so.
In 1897, J.W. Alexander was the first person in town to own a “horseless carriage.” One day, he decided to take a ride to East Point. A mule objected, and kicked man and machine into a ditch.
It is a rule that all history books about Atlanta have to discuss Coca Cola and Gone With The Wind. There are only so many stories to go around. This book tells of an Alpharetta farmer who bought the Tara set from MGM. He stored it in a barn, the location of which was a secret. Betty Talmadge wanted to buy it, and the price went from $375k to $5k. After a while, the sale was finalized. There was only one problem … the farmer died, and never told anyone where the barn was. Mrs. Talmadge got the money from her husband’s overcoat, went to Alpharetta, and found the barn. The set was moved into another secret location, where it was in 1996, when Archival Atlanta was published.
Sam and William Venable owned Stone Mountain, and had a quarry there. Sam built a large granite house at 1140 Ponce De Leon Avenue, and stocked it with ammunition. He thought a race war was on the way, and wanted to be prepared. One night, a chimney overheated. The roof caught on fire. The explosives in the attic exploded, and took the roof off. The house was repaired, Mr. Venable died, and the house became part of a Lutheran church.
One of the few ante bellum houses in Atlanta is near Grant Park. It was once owned by Lemuel Grant, who donated the land for the park. He stays in a large marble house in Oakland Cemetery now. The Grant Park house was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John Marsh, in partnership with Boyd Eugene Taylor. After the death of Mrs. Marsh (also known as Margaret Mitchell,) she was known to visit the house. “Margaret just wanders through the house, looking things over. She never talks, and she always carries jonquils. The first night she came I was very shocked. I went out to her grave at Oakland Cemetery the next day. I’d never been to the house before. But I was almost certain of what I’d find. The plot is covered by a bed of jonquils.”
Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library The social media picture was taken October 4, 1966. “Davis House Kentucky Fried Chicken Colonel Harlan Sanders shown with worker. Davis House Cafeterias; Palmer Building; 39 Marietta Street, NW”
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This is your monday morning reader for today. This is where I publish notes and links from last week. A few minutes ago, Dekalb county came by, and took last weeks garbage away. The two functions are essentially the same. · Whenever Elvis visited the steakhouse, he never failed to order a rare steak, bordering raw, and oozing greasily at the edges. After his untimely death, none of the waiters could deny that he loved meat tender. · Liberace’s Birthday Meditation: LBM will take you around the world without leaving your chair. · The four messenger’s meditation, celebrating Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, and Elvis. You will go around the world without leaving your chair. · The Friday Meditation takes you around the world without leaving your chair. · “This time two years ago was when I started to pay attention to Candace Owens. She was speaking out against Leo Frank,who allegedly killed Mary Phagan during Passover in 1913. ” · I thought i heard the bell and opened my eyes. I kept them open. On my evening meds recently,i will have enough and quit early. My timer then is 22 minutes. I have 3 timer settings. 22 for meditation, 36 for walking and steaming vegetables, 13 for cooking rice and noodles. · Christianism is based on the Almighty Tautology. You believe in the God of the Bible. You also believe that the Bible is the Word of God. Is Yahweh the God of Word? · @whitesocksclips Nick Fuentes is DONE with the conspiracy nonsense “You want to go with the shamanic negress talking about time travel and f*cking clockwork elves. Take that bullshit over there where it belongs… The CK conspiracy saga is a true crime podcast for women” · “It took me a while to like Bob Dylan because I thought, who is this guy who wants to sound like Woody Guthrie? Cuz I was a big Woody Guthrie fan. I first saw Dylan in that light and … his singing put me off.” Peter Asher · @loustweet Wanted man found in concrete vat. Called a ‘hardened criminal’ by police. @SethFromThe716 Whoever is still holding his beer, you can put it down now. · R.I.P. Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29 · This seemed a bit fishy. I googled “R.I.P. Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29” I found this: “FACT CHECK: No Marines have died in Afghanistan this year” · “Army Sgt. Justin B. Allen, 23, of Coal Grove, Ohio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died July 18, 2010, in Zhari, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was shot by insurgents while conducting combat operations.” Marine Corps Times has links for the rest of the names in this meme, if you want to look them up. · Died July 18, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom · “R.I.P. Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29, Justus Bartett 27, Dave Santos 21, Jesse Reed 26, Matthew Johnson 21, Zachary Fisher 24, Brandon King 23, Christopher Goeke 23, and Sheldon Tate 27…. All Marines who gave their lives this week in Iran because of the Israeli war in Iran! There’s no media for them at all… not even a mention of their names. Please honor them by copying and pasting this post. R.I.P. It is the least we can do.” · There is a meme showing the names of “Marines who gave their lives this week in Iran because of the Israeli war in Iran!” The meme is a lie. · a sky full of elephants, the war with iran takes a strange turn, using elephants to bomb the kibbutz, a drone cannot stop them, supply line problems are about to get worse, it takes a lot of food and water, to keep a pachyderm going, meanwhile, iran is going to launch flying camels, israel will never recover from this · Pictures today are from The Library of Congress Arthur Rothstein took the social media picture in September 1942. “Detroit, Michigan. Truck driver at the Allison Motors plant” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
The Least We Can Do
There was a meme on facebook this morning. “R.I.P. Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29, Justus Bartett 27, Dave Santos 21, Jesse Reed 26, Matthew Johnson 21, Zachary Fisher 24, Brandon King 23, Christopher Goeke 23, and Sheldon Tate 27…. All Marines who gave their lives this week in Iran because of the Israeli war in Iran! There’s no media for them at all… not even a mention of their names. Please honor them by copying and pasting this post. R.I.P. It is the least we can do 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 💜✝️💜.”
The bs detector went off immediately. I googled “R.I.P. Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29.” I quickly found this: “FACT CHECK: No Marines have died in Afghanistan this year.”
Marine Corps Times had links for the fallen Soldiers and Marines listed in the meme. “Army Sgt. Justin B. Allen, 23, of Coal Grove, Ohio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died July 18, 2010, in Zhari, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was shot by insurgents while conducting combat operations.”
Snopes and Politifact had information about this gimmick. Apparently this meme comes up every now and then, with the name of the current conflict used.
“Please honor them by copying and pasting this post. R.I.P. It is the least we can do. 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 💜✝️💜” Does it really honor fallen soldiers to past a nonsense image on Facebook? To this observer, this meme is an insult to the memory of these troops. The insult is compounded by emojizing the American Flag, a Purple Heart, and the Cross. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Arthur Rothstein took the social media picture in September 1942. “Detroit, Michigan Lathe operator at the Allison Motors plant.” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
#AbsurdObituaries
@Swalter255 He died in a freak accident, he and another freak ran into each other
@shellbell_xo Her stubborness killed her- She should have never said “Over my dead body.”
@farrfoxhake He died in most unusual circumstances: He was winning an argument with his wife. She’s now serving 20 for manslaughter.
@JennifersEyebr1
Nobody liked him, he was a grumpy selfish man and won’t be missed. – Love, your family
@JordanISaBEAR
She is survived by her pet hamster that subsisted on her flesh for ten days after her death.
@ESCapeditiea
When attending, we will offer complimentry wooden stakes and chainsaws. Just in case.
@ShotoDan2016 He was a dedicated bomb defusal expert. Even his Parkinson’s diagnosis couldn’t keep him from his job.
@loustweet Wanted man found in concrete vat. Called a ‘hardened criminal’ by police.
@twitsnotnice
Joe is survived by two cats, who at the time of his death, weren’t on speaking terms with him.
@TayBar80 Due to technical issues, the funeral has been moved next door to McDonalds parking lot.
@iwputt19 Restaurant in piece
@rhealyrhealy John had plenty of supplies to survive being trapped in his home for 7 days,
but unfortunately, forgot to buy cat food.
@An_Enigma_2017 She died a horrid death when the green alien she coughed up and drank back down ate her from the inside out.
@NowhereManChild Local t-shirt printer falls into inking machine and dyes
@ShotoDan2016 He dyed, doing what he loved. He was a great hairstylist.
@Ollie_Llama …unfortunate beginner juggler decision to use weighted chopsticks…
@dragi_d It wasn’t his fault. He was left unsupervised at the strip club
@rllyfunnydragon R.I.P to a beloved Husband and Father.
He used to drive us crazy telling Dad Jokes. Now all he can make is Dead Jokes.
@JohnJTerrible He died peacefully in his sleep, unlike his passengers, who died screaming.
@MajorChaotic666 His pronouns we’re zee and zeer
@atch00s She always wanted to be tall and thin.
Unfortunately it took a sausage machine to make her dreams come true.
@Halloweeja Died texting while driving. A-hole always needed to have the last word.
