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“The Great Speckled Bird” was a part of Atlanta in the late sixties. There are many stories that could be told. Here is one about a thirteen year old kid paying fifteen cents for a newspaper that was “mostly politics.”
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The Great Speckled Bird
This content was published January 10, 2024. … One day in the eighth grade, I had a sore spot in my eye. They called it a stye. One afternoon, I got out of school, walked to Lenox Square, saw a doc…
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January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“The Great Speckled Bird” was a part of Atlanta in the late sixties. There are many stories that could be told. Here is one about a thirteen year old kid paying fifteen cents for a newspaper that was “mostly politics.”
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Happy First Monday, to those who celebrate. This is the real start of 2026. Here is the first monday morning reader of the new year. Our bumbling government has given us a new war, which promises to be a source of trouble for years to come.
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Blind Into Caracas
The display of a link on this page does not indicate approval of content.Rape hoax redux: Debunking the latest relaunch of a genocidal atrocity propaganda lie Restaurant employee seen driving on si…
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January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Happy First Monday, to those who celebrate. This is the real start of 2026. Here is the first monday morning reader of the new year. Our bumbling government has given us a new war, which promises to be a source of trouble for years to come.
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Take a word, add a letter, get a new word.
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
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1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
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National Plagiarism Week
This content was posted January 30, 2009. … It is National Plagiarism Week! Here for the first act at chamblee54, we give blame/credit to Father Tony. As he puts it: A pathologist sent me this list…
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January 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Take a word, add a letter, get a new word.
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
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1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole.
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This post started by asking whether there is a division between God and Man. It ended by noting that North Avenue Presbyterian Church was built using granite donated by Sam Venable … one of the founders of the modern KKK
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The Tortured Struggle
This content was published January 9, 2025. … It started out as a joke comment. Thank God for secular humanism. · You’re welcome. I got to thinking, and wondered what the punch line was. Is t…
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January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This post started by asking whether there is a division between God and Man. It ended by noting that North Avenue Presbyterian Church was built using granite donated by Sam Venable … one of the founders of the modern KKK
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On January 2, 1971, David Crosby and friends were recording “If I Could Only Remember My Name” in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Governor elect Jimmy Carter was preparing for his term as Governor of Georgia.
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Perro
It’s the first day of the new year. One feature of a new year is the Banished Words List from Lake Superior State University. I decided to celebrate by crafting a poem out of the words. Two w…
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January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
On January 2, 1971, David Crosby and friends were recording “If I Could Only Remember My Name” in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Governor elect Jimmy Carter was preparing for his term as Governor of Georgia.
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Wikipedia used to say that Harry Hay and John Burnside appeared on the Joe Pyne show in 1967. I went looking for a video, and did not find one. The most recent Wikipedia display for Joe Pyne does not mention Harry Hay.
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Harry Hay And Joe Pyne
This content was originally published January 16, 2021. … Joe Pyne was a notoriously abrasive TV personality. He pioneered many of the things that today’s shock jock hosts do, before his deat…
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January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Wikipedia used to say that Harry Hay and John Burnside appeared on the Joe Pyne show in 1967. I went looking for a video, and did not find one. The most recent Wikipedia display for Joe Pyne does not mention Harry Hay.
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Lake Superior State University (LSSU) presents the 2026 Banished Words List: 6-7 (six seven), Demure, Cooked, Massive, Incentivize, Full stop, Perfect, Gift/gifted (as a verb), My Bad, Reach Out
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Lake Superior State University Announces 50th Annual Banished Words List | Lake Superior State University
Media Contact: LSSU Marketing, [email protected] SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – It’s time for a golden anniversary. Celebrating five decades of linguistic commentary, Lake Superior State University (LSSU)...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Lake Superior State University (LSSU) presents the 2026 Banished Words List: 6-7 (six seven), Demure, Cooked, Massive, Incentivize, Full stop, Perfect, Gift/gifted (as a verb), My Bad, Reach Out
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In 1942, Dorothea Lange was sent to photograph the conditions at the Manzanar Relocation Center in Manzanar, California. She was horrified at what she saw.
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Ansel Adams And Dorothea Lange
This content was published December 10, 2022. … The facebook feed has recently had links to a story, Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps. Miss Lange was the …
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December 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In 1942, Dorothea Lange was sent to photograph the conditions at the Manzanar Relocation Center in Manzanar, California. She was horrified at what she saw.
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The 2021 skirmish between Israel and Gaza was code named “Operation Wall Guardian.” A wall guardian would have been useful on October 7.
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Bari Weiss And Refaat Alareer
This content was published December 20, 2023. Bovine Bari continues to be a source of amusement. … I am listening to blocked and reported #195, while trying to finish a poem. Certified poopyhead @b…
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December 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The 2021 skirmish between Israel and Gaza was code named “Operation Wall Guardian.” A wall guardian would have been useful on October 7.
