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"And who killed the miners? Say the grim bells of Blaina..."
Thu, 08/23/2007 - 08:42 — Bobbo
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In biology class I learned that carbon is the element that gives us life. It's unique ability to chain with other elements into wondrously complex arrays is why we are here today.
Yet this week it was hard to think of carbon as the element of life. There were simply too many deaths resulting from our mad addiction to the carbon that lies buried in the ground.
Yet this week it was hard to think of carbon as the element of life. There were simply too many deaths resulting from our mad addiction to the carbon that lies buried in the ground.
Reading Lord of the Rings in 1968
Sat, 08/11/2007 - 02:15 — Bobbo
1968 was not a good year. War, assassination, political violence and creeping fascism fell over the land like a gloomy shadow. It was however, a very good year to read J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings for the first time.
Newspapers............The Long Goodbye
Sat, 08/04/2007 - 01:19 — Bobbo
After nearly a lifetime of being a newspaper junkie, I'm close to finally kicking the habit. I recently canceled our daily subscription to the Chicago Tribune. At the last minute, my determination to go cold turkey faltered and I'll be tapering off by reading the Sunday edition for a while longer.
It isn't the rebels who cause the troubles of the world.
It's the troubles that cause the rebels.
It's the troubles that cause the rebels.