Feed The Hamsters
Is arrogance etymologically connected to air head? ~ I am glad it only takes one hand to work a mouse. ~ What you say about Jesus says more about you than it does him. ~ Sin? Sin like love was a word hard to define. It came in two bitter but vastly different flavors. The first lay in violating the taboos of your tribe … The other meaning of sin was easier to define because it was not molded by the murky concepts of religion and taboo: Sin is behavior that ignores the welfare of others. Robert Heinlein ~ @postcrunk white men get called racist for behaving with the autonomy of a black man ~ I have always felt that Donald’s primary talent is media manipulation. The last two weeks either shows that he has lost the touch, or that using the media is uglier than I thought it was ~ we will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security ~ A brief consultation with Mr. Google does not show a source for that quote. ~ The following replies are approved. To see additional replies that are pending approval, click Show Pending. Warning: These may contain graphic material. ~ @chescaleigh @KidFury @crissles @gracyact @SholantyTaylor “busy organizing a klan rally” that is not right ~ Google ads has a sick sense of humor. ~ @ChrchCurmudgeon If Trump wins the election, this country will have hell toupée. ~ In discussion forums, a troll is anybody who tells the truth ~ All I see is a blank space. Facebook is not working again. ~ Whoops! There was a problem previewing this document. ~ @alwaystheself Then again, maybe France’s black population is safer if the CIA thinks they don’t exist. ~ If you ask where your phone is, don’t be surprised if they say you are talking on it. ~ donald trump anagrams into pot drum land, plot and drum, rum dot plan d ~ @MarkEglinton @thedavidcrosby the truest words spoken on the twitter forsaken platform that is g-d since its inception. ~ The spell check suggestion for retweeted is regretted. ~ There is a point beyond which perseverance can only be termed desperate folly. Karl von Clausewitz ~ how many have died from gunshots while america was fussing over an obsolete flag? ~ You are going to go to the puniteniary ~ 9 Facts That Show White-on-White Crime Far Exceeds Black-on-Black Crime and How Media Outlets Conceal It ~ EPISODE 21: BLOODLINES (6.5.2015) ~ I, Racist ~ 8 Truths About Race That Every White Person Needs to Know ~ 3- Feed the hamsters that power your server. It is irritating when you look at where a picture should be, and see a blank space. Then you see the comments, and wonder what they are talking about. ~ @WernerTwertzog Whatever does not kill me, is disappointing. ~ Blakes needs to stock up on popcorn. ~ @VeryShortStory If storytelling is his bag does it matter if it is paper or plastic? One is renewable but costs much more to ship. ~ @whitman632 Poetry allows one to exhale with passion. ~ THE LAND OF HEART’S DESIRE ~ #FreeTheNipplesAndTheVowels ~ Post Has Been Removed The post or object that you liked has been removed by its owner and can no longer be liked. ~ Post Has Been Removed The post or object that you were commenting has been removed by its owner and can no longer be commented on. ~ forgive me if I sound ignorant. but what is a troll? ~ We should have a contest. Someone copy an informational email. Then see how long it takes someone else to look it up on Snopes. ~ ask them which one cleaned up the place ~ Join us in our effort to change our world with Empowering Narratives. Share this empowering narrative on your social network of choice and ask others to do the same. ~ I have numerous issues with the culture of attitude mongering, aka positivity fascism. Unfortunately, this article does not have many practical suggestions for improvement. ~ pictures from The Library of Congress. ~ selah ~
Erick Erickson Wants Donations
@EWErickson Trump’s rise is part of the unintended consequences of the GOP trying to compress the Presidential primary cycle. This message was retweeted. Blue Gal/Fran! Excuse me I gotta go buy more popcorn. (The spell check suggestion for retweeted is regretted.)
Erick Erickson is a piece of work. He is the grand wazoo at Red State, a “conservative” web site. RS gave Chamblee54 a 601 Database redigestation error onetime. This required a visit to the computer shop to get the malicious code off the machine.
Today’s tweet linked to a post at Mr. Erickson’s current blog, Stop Complaining About Donald Trump. If you want to see it, you can follow the link. This post is not going to concern itself with “conservative” commentary about the latest golden boi of the wig party.