@JohnJTerrible
Burial services end at 2pm. An additional hour is set aside for all who wish to piss on his grave
@EpicBngeWatcher He wanted everyone to comment, like, and subscribe to his funeral livestream.
@nosympathy82 Extreme sports athlete cheated death everyday slipped on a banana peel
@Megatallica118 26-year old male lost his head while brutally headbanging to Pantera.
Parents are really concerned.
@silkysoul She died dyeing her dying cat’s fur
@abtsag He was born he drank he was boring
@PwrFulWmn She accidentally read “topical” as “tropical” and chugged the bottle.
@SethFromThe716 Whoever is still holding his beer, you can put it down now.
@yabbahead Died from a lack of retweets. God rest his tweety soul
@xcdntlcsmnt Sad he’s gone, but glad he got the answer to his question ‘How much ice cream is needed for brain freeze to be fatal?’
@JeFiggins1987 He died doing what he did best.
Did I ever tell you what a great drunk driver Dave was? Well, up until that last time!
@JeFiggins1987 102yo Jerome Figgins died bedding his 18yo 7th wife.
It took plastic surgeons 2 hours to remove the smile from his face.
@SethFromThe716 He once said, “YOLO”, and that was all he did.
@BeatusVon “He died peacefully in his beautiful mansion, which is now for sale.
Further informations below.”
@robstewart100 You really can’t have Bacon at every Meal
@SethFromThe716 Oh well. The worms will eat a nice meal.
@lordtiddington After a life time of hard work and community dedication,
John was found with a bowling ball protruding from his rectum.
@RanNewMan77 the family requests that no one bring tuna casserole or fidget spinners to the wake
@kenny_whiteman Thought that the Kardashians could use a little more mainstream media coverage
@thewritetbkeys You can find his official obituary on MySpace
@FrankRLax61 in death, as in life, he lies here doing nothing while other people do the work,
and get stuck with the bill
@JoeCook80543637 died in mid sentence, while writing his final tweet. ” The secret to life is…..”
@BeverleyShaw17 Mother wishes her funeral to be held two weeks before she’s dies,
as she can’t bear to miss out on anything.
@hulga_hopewell Yesterday, some ugly annoying bitch died.
On Saturday; main street will be blocked off for a block party, all are invited.
@in_the_ruins He is survived by some grass clippings and an unopened packet of instant oatmeal.
This text was published August 12, 2017. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Marion Post Wolcott took the social media picture in January 1939. “Bar in Belle Glade, Florida”
©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
Ideologically Successful
0814-0951 – Last week’s path journal, The Tyranny Of Words, is now available. Today’s walk was respectable. After a few days with no foot problems, there was some mild dizziness. I did the standard 36 minutes, with heat increasing by the minute. The commentary today was Peter Asher on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan. PA (no middle name) was part of Peter and Gordon, onetime bf-inlaw of Paul McCartney, and an all purpose music industry actor. He had some good stories.
“PA: “It took me a while to like Bob Dylan because I thought, who is this guy who wants to sound like Woody Guthrie? Cuz I was a big Woody Guthrie fan. I first saw Dylan in that light and later it dawned on me that songs he was writing were of a different caliber. But his singing put me off for a while.”
WPC: “Uh, how does that work when your sister goes to your mom and your dad and says, “Hey, by the way, the the Beatle wants to move in.” PA: “Well, my mother actually offered him the guest room, because he was hanging around a lot. I mean, he would come to dinner” … WPC: “This is early like 63, 64. …They’re getting there, but they’re not like what they became.” PA: “It’s sort of love me do time.”
Paul McCartney was staying in a spare bedroom at the Asher house. Mrs. Asher had a music room in the basement. And she said to Paul, “If you ever needed a piano, he could use the piano in that room, which was a small upright piano.” And he did quite often. And on this particular day, John Lennon came over. … They went down to this basement room and after a couple of hours, I guess, called upstairs to see who was around, and asked if I wanted to come hear the song they had just finished.” The song was “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
PA: “We played the World’s Fair in New York. We played the Unisphere, or whatever they called it. … We had a moat filled with water around the stage. And the police were going, “Oh, don’t worry, we got this all under control. … The minute we came on, all the screaming girls jumped in the moat and swam across to the stage and jumped out on the stage. So, it was incredibly exciting. It was like an early version of a wet t-shirt contest.”
