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This content was published May 27, 2008. … Last week, David Allan Coe went to the perfect country and western song in the sky. This is a good time to tell a story.
PG and his neighbor DA went out to drink beer and shoot pool. The destination was a place called the Watering Hole, formerly a Veterans of Foreign Wars. There had been a TV repair store next door. When the county legalized bars, the VFW went somewhere else, and the Watering Hole was born. The TV repair store became the game room. You could see on the floor where the counter used to be.
This was a weeknight. The only other customer was an intoxicated gentleman. The drunk was fussing with the bartender when PG and DA walked in. A few minutes later, PG got lucky and hit a good shot on the pool table. He got a bit cocky and said And now for my next trick. The drunk staggered into the game room, and lay down on an empty pool table. DA replied, Is that your next trick?
Before long, it was time to go home. As PG and DA were leaving, the drunk was arguing with the bartender. He wanted to buy a twelve pack to take home with him. He won the argument, and started walking up Clairmont Road with his prize.
PG got a block or so away from the place, and realized what was going on. He turned around, and saw the drunk sitting in front of a 7-11 store, drinking a beer. PG drove in front of him and stopped the car. DA got out, walked over to the curb, picked up the eleven pack, and walked over to the car with it. The drunk stood up and yelled obscenities as the car pulled off into the night.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the social media picture in October 1940. “Tractor-drawn potato digger in a field near Caribou, Maine” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah

This content was published March 8, 2008 … PiersGavestonJr (NSFW) is “out of town.” I had a duplex neighbor once who used that phrase as a euphemism for being in prison. He was this short gay man. Every time I saw him, he had a lit cigarette. He had a bf who was in and out of town. He took in boarders from time to time, and they all seemed to be either just in town, or about to leave. One had this device attached to his ankle. He got a package in the mail a few years later. He left his wallet in a taxi, and they mailed it to the address on his i.d. Card. … Neighbor and his buddies were always nice to me, but they sure did make me nervous. They finally got evicted.
Now, I can’t say where PGJ is, but I feel certain he will be back soon. Its been a good week for the blog. Last night I found this thing, about going to page 123 of the book nearest to you at the moment. That was an easy post to write, because all I had to do was copy a few sentences, and paste the pix into the window. I considered another take on this, with the second closest book from my computer. This would be a Bible that my parents gave me on my eighth birthday. It has a drawing of Jesus with children in his lap, talking to them in his spotless white garment. … For those who did not read the other post, here are the rules: Look up page 123 in the book that is nearest to you at this very minute. Look for the fifth sentence. Post the three sentences that follow that fifth sentence on page 123.
Over the years, many bad vibes have attached themselves to the bible. At the very least, it is NOT the word of God. But, a present from mom and dad (in mother’s handwriting) is something to keep. This was 1962, when the world was spinning, John Kennedy was president, and church was still fun. At any rate, page 123 of this edition of the magic book is Leviticus 26. There is a source to copy/paste this book, which is in the public domain. This part of Leviticus is not nasty, so here goes.
“41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”
How do you circumcise a heart? This might be an easy meme to expand on. There are two ways to go here. One is to continue with the same book, but to numerically expand the selections. Maybe we could turn 123 backwards to give us 321. Then add 123+321 to get 444, or ⅔ of 666. This might be the way to go. There were some hippies at my high school who thought 44 was a magic number.
Ok, so where to go from 444? Before we continue with this horizontal digital quagmire, there is another approach to consider. That is, stick to page 123, but use different bibles. This house has sheltered some serious Jesus worshipers. There are LOTS of bibles in this house. Of course, page 123 was in Leviticus in the first one I looked in, and that is such a dreary, law heavy book. There is always the danger of hitting Leviticus 18:22, which would totally spoil my day.
While researching the numbering of bible pages in the house, I found the other keepsake bible in my collection. This is a Gideons bible with a plain black cover, given to me by Briarcliff Baptist Church on September 29, 1963. Page 123 is Leviticus 15, which is juicy.
“16 And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. 18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.” Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Gordon Parks took the social media picture in November 1942. “Washington, D.C. Soldiers and civilians purchasing tickets at the Union Station” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah

This content was originally posted March 5, 2015. … Joyce Carol Oates appeared on Bookworm 03/05/2015. She was promoting The Sacrifice: A Novel. TSAN is a work of fiction, based on the Tawana Brawley rape allegations. Here is what the show says:
“In The Sacrifice (Ecco), a novel drawn from a notorious racially-steeped case of the late eighties, Joyce Carol Oates speaks of the domino-effect that started with one sacrifice and led to another and another, eventually eviscerating an entire town. By inhabiting her characters from the marginal to the central, Joyce Carol Oates asks herself “what would I do?” In this way she brings emotional clarity to the chaos of public experience.”