The last five words of the post are “think of another “F” word.” Below that, you are encouraged to “Support the work at Erick on the Radio.” You can “Select an Amount” and click “Next.” At this point credit card numbers become involved. Never give a credit card number to someone who has given your computer malicious code.
Erick Erickson has a daily radio show on WSB. This is a 50,000 watt clear channel am station. WSB is part of the Cox media team that dominates Atlanta. His show is sponsored by advertising, and is probably a profit center for the Cox bean counters.
Why does Erick Erickson feel the need to ask for donations on the Internet? Is the free market, advertising based, model of talk radio not working for him? Apparently not. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Comedy Sketch
There is a comedy video on MTV now, Was that Racist? An Inside Out Parody | Decoded | MTV News. It was created by Franchesca Ramsey, who is famous for the viral video Shit White Girls Say…to Black Girls. In the credits, it says: “Brought to you with love by: MTV Other.”
A young poc lady goes into a coffee shop. The barista is on the phone, and holds up a finger to indicate that he will wait on her in a minute. The young lady is escorted by her emotions: Shade, Paranoia, Weariness, Fury, and Hope. All except Fury are ladies. Shade, Weariness, and Hope are wearing tacky wigs.
At :57 the young lady asks the barista if they have iced coffee. The barista ignores her. Paranoia asks if this seems a little racist. Hope says he is busy. At 1:01, Fury looks straight into the camera and says the barista is busy organizing a klan rally.
At this point, PG turned the video off. Yes, this is satire. But many people are encouraged to let their emotions out. It is highly believable for someone to say the barista is busy organizing a klan rally.
Lets turn the tables around. Lets say it was a pwoc customer, and the barista was a poc. The customer doesn’t get waited on immediately. The customer says the barista is busy planning a robbery. A lot of people would think that goes too far for a comedy sketch.
A white customer shows up. The poc and pwoc smile at each other, acknowledging the poor customer service. One of the emotions says “he gets it.” Fury says something about showing basic human decency, and should be buy him a cookie. In case you don’t know, when a pwoc points out that they do not engage in “racist” behavior, this is known, with derision, as asking for a cookie.
The barista comes out, and looks in the direction of the pwoc customer when he asks for the order. Fury says “this guy is officially the most racist barista in America … it’s because we’re black.” Flames are coming out of Fury’s head.
The pwoc customer says that the poc was here first. One of the emotions says we are living in a post racial America. At 2:09, the barista hands the poc the coffee. Under the edge of his shirt sleeve is seen a stars and bars tattoo. Fury raises his arm and says “called it.”
This is supposed to be entertainment. Probably some viewers will get a kick out of Fury, and his mouth. There will be some who think this is a bit much. Most will just shrug it off. Many people have encountered others, who do not have the grace to keep their emotions under control, and say foolish things. It is not pretty. PG did not think it was funny
@chamblee54 would a coffee shop allow a barista to have a visible csa tattoo? i doubt it
@chescaleigh @chamblee54 is it possible to suspend your disbelief for a 2 minute comedy sketch?
Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Bill Cosby
As you may have heard, Bill Cosby is back in the news. If you want details, they won’t be tough to find. If you want to hear what people think about it all, that will be even easier to find.
PG quit watching TV about the time the Maytag repairman got his last service call. Allegedly, Mr. Cosby had a warm and fuzzy TV show a few years ago. A lot of people have trouble accepting that the wonderful man, on the boob tube, is a rapist. It was a performance by an actor.
When PG hears the name Bill Cosby, he goes back 49 years. It would be a summer afternoon like this one. A couple of doors down, a Bill Cosby comedy album would be playing on a monaural record player. We would have heard it a few dozen times already. Childhood would not have been the same without Bill Cosby comedy albums.
There was another incident. In 1981, PG was riding a bus to points west. In Reno NV, he left his bags at the station. Bill Cosby was performing in a casino. There was a ten dollar cover charge. The door man said that PG’s clothes were compliant with the dress code. And yet, PG did not feel like sitting down long enough to see the show. The opportunity passed by.
So, it is a July afternoon, just like one in 1966. With youtube, you can search for a Bill Cosby album. When you play one, Youtube/google superimposes an ad, telling you how to self publish poetry.