0815-0855 – Today’s walk was without adjectival description. There was mild dizziness, which wore off completely. I walked 1.47 miles in 49:26. I went by the place where I noted an ATT wire on the sidewalk. The wire has been removed.
The entertainment was What Is There To Say About Ariana Grande? on Infamous. Ariana Grande-Butera is an entertainer I have not followed. That said, the show today kept my interest for a half hour. It turns out there have been incidents. There was the donut licking incident, and the suicide bomber at a concert. The two incidents were not connected.
0816-0913 – The walk today was ideologically successful. I did 44 minutes with mild dizziness on the first couple of laps. The show today was EP-01 Imperial Germany vs Nazi Germany on Hardcore History Addendum. Daniel L. Carlin compared the German Army of WW1 to the Wehrmacht of WW2. To DLC, the problem with Hitler’s armies was putting ideology over competence. Many people see this problem today with the military industrial complex. This episode was released October 19, 2017. It may have been intentional when DLC said “ideology trumps merit” for the Wehrmacht.
“The military dictatorship of Germany was able to isolate and quarantine the Kaiser himself, the imperial warlord of Germany. Sit in the corner, play with your maps and your ships, we have a war to conduct. Who’s gonna do that in the Second World War? Who’s gonna cordon off Hitler, and quarantine Hitler from his bad decisions being transmitted to the military? Nobody, because it’s an ideological state. The ideology plays as large a role, or a larger role in everything. Ideology by the way is absolutely key for understanding the second world war at all.”
0817-1030 The walk today was muggy. The dog days of summer are barking. It is hot, with no rain to moderate the carnage. The wind forgot to blow. This might be a problem today. I am doing laundry, and drying the clothes outside. Wind is what dries laundry. Fortunately, I can leave the clothes up as long as I like, which may be tomorrow morning.
The first show today was Madhuri Vijay Reads “Hidden Life” on The New Yorker: The Writer’s Voice. The story was set in India. A young lady is sent to live with an elderly aunt. A cousin, and an old friend of the aunt, play co-starring roles. It should be boring, but was actually fun to listen to.
The second show was Episode 319: If You Haven’t Seen Woke 1, This Episode Won’t Make Much Sense To You on Blocked and Reported. The episode was being recorded when news arrived about Jason Atta Kwei Arday’s death. His demise is assumed to be suicide. This video presents another scenario for the dreadlock toting JAKA. A man, with enormous unkempt dreadlocks, goes to a barber to have them cut off. Soon, the man screams in pain, goes home, and dies. There were black widow spiders living in the dreadlocks, which did not like having their home disturbed.
Later, during a discussion about Woke 1.0, we had this exchange between Catherine Ronan Herzog and Jesse Richard Singal. JRC: “I just think if you were very loudly proclaiming a certain belief not long ago, you should defend your original belief, or explain why you changed your mind, or basically do anything but what a lot of these folks are doing.” CRH: “It shows very little commitment to a value.” JRC: “You’re saying politicians don’t always have strong principles.” CRH: “I think I think maybe I’m saying that. Am I the first person to come up with that?” JRC: “Possibly.”
0818-0913 – The walk today was soporific. The heat is on the way, but I got done early. I did 48:00, with no foot dizziness. The entertainment was EP:58 – Netanyahu Jerks Trump’s Chain on Provoked. This was a good show. Darryl is a former DOD contractor specializing in air defense, so he knows a thing or two. One theme of the show was how screwed we are in Iran, part 420.
0819-0919 – Today was lawn cutting day. The summer is winding down, and this will not need to be done too much more. In December, the lawn will be cut, and the fallen leaves ground up. As usual with the lawn, there was no dizziness.
0820 – The walk today was tubular. I did 47:30 with no foot trouble. I cut out an exposed root. It was on the ground, waiting for someone to trip over it. The show today was EP-24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick on a Hardcore History Addendum episode released February 14, 2023. Frederick Jay “Rick” Rubin was talking to Daniel L. Carlin. FJR is a joy to listen to, with his soothing voice and insights into the human condition. There are tons of quotes, each one of which I could write a term paper about. It will be a problem to sort out the thoughts inspired by this show, and write a few hundred coherent words. Easy writing makes tough reading, and I want people to enjoy reading this.
FJR: “The record that really changed the world in many ways was I Feel Love. That was done by Giorgio Moroder, and the music was completely generated. It wasn’t played by people, although Giorgio did control the parameters of the machine that was making the sounds. It was the first big record that was all generated through a machine.”