As you might recall, Tawana Brawly accused men of raping her. This created a firestorm of controversy. As the book sales pitch says, ” domino-effect … eventually eviscerating an entire town.” When the authorities investigated, the story by Miss Brawley was seen to be a lie.
At the 7:30 mark in the show, JCO said “The tremendous impact of Ferguson MO and the aftermath of the Eric Garner case in New York City are relatively recent and this has a snowballing or avalanche effect on the protests across the nation have been very exhilarating and very wonderful and I’m completely on the side of the protesters”
There are things you can say about the protests over Eric Garner and Michael Brown. There is a lot of turmoil. People saying hateful things about their neighbor. Relations between black people and white people have suffered. This is what JCO calls very exhilarating and very wonderful. … Many people feel caught in the middle. Yes, there is a problem with the way some policemen treat black people. There is also a lot of heated misinformation being distributed. If you don’t believe everything you are told, you might be called a racist. This is what JCO calls very exhilarating and very wonderful. JCO clearly has a certain amount of privilege.
Typical of the Ferguson rhetoric is a piece in PuffHo, The 10 Kinds of Trolls You Will Encounter When Talking About Mike Brown. Number two, after “The Full-Blown Racist Troll,” is “The “Wait for Evidence” Troll.” No matter how many times you are lied to, if you don’t believe what you hear, you are a troll and a racist.
This blog posted a poem in November, when the Missouri grand jury released a decision. This decision was recently confirmed by the Department of Justice, albeit accompanied by stories of police misconduct. The poem said that justice should not be a popularity contest. The men Tawana Brawly accused might agree. O.J. Simpson probably has a few thoughts on the subject as well.
The next day, there was an anonymous comment at chamblee54. “Thanks Luthor, your racism never disappoints.” This is what JCO calls exhilarating and wonderful. … Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Charles R. Rees took the social media picture. “Captain William W. Cosby of H Company, 2nd Virginia Light Artillery Regiment” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah

This content was published March 3, 2017. … The first day of march, in the year of our drumph two thousand seventeen, finds me moping through. A dreaded dental appointment was cancelled at the last minute yesterday, and is on track for tomorrow. The options are another root canal, to finish the one botched by another dentist, and getting the tooth extracted. Neither option is agreeable. Sometimes the best course of action is to create a graphic poem, and write about it. When the going gets tough, the tough take notes.
The text for this production is from a cross examination of Oscar Wilde. The father of his bf called Mr. Wilde a somodite, and Mr. Wilde sued him for libel. The matter did not end well. Mr. Wilde tries to defend himself against charges of committing unnatural acts, which is a bit like a fish saying he does not know how to swim.
“The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead” was on facebook. I was looking for a Wilde source, and got distracted. The Salon piece was typical environmental consciousness. While the story about Chinese labor, and plastic waste, is probably a little bit true, it pales in comparison to the other things being done to planet earth. There was a lovely comment: “This reads like the ramblings of someone who decided his white savior thesis in advance then went to find quotes to support it.”
The poem was finished, and greeted with rousing indifference by the masses. Numerous detours were made while en route to the destination. If any of them merit attention, they will be noted. One quote was copied, maybe on facebook, maybe on twitter, maybe on facebitter. “petty can be clever or funny, it can advance careers and give the satisfaction of revenge, but never mistake it for a virtue”
It is now two days later. I pulled a bunch of tweets from TextsFromLastNight. Mixed in with texts about mardi gras antics were links to what could charitably be called clickbait. These are meme collections at the TFLN website, like 23 Greatest Things Ever Spoken To A Guy’s Member. If you go to the page, you will be greeted with a popup ad: “Quick! While no one’s looking Click this little button for TFLN texts and updates We also send dope emails”
The clickbait was separated from the other material. The text was broken into iambic pentameter, with rhymes assigned when appropriate. The best fourteen lines were assembled into a sonnet. Willie is shaking, and peering from his grave. The four lines that did not make the cut are today’s poem. Since it is so small, we can include it here: awesome peeps who made new friends, things you text that can ruin a top chef, server spills his worst customer blends, topless midgets who do not give an eff.
Leftovers is now on the information superhighway. Pictures were from the L5P Visual Arts Alliance. The size is a new standard, 720×666. The other standard, golden rectangle 720×447, is still available. The new standard was used first for portraits, mostly soldiers from the War Between the States. It is the standard width, with a satanic height. 666 is a fun number. The highest prime is 37, multiplied by 3x3x2, or 18. For some reason this number is credited with being the number of the devil.