The first one to play was Wonderfulness. It has a picture of Mr. Cosby on an non motorized downhill device. PG remembers seeing the album on sale at K-mart. Listening to the first part of the album, the material was not familiar. And, truth be told, not very funny.
Comedy albums on vinyl are dinosaurs. Today, if you want to see a comedian, you can see something on cable tv, or a dvd, or a youtube. The concept of white boys sitting around listening to a black comic, on vinyl, is archaic. If Norman Rockwell had been relevant in the sixties he might have captured the moment. (Mr. Rockwell died in 1978, so it was possible. Saturday Evening Post was only bi-weekly by 1966, and might not have wanted to publish such a thing.)
The next album on the playlist was Why Is There Air? There were a few punch lines that PG could remember from 1966. If you are driving in San Francisco, and your VW bug rolls into the bay and you die, you go to hell. Its a lot funnier when Bill Cosby says it.
There was one routine, about pregnancy, that stands out. The possibility of a Polaroid baby… you kiss your wife, sixty seconds later the kid pops out, you did him in lacquer to keep him from fading. Today’s listener under forty will not have a clue what he is talking about.
The pregnancy routine talks about how tough it is for the mother, and the baby. One can only wonder if Mr. Cosby had begun the chemical seduction routine in 1966. The idea that Bill was out druggin and buggin, while Camille was at home having his babies, is not funny.
Pictures are from The Library of Congress.
Coercively Assigned Male At Birth
I sense that this is greatly exaggerated. Hank Aaron is simply not a big deal anymore. ~ If he is like most of the professional Jesus worshipers I have known, Mr. Hagee routinely violates the third commandment. ~ Hairy Krishna Hairy Krishna Hairy Hairy Krishna Krishna Hairy Rammer Hairy Rammer Hairy Hairy Rammer Rammer ~ don’t you have blog/facebook acct? Your twitter monolog would be much easier to read in order instead of scrolling backwards – In comment orgies like this, and the recent SFQP bash, there seems to be a few people who do the bulk of the talking. I wonder how many people actually wade through the comments, but never participate. I do know that ” social ridicule and ostracism” are very real parts of these discussions. Then there is this: “I’m willing to sacrifice the comfort of white folks in order to work towards the incredibly radical idea of a space with less white supremacy.” ~ if man is not liberal @ 20, he has no heart if man is not conservative @ 40 he has no brain does this describe you at 40? ~ BHO is a good mimic ~ @TooMessedUp My fat friend forgave me for laughing at his weight problem… I guess he really is the bigger person. ~ I don’t think a shart circle is a good idea. ~ Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion. John Adams ~ Crazy — a nonscientific term meaning that the person to whom one applies that label has a world picture differing from the accepted one. Robert Heinlein ~ If lawyers don’t make money on something it doesn’t happen. ~ Maybe some anti spam action is appropriate. ~ I saw a tweet saying “we should start treating all white supremacist groups as the domestic terrorists they are #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches” While it is highly probable that ws are responsible, it is also possible for something else to be going on. Rival church groups. Insurance. A gay person alienated by the anti gay rhetoric of the jesus worship church. ~ They got a one pointer. ~ @whittmman He puts today out of himself with plasticity and love, ~ @nihilist_arbys Draw the blinds. shut out the sun. Cry. The pile of meat has been on the table for weeks. Just eat it & go back to bed. Arbys: edible. ~ @ChrchCurmudgeon Today is Canadian Fourth of July on the metric calendar. Celebrate politely. ~ When the CVS burned, some media perps commented on sports fan rioting involving PWOC. ~ Why would a sign about stealing and lying be in a government building? ~ The verbal abuse culture of the Jesus worship church, both black and white, needs to end. ~ They are the ones who can afford to fly. ~ 35741 ~ Donald Trump is an idiot. ~ Most of them are jokes about LaToya Jackson. She has a similar last name to Maynard Jackson, the former mayor of Atlanta and the co-namesake of the facility. I suspect LaToya Jackson moved out of the ghetto a long time ago. ~ The Hartsfield part of Hartsfield-Jackson is former Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield. He is the namesake of “Willie B.” the gorilla at Zoo Atlanta. ~ It might not be racist, but it is not very funny. This joke is worn out. ~ Was it gift wrapped? ~ Truman Capote was on the couch when Lester Maddox was a guest on the Dick Cavett show. After the Governor