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This is the last monday morning reader of 2025. One of the pictures shows a man brushing snow off a vehicle, in front of the Georgia State Capitol. This is an example of hell freezing over.
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Cold-Blooded Rule
The display of a link on this page does not indicate approval of content.’Jayne knew exactly what she was doing’: The forgotten story behind the most famous …Frank Zappa’s Cold-Bl…
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December 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the last monday morning reader of 2025. One of the pictures shows a man brushing snow off a vehicle, in front of the Georgia State Capitol. This is an example of hell freezing over.
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Hollywood Babylon puts the urp in purple prose. The copyright is assigned to Kenneth Anger, the Auteur behind "Kustom Kar Kommandos."
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Hollywood Babylon
I recently read Hollywood Babylon: The Legendary Underground Classic of Hollywood’s Darkest and Best Kept Secrets. A yard sale had a deluxe edition on sale. The man asked how much I thought i…
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December 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hollywood Babylon puts the urp in purple prose. The copyright is assigned to Kenneth Anger, the Auteur behind "Kustom Kar Kommandos."
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I found some old posts about podcasting. One included this quote: “Bari Weiss, a fellow white woman who is in the running for Kareniest Karen who ever Karened in the history of Klanned Karenhood.”
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Podcasts 2025 Part One
I did a few posts about podcasts a while back. 100620 101420 120920 120321 Looking over these posts told me about a few shows that I had forgotten, and needed to catch up on. With podcasts, it is b…
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December 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I found some old posts about podcasting. One included this quote: “Bari Weiss, a fellow white woman who is in the running for Kareniest Karen who ever Karened in the history of Klanned Karenhood.”
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This picture is one of my favorites. Unfortunately, the GSU library does not have much information. "Man with 5 small children" was taken in 1942. "Possibly a Georgia Power Company official? Envelope description: Georgia Power Company"
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December 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This picture is one of my favorites. Unfortunately, the GSU library does not have much information. "Man with 5 small children" was taken in 1942. "Possibly a Georgia Power Company official? Envelope description: Georgia Power Company"
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The winter solstice festivities included drinking and carousing. Many of these customs were continued in the Christmas season. To many people, “Merry” meant “Drunk.” IOW, when you wish someone a Merry Christmas, you are saying to get bombed.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The winter solstice festivities included drinking and carousing. Many of these customs were continued in the Christmas season. To many people, “Merry” meant “Drunk.” IOW, when you wish someone a Merry Christmas, you are saying to get bombed.
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Today I learned about Devil’s Advocate, or Advocatus Diaboli. It seems as though the Catholic Church was trying to decide whether a person was really a saint, or just a very fine fellow. Someone had to find a reason why they were not saintly.
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122525
It is Christmas, 122525. One way to begin is by looking at my podcasts. The two Thursday downloads are Infamous and Question Everything. One of them does not have a new episode. The other one has a…
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December 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Today I learned about Devil’s Advocate, or Advocatus Diaboli. It seems as though the Catholic Church was trying to decide whether a person was really a saint, or just a very fine fellow. Someone had to find a reason why they were not saintly.
@keeganc15.bsky.social
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In 2020, Indiana University displayed a photograph of the typed original lyrics to “Georgia on my mind.” The words “old sweet” were penciled in, over some words that were scratched out. This photograph is no longer available.
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Georgia On My Mind
This content was published December 16, 2020. … Rock the Runoff: Broadway for Georgia performs “Georgia On My Mind” turned up on facebook. This video got me thinking about GOOM. Youtube turne…
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December 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In 2020, Indiana University displayed a photograph of the typed original lyrics to “Georgia on my mind.” The words “old sweet” were penciled in, over some words that were scratched out. This photograph is no longer available.
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There was an online quiz about cannibalism once. One of the questions: “Suppose you were in a restaurant and cooked human flesh was on the menu, what would you do?” The possible answers were: Call the police, I’d order it, I wouldn’t order it.
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Are Your Friends Overweight?
This content was posted December 18, 2008. … The following items come from a blog called akmal eky. · In Tibet, a common drink is butter tea – it is made from yak butter, salt, and tea · The ancien…
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December 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There was an online quiz about cannibalism once. One of the questions: “Suppose you were in a restaurant and cooked human flesh was on the menu, what would you do?” The possible answers were: Call the police, I’d order it, I wouldn’t order it.
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Whenever you are writing something, you should always look it over before you hit send. There are guaranteed to be mistakes.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Whenever you are writing something, you should always look it over before you hit send. There are guaranteed to be mistakes.
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Some say that you should only use a quote when you have read the book the quote came from. In the case of Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic, this means watching a production of “Lady Windemere’s Fan.”
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Cynic
This content was published December 17, 2023. … “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” ― Oscar Wilde. This quote is one of Oscar’s greatest hits…
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December 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some say that you should only use a quote when you have read the book the quote came from. In the case of Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic, this means watching a production of “Lady Windemere’s Fan.”
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