The Library of Congress is the source of today’s photographs. Russell Lee took the social media picture in April 1942. “Los Angeles, California. Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order. Japanese-American child who will go with his parents to Owens Valley.” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah

@jessesingal “I scored 92% on the Burnham Liberal Test (1964) — “Full-Blown Liberal.” 39 questions from Suicide of the West. Take it yourself” This item floated across my timeline when I was thinking of today’s entertainment. Taking a 1964 test about being “a liberal” should provide enough text to put between the pictures. Liberal was not an insult in 1964.
Jesse is a curious character. He is the co-host of Blocked and Reported, my monday morning podcast. Jesse has a lot of opinions, with a great deal of ideological diversity. If you listen/read long enough, you will be offended by something.
Today’s content hit a roadblock when I tried to find out Jesse’s middle name and birthday. Google/Wikipedia does not want to say. After a bit of digging, I found a dodgy website, Transgender Map. “Jesse Richard Singal was born November 24, 1983 … Singal and anti-transgender troll Katie Herzog started the “drama” podcast Blocked and Reported in 2020, which has significant coverage overlap with other anti-trans drama outlets like Libs of TikTok and The Matt Walsh Show.”
The first question: “All forms of racial segregation and discrimination are wrong. Agree/Disagree” This is basically what liberal/conservative meant in 1964, when I was ten years old. The rest of the questions used the Agree/Disagree format, which makes grading easier. Semantics and gray areas are not considered. Some of the other questions are interesting. Click here for a complete list.
09 – “If reasonable compensation is made, the government of a nation has the legal and moral right to expropriate private property within its borders, whether owned by citizens or foreigners.”
12 – “Any interference with free speech and free assembly, except for cases of immediate public danger or juvenile corruption, is wrong.”
15 – “Hotels, motels, stores and restaurants in southern United States ought to be obliged by law to allow Negroes to use all of their facilities on the same basis as whites.”
19 – “Corporal punishment, except possibly for small children, is wrong.”
24 – “Congressional investigating committees are dangerous institutions, and need to be watched and curbed if they are not to become a serious threat to freedom.”
27 – “In determining who is to be admitted to schools and universities, quota systems based on color, religion, family or similar factors are wrong.”
28 – “The national government should guarantee that all adult citizens, except for criminals and the insane, should have the right to vote.”
29 – “Joseph McCarthy was probably the most dangerous man in American public life during the fifteen years following the Second World War.”
33 – “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and expression.”
39 – “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”
Many of these statements look very different 62 years later. #27 would be the conservative view today. In many of these issues, they sound good until you consider the implications. “Freedom of expression” includes going on a shooting spree.
“72% Mostly Liberal You share most of the liberal assumptions Burnham identified, though not without reservation.” Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Jack Delano took the social media picture in March 1942. “Chicago, Illinois. Provident Hospital. Miss Irene Hill, nurse technician, taking baby to be x-rayed” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah

sing elders welcome · Be necessarily mean · use facilities
We’re starting today feeling good. We’re going to try to write something, instead of just looking in the archive and dredging up past glory. Yesterday’s controversy was about a facebook meme that rubbed me the wrong way. My rule for such things is to let it slide. If I need to take action about it, I snooze the person who sent it. Yesterday I had a weak moment when I saw this meme. Somebody was using religion to manipulate people. I noticed some things about it that didn’t add up, and I decided to write something. I may have offended the person who put it up. The only indication I have that he was offended is not clicking like on my reply. This is pretty superficial.
Lawyer Survivor · incompetent cover up · they’re not good at it
Round two this is basically going to be a diarization of my morning. I should be careful. Diarization sounds a lot like diarrhea. Pouring out my thoughts, as I get going in the morning, is very close to diarrhea. … We’re getting ahead of ourselves. The first step in my morning, after I plug in the phone and turn the computer on, is to take my meds. My drugs. My pills. You can’t get your thrills if you don’t take your pills. You might get some bugs if you don’t take your drugs. If you don’t take your meds, we’ll have to call the feds.
stern security · arrested corrupt leader · WITCH HUNT! Come along
Like so many other things in my life, morning meds thing has evolved. I have a plastic tub, on a shelf by the desk. I put the pill bottles on the desk. I have a tupperware cup. I take the proper dosage from each bottle, put the pills in the tupperware cup, and put the pill bottle back in the tub. This way I know that I have taken what I need out of each bottle. One exception is the carvedilol, which the doctor wants me to take twice a day. I put the bottle on the desk, and try to remember to take a second dose. This afternoon treat puts the LOL back in carvedilol.
