Is there anyone out there who can legitimately say he or she is proud of the job the House of Representatives has been doing for the past two to four years? Let that question sink in a moment before answering, and while contemplating it, try to come up with a single, notable piece of legislation … Continue reading November
Category: History
Real Bible Studies: The Flood
The story of Noah and the flood takes up most of Genesis chapters 6 through 9. However, important background on Noah can be found in Genesis 5, which gives us the generations between Adam and Noah. These sorts of listings show up frequently in the bible, most notably at the beginning of Matthew and third … Continue reading Real Bible Studies: The Flood
Real Bible Studies: Introduction
Real Bible Studies is an occasional series of essays I plan to post to this blog as I complete them. No specific order or time frame is planned, just whatever topic strikes my fancy, whenever I feel like writing about it. I call this series Real Bible Studies, because it's my attempt to study and … Continue reading Real Bible Studies: Introduction
Free Bird!
Public domain Confederate flag image taken from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Confederate_Rebel_Flag.svg. I added the musical notes in Photoshop.I have a theory. Most rock anthems, regardless of how mediocre they are, become hits because the first time people hear them, they're stoned. It's the only explanation I have for Stairway to Heaven, which is musically very good, but lyrically … Continue reading Free Bird!
The Carvings on Stone Mountain, Part 2
In a previous posting, I researched some of the people who appear in the individual carvings along the walk-up trail at Stone Mountain, some more than a hundred years old. I've researched a few more and manged to dig up some info on them. G.A. GOLDSMITH, C.T. WELLS, J.O. WELLS, 1884 This carving can be … Continue reading The Carvings on Stone Mountain, Part 2
Bickering Plummet, An Introduction
Bickering Plummet, Inc. is a vast, multinational corporation based in Atlanta. Its business touches nearly every sector of the economy, manufacturing, distribution, consulting, and government contracting, and it has major offices on nearly every continent. William Wordsworth Bickering, founder of Bickering Textiles, the parent of Bickering Plummet, was born 29 November 1840 in Springfield, Ohio. … Continue reading Bickering Plummet, An Introduction
Oscar Wilde
I can't recall exactly when I first discovered Oscar Wilde's preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray, but I cannot think of a single piece of writing that's had more of an impact on my development as a writer. I have yet to find a more concise set of principles on art in general, and … Continue reading Oscar Wilde
Dead Man’s Hat
Inspired by "Small Change" by Tom Waits. Lenny heard the shots. Hell, everybody on the block heard the shots, but nobody saw anything. Nobody ever saw anything, not even those who were there, looking right at whatever was happening. They especially didn't see anything because they knew what would happen to them if they did. … Continue reading Dead Man’s Hat
The Old Mill
This is from a series of stories I wrote, involving a character from The Long-Timer Chronicles. Tangie Carson hoists the camera onto her right shoulder and peers through the viewfinder at the reporter, Megan Wilson, standing in front of the old mill. She's already taken several minutes of footage of the mill itself from different … Continue reading The Old Mill
Hilarity Clinton: My Discovery of Usenet in the 90s
Before Facebook, Twitter, Google, and even the vast Web itself, there was Usenet, where anyone, anywhere, could post whatever was on his or her mind, and millions around the globe had the option of reading it or forever blocking the person posting. It was in this free-wheeling environment where I once again found a sense … Continue reading Hilarity Clinton: My Discovery of Usenet in the 90s