Recorded music is a theater of change. Before 1924, recordings were made by playing into a recording horn, which cut a groove into a disc. There have been many upgrades in the technology since then. Some time in the sixties, the technology of the studio became part of the music. Today, it is tough to tell where the medium ends, and the message begins.
DLC: “Tucker Carlson is a deliberate provocateur for money and that drives me crazy. It especially drives me crazy when people consider themselves, and I’m using air quotes here, Patriots.” Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox News in April 2023, two months after this show was released.
FJR: “I was listening to the local public radio station in Hawaii. There was an old Hawaiian man, who maybe was 100 years old. He was out on a boat looking back at his Island. He said, all of the things over the last hundred years that man has built on these islands, none of them were more beautiful than what was here before.” … I have had this thought myself. The thing is, I live in an area that is in the second phase of development. Many of the buildings from the fifties and sixties are being replaced by newer structures. Some of these newer buildings are nicer than the buildings that they replaced.
FJR: “Some people have read it and said, this inspires me to want to make things. That feels really good because it’s fulfilling its promise.” DLC: “ This is your frozen in amber moment.” At this point, the buzzer went off, telling me I could quit walking if I wanted to. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the social media picture in July 1937. “Packing filled cans into cooking basket. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin” For more information about my morning walks, see The Path Journal. ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
The God Of Word
This content was posted July 18, 2017. … The facebook comment started with “Christ had so little regard for … ” I gave into the temptation to comment. “Are you talking about Jesus? Not everyone agrees that he was the Christ.” The internet showed mercy, and only one stranger replied. “I think the bigger picture is being overlooked for semantics here… ” Talking, in or out of vain, is a big deal here.
People like to express opinions about the teaching of Jesus. The source of 99% of these thoughts is the bible. It is a fundamental belief that “the bible is the word of God.” I have disagreed with this notion for a long time. This is not the same as not believing in the existence of God.
I started to type a facebook reply, and then thought better of it. Sunday afternoons are a gift, even if they are uncomfortably hot. It is too fine a day to argue religion on the internet. Before I stopped, one thought did occur to me. If the bible is the word of God, then maybe Yahweh is the God of word. If you saw a mushroom cloud rising over Brookhaven …
Christianism is a religion of beliefs, rather than practices. The idea of getting people to agree with your beliefs is key to the Jesus experience. Many of these beliefs are noted in the bible. It is as if people make a God out of a book. When these high powered thoughts are expressed, then the semantics can get overwhelming.
As for the teaching of Jesus, all we know is what the Council of Nicea chose to tell us. We don’t have very much. What we do have is conveniently selected to fit the agenda of the speaker. What someone says about Jesus tells us more about that person than it does about Jesus.
UPDATE This post starts with by quoting a facebook post. The link no longer works. The former facebook friend blocked me. After George HW Bush died, the ffbf was trashing the former President, using the phrase “I am not going to whitewash history.” I commented that it would be better for his karma to be a bit kinder towards the former President. The ffbf did not like that, and blocked me. Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. The social media picture was taken July 7, 1954. “Boy Scout Camp” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
Shade
This content was published August 27, 2024. … Sunday was the freebie-friendly Summer Shade Festival in Grant Park. Monday was for pulling merchandise out of my bag, a process known as de-swagging. There were 2 tote bags, 2 pair of sunglasses, 1 inkpen, 1 bottle opener, 1 baseball hat, 1 portable shader, and 1 serving of CHAMPAGNE TOAST hand sanitizer. Next weekend is labor day, when you do not venture into town.
Later, it was time to go take pictures of painted utility boxes. These make great backgrounds for graphic poems, and there are a couple nearby. Decatur, a PUB wonderland, was briefly considered. Common sense prevailed. Doraville and Dunwoody will have to be enough D for today.
Lunch time was approaching. A Whopper® has been begging for me to have it my way. There are a couple in Dunwoody, one of which was down the road.
The barely OTP intersection never seems to complete its roadwork, with no sign of a BK. Finally, there is a uber-modern BK on the right, with a sign “GRAND OPENING.” Life is good.
Since this is Monday, a new episode of Blocked and Reported is available. The theme of BAR is internet bullshit. Today Jesse is talking about Candace Owens, who is about as fecal as you can get.