influence Kanye · Many despise public scribe · correct buggery
The intent of this project is to react to the Haiku reductions. In this case, you have a screen shot of two tweets. “influence Kanye” God help you if you let that idiot influence you. “Many despise public scribe” I mean that kind of could stand alone. The nature of being a public scribe involves creating content that is going to piss off somebody. What’s really interesting about this reduction is the second half. The reply tweet is from @buckleycarlson, the son of Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson. Young Carlson’s tweet is reduced to “correct buggery”. If TSNC was to actually say the words correct buggery, he would explode. The diarization of Tucker Carlson.
trauma pumping out · hormone chemical cocktail · anxiety cult
When I said diarization at the start of this endeavor, I meant taking my morning, and presenting it as a minute-by-minute real-time diary. It turns out diarization is a real word. There’s something called Speaker Diarization “Unlock the full power of your audio content with industry-leading speaker diarization. Identify speakers to create structured, speaker-labeled transcripts that bring clarity to even the most complex conversations.” The example given here is from a service center phone conversation. The AI wonk took the transcript, and identified the speakers. “We identified 11 positive sentences, and 3 negative ones.”
penniless eighth-grade · prison pa America · forever unjust
Maybe it’s time to think about Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson. For many years TSNC was the boogeyman of the cool people. I vaguely absorbed all of this, but didn’t really pay much attention to it. I hadn’t actually watched him on Fox News, and didn’t understand the fuss. Then TSNC got fired from Fox News for opposing the war in Ukraine. I then realized that I really didn’t know the guy. All I knew was what his opponents had been shouting about him. Now TSNC is saying critical things about Israel. The same people that loved him before now hate him. He is taking on the one issue that you are not allowed to take on. There’s something troubling about this.
never float over · perceivable transparent · iridescent rat
This reduction is under a picture of Franz Kafka. When I google his name, I see this: “Anxiety, Absurdity, and Alienation: The Life of Franz Kafka — Franz Kafka’s troubled life made him one of the most successful writers of all time. Unfortunately, not many people know his story, and many don’t know that he was Czech.” If you want to see the full article, you have to click through a notice: “This website uses cookies to provide you with the best possible service. Your continued use of the site means that you agree to their use. Want to learn more? Visit here: COOKIES Agree”
©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah

This content was published February 10, 2016. … “Seriously. Beyoncé releases an awesome video for an awesome song that empowers Black, southern women and it makes racist white people’s dicks invert. White folks: tell me more about how Black culture needs your approval. Or better yet, Just. Shut. Up.” (unsourced) A sentence should have more than one word, but only one period.
In case you haven’t heard, Beyoncé made a video with a political theme. If you don’t care, it is ok to skip the rest of the text, and look at the pictures. Here is one way to see this. “I can critique the commodification of blackness by a middle class, privileged, light-skinned woman that wears fake blonde hair, shakes her ass professionally … Or I can appreciate a pop singer with a record-breaking level of fame laying claim to her blackness and making references to the crises in her community and its history when she’s not obligated and stands to lose at least a modicum of the cross-over appeal that made her so ridiculously famous by doing so.”
Beyoncé is a commercial entertainment content provider. She is good at what she does. Apparently, Beyoncé Inc. thinks people want entertainment product about #blacklivesmatter. She will probably make a few coins in the process, and more power to her. That is what entertainers do … they give people what they want.
Apparently, the halftime show did not amuse Fox news. A few more right wing whiners criticized the performance. Does anyone seriously think that Rudy Giuliani represents white people in America?
“make racist white people’s dicks invert” Really? Do you have any documentation for that, beyond a youtube comment? In all probability, most “racist white people” just ignore the song, if they even know it exists. The self loathing white sjw are the ones having a collective hissy fit.
You can’t have it both ways. If you want people to pay attention, and learn how #blacklivesmatter, then don’t shout White People: Shut Up About Beyoncé. Why would anyone want to talk about that song anyway? Beyoncé is dancing her way to the bank.
The super bowl itself was supposed to be a showcase for another talented African American. Cam Newton had a spectacular season, and led the Carolina Panthers into the big game. Mr. Newton likes to dance after scoring touchdowns, and has a talent for rubbing people the wrong way. Sunday was going to be his moment of glory. The Denver Bronco defense had other plans. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Charles R. Rees took the social media picture. “Colonel Felix L. Price of Co. I, 14th Georgia Infantry Regiment, in uniform and CS buckle” ©Luther Mckinnon 2026 · selah