walked off, Mr. Capote talked about the time he went to the Pickrick. (The fried chicken restaurant owned by Lester Maddox.) “All I’m going to say is, it was not finger licking good.” ~ smiles work better in lower case letters ~ How do jokes about Hartsfield Jackson airport contribute to systemic oppression? If they do not then they are not racist, according to some people. Or maybe it is time to put the expression racist on the shelf, and think of a new insult for people you don’t like ~ Can you, or will you, odd? ~ Did the founding fathers foresee the day when the descendents of their slaves would have easy access to handguns? ~ Is it racist to complain about watermelon oreos? ~ This is a graven image, installed in a facility where stealing and bearing false witness are routine. ~ @nihilist_arbys Today, celebrate a crumbling empire by shoveling fistfuls of Arbys meat into your bloated face and then drunkenly blowing off your toe ~ “CAMAB is an acronym. It stands for Coercively Assigned Male At Birth. ~ The past few years, I have been picking up flags that have fallen to the ground. Today, I put my rescue flags on display. ~ @whitman632 I’ve never encountered a leprechaun who I didn’t want to kick in the nuts. ~ government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob ~ The quote is legitimate. Mr. Roosevelt made the comment in a speech during his 1936 reelection campaign. A certain amount of hypocrisy can be expected in an election speech. It should also be noted that this was a few years before World War Two. ~ I hope this person was visible. Riding a bicycle on Hiway 92 is risky. ~ Mr. Roosevelt was a good performer. In this speech, he denounces war profiteering. (2:25) A few years later, he wanted America to get into World War Two. We played hard ball with Japan, who took the bait and attacked. Germany declared war on the United States after Pearl Harbor, which insured our entry into the European conflict. Mr. Roosevelt saw that World War Two would mean the end of the depression. As for BS, it is too early to know what to make of him. I suspect he is playing the role of an alternative to Hillary. If Hillary is elected, she will probably reward BS with a position in her administration. ~ That is a Brookhaven lawn. Whatever was planted sixty years ago is still there, along with whatever weeds have taken root. Just keep it cut short, and it is all green. ~ @falwellinhell How can you tell if it is false doctrine? Are the preacher’s lips moving? ~ pictures for this inappropriate use of bandwidth are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”. ~ selah
Rescue Flags
A few years ago, a well meaning real estate lady put American flags on lawns. Her business card was attached. This is a violation of the flag code. “The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.”
Many of these flags stayed 24/7/365. The sun and rain took what toll they could on the synthetic fibers. Many of the staffs began to tumble over, leaving the flag in the dirt.
One day, PG was riding his bike. He stopped to look through some boxes. In one of these landfill bound containers was an American flag. PG decided to save this flag from the indignity of being buried under coffee grounds.
PG saw more flags laying in the dirt. He began to stop, and pick them up. A collection of rescue flags began to accumulate.
Meanwhile, the real estate lady saw the error of her ways. The unwanted flags no longer arrived the first week of July. Sometimes there is change.
The rescue flags were displayed July 4, 2015. It rained the first part of the day. The sun soon came out, and dried the rescue flags. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Bad Patriotic Jokes
What did one flag say to the other flag? Nothing. It just waved!
What’s red, white, black and blue? Uncle Sam falling down the steps!
What would you get if you crossed Washington’s home with nasty insects? Mt. Vermin!
What did a patriot put on his dry skin? Revo-lotion!
Which colonists told the most jokes? Punsylvanians!
What was General Washington’s favorite tree? The infantry!
Where did George Washington buy his hatchet? At the chopping mall!
What quacks, has webbed feet, and betrays his country? Beneduck Arnold!
Did you hear the one about the Liberty Bell? Yeah, it cracked me up!
What would you get if you crossed a patriot with a small curly-haired dog? Yankee Poodle!
Why did Paul Revere ride his horse from Boston to Lexington? The horse was too heavy to carry!
What happened as a result of the Stamp Act? The Americans licked the British!
This is a repost. Picture are from The Library of Congress.
July 3, 1981
July 3, 1981, was another day before a holiday. The new President, Ronald Reagan, was recovering from gunshot wounds. There was talk of an era of conservatism, with possibly severe repression.