Candace Amber Owens Farmer is what passes for a 2024 celebrity. Reward ignorance with apathy, and don’t pay her any mind. Jesse had a clip of her recent musings. CAOF said that Leo Frank killed Mary Phagan on passover. It was time to turn the noise off.
Mary Phagan died on April 26, 1913. “Pesach for Hebrew Year 5673 began in the Diaspora on Monday, 21 April 1913 and ended on Tuesday, 29 April 1913.” A broken clock is right two times a day. April 26, 1913. Confederate Memorial Day.
The prevailing story was that Leo Frank was falsely accused of the murder, with strong antisemitic/racist overtones. There was little reason to doubt that story. Then, one afternoon, I stumbled onto the Leo Frank Archive. If you google “Leo Frank guilty,” you will find people who feel that way. It is 113 years later. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the social media picture in March 1941. “Moving a cemetery out of the Santee-Cooper Basin. South Carolina”
©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2022 Part Three
Part Three of the 2022 chamblee54 report on The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is here. (BALL wear LIT uhn) Parts one and two are there.
Jimothy walked into the joint like he owned the place, which he did, but not like a typical owner of a place like this; more like a classy, silver spoon owner, except not classy like wearing tuxedos to horse dancing and equine NASCAR event classy, but an eating a gas station hotdog with a knife and fork, napkin on his lap kind of classy. Elliott Cox, Clover, SC
Doris learned two things working at the Post Office—the first was that when Jake came in and asked her if she wanted to see a really big johnson, he didn’t mean he wanted her to go through The Special Limited Presidents stamp collection, and the second was that she didn’t need to head outside at the end of each shift with a bag of envelops and a trowel because it turned out the dead letters were not, in fact, actually dead. Susanne Antonetta, Bellingham, WA
While scrolling through the online catalog of the Acme website trying to decide if he should order rocket roller skates, TNT, and an anvil, or—Fool-Me-Twice fake tunnel paint, the Coyote suddenly realized, ‘Hey, I could just order food.’ Rusty Hamilton, Candby, OR
I’d just lost my third game of solitaire in a row, and was eyeing my last two Chesterfields, when she walked in, wearing an outfit that said “hospital orderly” but whispered “French maid” (a couple of the buttons were straining, but I didn’t feel sorry for them) . . . there was a package on her hip and a question on her lips—she had the legs of a supermodel, long and shapely: “Shall I leave them here on the slab, Dr. Frankenstein?”—and when a dame’s got gams like that, it’s hard to say no, especially when they’re so fresh. Benson Smith, Somerville, MA
As Bridgett the Discount Dominatrix flicked the length of clothesline she used as a whip, he licked the ball gag, which was really a tennis ball held in place by a length of duct tape, and thought, *Dad was right, you really do get what you pay for.” Andrew Nance, St. Augustine, FL
Pfandrilys was a classic beauty of her star-faring race, and Brian’s love was immediate, their kisses were magical, if scaly, and the alien sex was mind-blowing, and if only Brian had read more exobiology, perhaps he wouldn’t have been surprised that, when all was done, and they lay spent in each other’s arms, she bit his head off. Thomas Hill, Mountain View, CA
Whoever figured out that combining basic cyber-bullying techniques with third-generation sex robot AI technology would tap a gigantic market among submissives was a freaking genius, mused Mistress Tiffany 3.1 as she toweled off and plugged herself in to recharge.
G. Andrew Lundberg, Los Angeles, CA
Whenever Elvis graced the bar stools at the steakhouse, he never failed to order a rare steak, bordering raw, and oozing greasily at the edges; and during the interviews after the musician’s untimely death, none of the waiters could deny that he loved meat tender.
