qotd
Seen in the masthead of trying to grok… Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless noisy baggage behind. — Jed Babbin
Tag: war
listening
Sea far enough away that I cannot hear it. Skinny cat prowls outside the restaurant’s lighted windows. Silverwares jangling in another room. Laughter. The horn of the local mosque sounds. My friends speak a language I don’t understand. I listen and write.
self-definition, yet again
You remember when alt.lemur.frink.frink.frink and alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove was distributed on reel-to-reel tape strapped to a carrier pigeon.
Definitions. Independence
From Ginmar, who’s over there right about now. Independence is one of those concepts you think you understand—till you have to put it into action. Then it can feel an awful lot like exile. It tends to exhibit itself in small everyday things, not big gestures. (Except what’s not a big gesture but liberating a … Continue reading Definitions. Independence
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