There was an article in the New York Times. RARE CANCER SEEN IN 41 HOMOSEXUALS. “Doctors in New York and California have diagnosed among homosexual men 41 cases of a rare and often rapidly fatal form of cancer. Eight of the victims died less than 24 months after the diagnosis…”
This was the media debut of AIDS. It would not have that name for a while. Almost nobody thought, on that summer day, just how bad AIDS would be. In five years it was obvious how serious AIDS was.
PG was on another trip to the west coast. It was becoming obvious that this would be a vacation, rather than a relocation. He was riding a bicycle, with a milk carton overloaded with camping gear. Some kids told him to get saddle bags, and carry the weight lower. If you have the weight on top, you would lose control coming down a big hill. PG did not listen to the kids.
On July 4, PG left Patrick’s Point state park, about 300 miles north of San Francisco. Coming down the first hill on highway 101, the bike shook, shook harder, and flipped on its side. PG was thrown off. The front wheel was bent beyond repair. PG gathered his gear, left the bike behind, and got a ride into the nearest town.
PG got a bus ticket to Seattle. That city was in an economic downturn, with less than half a page of help wanted ads. PG found a auto delivery service, and got a VW bug going to Oak Ridge, TN. In a few days he was in Atlanta. A few days later, a temp agency came up with a job as a driver for a blueprint company. PG worked for that company, in one form or another, for the next 24 years.
As for the gay men with Kaposi’s Sarcoma … in all probability, the patients mentioned in that article were all dead within a year. AIDS has become a dominating story in our time. At its worst, it was claiming 50,000 lives a year. With the advent of wonder drugs, the death toll has been greatly reduced. The impact of AIDS on American life cannot be adequately described. This is a repost.
Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.
Internal Genitalia
The current episode of the Bret Easton Ellis podcast features Jonathan Ames, who probably writes entertaining word product. Maybe the Chamblee library will have one of his books some time. Until then, this hour of conversation will suffice.
BEE likes to talk about political correctness. There was discussion of a newspaper article, What Makes a Woman? The acronym terf (Trans exclusionary radical feminists) devolved into comments about turf battles. Some men have an instinct for making tacky jokes.
“In January 2014, the actress Martha Plimpton, an abortion-rights advocate, sent out a tweet about a benefit for Texas abortion funding called “A Night of a Thousand Vaginas.” Suddenly, she was swamped by criticism for using the word “vagina.” “Given the constant genital policing, you can’t expect trans folks to feel included by an event title focused on a policed, binary genital,”…
Let me get this right: The word “vagina” is exclusionary and offers an extremely narrow perspective on womanhood … should describe ours with the politically correct terminology trans activists are pushing on us: “front hole” or “internal genitalia”? …
“Abortion rights and reproductive justice is not a women’s issue,” wrote Emmett Stoffer, one of many self-described transgender persons to blog on the topic. It is “a uterus owner’s issue.” Mr. Stoffer was referring to the possibility that a woman who is taking hormones or undergoing surgery to become a man, or who does not identify as a woman, can still have a uterus, become pregnant…”
PG has a knack for trouble with SJW. He is a person of interest for the Pronoun Police. Just yesterday, there was a facebook thread for a heart circle. PG noted that a shart circle was not a good idea. Within minutes, the comment was taken down, by request.
Whitehall Street was a 42 word poem for a writing contest. It stated that MTF transpeople do not get pregnant. There was soon an e-mail from the contest.
“Your submission this week is unsuitable for publication and has been removed from the grid. Our editorial standards respect the diversity and dignity of our audience. I know it seems desirable to appear “edgy” but _____ does not accept posts which insult or demean any person based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits. Based on the nature of your post this week, your entries will no longer be welcome at yeah write.”
Few people like to be persona non grata. PG was really more puzzled than hurt. A letter to the contest was ignored. A couple of weeks later, another letter was sent to the contest. This one got a reply.
Whenever we receive a submission that pushes the boundaries or is of questionable taste or quality, the editors all weigh in. In this case, our submissions editor brought your post to the attention of the editors as soon as it was submitted. We discussed the content, and all agreed that it was hurtful and demeaning and did not represent _______ well. What you said, essentially, is that a trans woman is a fake woman.
Frankly, we have never felt the need to specifically articulate that hate speech is unwelcome in our community. It seemed obvious to us and, indeed, to nearly everyone who submits posts.