Leah Dagenbach, Loveland, OH
“Not again!” exclaimed Dusty the absent-minded trail boss, as he suddenly realized that he’d led the cattle drive to the wrong tumbleweed-infested prairie town, although a good time was soon had by all at The Saddle Sore Saloon, especially when the nattily dressed piano player started taking musical requests, including the lively square dance tune “Don’t Cry On My Shoulders ‘Cause You’re Rustin’ My Spurs.” Joanne Morcom, Calgary, Alberta
In July 2025, BLFC died of natural causes. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the social media picture in August 1940. “Pouring gasoline into tank of converted automobile which supplies power for FSA cooperative orchard sprayer. Cache County, Utah”
©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
Stack Your Plates
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To report a downed or damaged AT&T line, call AT&T customer service at 800.288.2020 or the Buried Wire Center at 800.924.9420 (Monday–Friday, 8 AM–6 PM ET) for unburied cables. If you do not have an AT&T account, say “No account” and “Line is down” to reach the right automated prompt. Never touch a downed wire. · 0810 called 0824, put on hold for 26:29 before hanging up 0810 1218 connected to representative right awayS · This is today’s monday morning reader. This is just text to put between the pictures. The pictures were from the “Inter-city beauties, Atlantic City, September 16, 1926. · Marked safe from Andrew Wilson’s fifteen minutes. · The Origin of ‘Two-Spirit’ & The Gay Rights Movement – The Strange Story of Harry Hay and Will Roscoe · Hey, I am going to send this as a dm. I have gotten in trouble with the mods at GSV/facebook, and don’t thing they would like this. … Idk how Gayree feels about podcasts, but I just heard the damndest thing. These two people talk about Harry Hay for about ten minutes. They don’t know what they are talking about, and say some ridiculous things about Radical Faeries and “Two Spirit”. – Gary knew Harry, and might appreciate this. It might also make him angry, which might not be appropriate now. I am going to let you decide whether to pass this on. – Delighted to see that you are up and about, and look forward to seeing you in a few weeks. · On Friday mornings, I post the notes from my morning walks. Today’s post is a commentary about why I do this. You can skip over the text, and look at the pictures. · The Nick Sandmann story is amusing to look back on. Mr. Sandmann is currently the Deputy Press Secretary of the Senate Republican Conference. · Dear Google and Gr*k : You should say Alleged/Allegedly when reporting that someone shot Charlie Kirk. · This is the story of walking on the path for seven days. Editing this story gives me a good excuse not to listen to Andrew Wilson and Candace Owens. · In 2013, an 18 year old freshman from Alabama decided that Georgia State University needed a White Student Union. It did not catch on. · Marked safe from Andrew Wilson’s fifteen minutes. · Two Spirit: A Double Dose of Baloney – The concept of ‘two spirit’ emerged out of white gay mumbo jumbo and was championed by one of the most notorious pioneers of the gay rights movement. · Dodcast #32: Stone Age Herbalist Dissident archaeologist Stone Age Herbalist on the curious history of the “Two-Spirit”, popularly believed to be a Native American concept, and used as an anthropological precedent for contemporary notions of gender and sexuality. The reality is far more complex, and leads to a fascinating discussion of progressive politics in archaeology and anthropology, touching on the work of David Graeber, and finishing up with a brief discussion of Graham Hancock, and the possibility of lost civilizations. · shovel satan has obnoxious · satan hangs out virtually every · “You wouldn’t be able to do these awful things to me if I weren’t still in this chair.” “But you are Blanche, you are in that chair.” · Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the social media picture in July 1942. “Klamath Falls, Oregon. At the sideshow of the circus” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
White Student Union
This content was posted August 1, 2013. … Some kids,have started a White Student Union at Georgia Straight State University. They sent a press release to Creative Loafing and the fishwrapper. Both responded, to the slow news day crisis, by reporting on the group. CL was in high octane, liberal umbrage mode. “WSUs, on the other hand, are a reactionary movement born out of the festering sentiment that minorities have gained too much of an edge due to affirmative action, campus diversity, and … immigration reform.” The CL story was not archived.
CL tosses a curious quote into the mix. It is from a discussion of the movie Fruitvale Station. (FS is about the shooting of Oscar Grant by a BART police officer on New Year’s Day, 2009.) “We don’t yet live in the world the Supreme Court thought we did when it struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act and weakened the case for affirmative action. More than ever, we live in a time of racism without racists, just racist laws, racist policies, and racist ideas.”
CL has a dandy quote from our half white POTUS. “Am I wringing as much bias out of myself as I can? Am I judging people as much as I can based on not the color of their skin but the content of their character? That would be, I think, an appropriate exercise in the wake of this tragedy.”
At first glance, it seems like WUSS WSU does not have much of a chance. GSU is mostly a school of people who work their way through college, and don’t have time for flakey organizations. Most white people don’t spend much time contemplating their caucasianality. This may, or may not, be a function of white privilege. Others say that WSUs are bastions of white privilege. When you live in a time of racism without racists, it is easy to get confused. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Arthur S. Siegel took the social media picture in February 1942. “Detroit, Michigan. Typical family at Sojourner Truth homes” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah
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