Pictures are from The Library of Congress. These men served as Confederate soldiers.
Racism Education
A link keeps turning up on facebook. It is for an item, 18 Things White People Should Know/Do Before Discussing Racism. It was posted at The Frisky | Celebrity Gossip, Relationship Advice, Beauty and Fashion Tips. The facility has a series of suggested posts at the top of the page. The first one you see is BLOWJOB TECHNIQUES YOU NEED TO TRY.
18 Things is supposed to be educational. PG was encouraged to read the piece two weeks ago, and found it lacking. The link today was from a combination facebook friend/ facebook unfriend. Maybe 18 Things deserves another look.
18 Things is garbage. Take a look at number one. “1. It is uncomfortable to talk about racism. It is more uncomfortable to live it.” You would never know this from the number of people who seem to enjoy talking about racism. The louder you talk, and the more passion you display, the more truth your words have. Maybe what is uncomfortable is to quit talking, and listen.
But then, maybe the idea is for everyone to talk at once. Here is item 16: “16. Silence does nothing. Blank stares and silence do not further this difficult but necessary conversation.” If you are going to listen to someone, it is very helpful to keep your mouth shut.
“2. “Colorblindness” is a cop-out. The statements “but I don’t see color” or “I never care about color” do not help to build a case against systemic racism. Try being the only White person in an environment. You will notice color then.” This is a curious paragraph. Sentence one has little to do with sentences two, three, and four.
Sentences three and four are connected. The author assumes that the PWOC reading this piece has never been the only pale face in an enviornment. Actually, it is probably more common to be the only white person in the room, than to be the only black person in a room full of whites.
“3. Oprah’s success does not mean the end of racism. The singular success of a Black man or woman (i.e. Oprah, or Tiger Woods, or President Obama) is never a valid argument against the existence of racism. By this logic, the success of Frederick Douglass or Amanda America Dickson during the 19th century would be grounds for disproving slavery.”
Has anyone ever said that the success of Oprah Winfrey is the end of racism? Do you have a link for that? Ok, and even if they did say that, it would be wildly untrue. But it gets better. If you agree with this statement that very few people have made, that is like saying that the success of Frederick Douglass disproves slavery. This is ridiculous.
The rest of the piece is not much better. Items 4, 5, 9, 14, and 15, can be summed up with the five words … there is racism in America. You are encouraged to use google to educate yourself. This can go in different directions. Maybe you could google “logical fallacy,” or “critical thinking.”
This feature should not be taken as denying the existence of a race problem in America. (The words racism/racist are problematic.) People should be treated with kindness and respect. Opportunities should be available to all people. The police should not target racially defined populations. Celebrities should not say tacky things.
The question arises, though. What value do articles like 18 Things have? Do they inform people who need to learn? Are they preaching to the choir? (Frisky has a header ad for Red Bull. Do articles like this sell power energy drinks?)
There are other possibilities. Do articles like 18 Things trivialize racial problems? Maybe the constant promotion of nonsense like 18 Things will lead people to believe that there really isn’t a race problem in America. People who uncritically praise articles like this are doing more harm than good. Those who claim to educate should be held to some sort of standard. Posting nonsense on the internet is not the same thing as working for equality and justice.
This is a repost. Pictures are from The Library of Congress.
Two Hundred Yards Behind
In 1985, PG went to work for Shaky Blueprints. The real name was a Japanese word that nobody knew how to spell. Two of the previous hires were an athletic young lady, and a fat man. Until better nicknames arrive, we will call them AYL and FM for this story.
AYL was trying to get FM to go jogging with her after work. This was an ongoing conversation, with FM always turning her down. One afternoon, PG wore an old pair of jogging shoes to work, and said that he would go running with AYL.
Shaky was just off highway 400, in what is now part of Sandy Springs. There was a road leading away from it. The road went over the highway, and went in a wooded semi circle for a couple of miles. The plan was to go on this loop, and take sidewalks on Roswell Road back to Shaky.
At one time, PG went running every day. He was out of the habit by this time, and always a slow runner. When the work day was over, PG tied his glasses on with a rubber band, did a few stretches, and was ready to take on the course.
AYL and PG left the parking lot, and started up the road. PG trudged along with his head down. When he got to the bridge over the highway, PG looked up. AYL had taken off like greased lightning, and was already two hundred yards ahead. PG hollered for her to slow down, and finished the course.
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Article Has Multiple Issues
@bob_owens The white half of @POTUS is racist for using the “n-word.” ~ PG thought of a tv show in the sixties. The host of the show was Billy Graham, and the guest was Richard Nixon. The former Vice President had bought his teenage daughter a Beatles album, and now that was all he heard around the house. ~ @TheAliaJanine were you the one in the podcast yelling “show your tits?” ~ @TheAliaJanine Im starting a class where social media stars teach people how to use porn. ~ @murderkroger If it weren’t for half measures, we’d take no measures at all ~ I am not sure I would trust these old foundations with a second story retrofit. ~ I was at many many of the shows listed in this thread (did anyone mention red white and bluegrass) Rather than give my list I’ll tell a fond memory. I was a freshman student a GSU in 74 After one of the shows( can’t remember who) I was standing outside in the corridor waiting on some friends. When out the door came my General Chemistry Professor Dr Sears arm in arm with the best looking girl in my class. They turned beet red turned and got away from me as quick as they could. I often wonder if I could have went and bribed an A out of him. LOL ~ Paraprosdokians ~ @WaltWhitmanLAN I swear I think there is nothing but immortality! ~ tmi ~ This is what happens while people are pitching a fit about the so called Confederate Flag. ~ @fieldnegro When racists call me a racist I smile inside.@chamblee54 especially when they think they cannot be racist ~ We need to get rid of the electoral college. Unless you live in a contested state, you do not get a vote in the POTUS final election. The electoral college keeps the democrat/rethuglian duopoly in power. It will be tough to get rid of. The electoral college is to governance what facebook typography is to graphics. ~ The still sell the bible. ~ Every almond takes a gallon of water to grow. ~ Glenn Loury ~ 20/20 Insight research ~ @wintersong @TheKevinAllison what twitter looked like at 062415_0230edt for one person ~ @dandrezner @blogginheads @natsecheather ~ the pineapple is a symbol of hospitality ~ “This is the only place on my newsfeed that isn’t filled with cruel opinions or hateful banter.” This is not always the case ~ This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. ~ The land seems to have recovered from all the cars that were parked there. ~ “The south starts at the Canadian border” unknown ~ ‘We Should Start Calling This Law SCOTUScare” The scare part is correct ~ Is ScotuScare going to be a movie? ~ Okay, we’re going to lay low while we are . . . #waitingforlyle. pins and needles Here’s Lyle with the first opinion. Marriage. Kennedy has the opoinion. Holding: Fourteenth Amendment requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex.And to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when a marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out of state. It’s 5-4. Chief dissents, joined by Scalia and Thomas. Sixth Circuit is reversed. Each of the four dissenters has written a dissent ~ Rainbow colors have their place, but sometimes black and white works better. ~ @whitman632 The crucifixtion & resurrection of Christ is one of our favorite fairy tales. ~ Please leave me out of this dispute i am tired of talk about, and living with, racism and prejudice ~ BS in dead heat with HDRC. What an appalling visual. ~ The Scalia dissent begins on page 69 of today’s opinion. You can’t make this stuff up. ~ I will be out of the office through June 29 with only limited e-mail access during that time. Thank you for your patience in waiting for a reply. ~ @whittmman Do you really believe Little Red Riding Hood’s version of the incident? ~ But what really astounds is the hubris reflected in today’s judicial Putsch. ~ Sarah Palin is satire. ~ @ChrchCurmudgeon Whose picture will be on the three dollar bill? ~ Are his pants on fire? ~ The phrases “sexual harassment” and “J. Max Davis” should not be in the same sentence. ~ They should pick Diana Ross. She has experience at being a Supreme. ~ No, I just butt posted a period ~ Kurt Vonnegut ~ just ask a hippie ~ pure applesauce ~ Maybe we can get Yoko Ono and Hillary Clinton back together. ~ The anagram of admins is mad sin ~ What is porpoise Beyonce’ reason? ~ Facebook is having issues with pictures. I see the headlines, and the comments, but not the picture. It is like watching tv with the sound cut off. ~ pictures from The Library of Congress. ~ selah
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