Today marks one year from the last day I went to work in an office. Like most people, it has been a weird year. Starting with a stripped-bare produce section at Aldi (video below ) It has, however, been a better year than the previous one. The year 2019 was my worst year yet. And […]
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I was doing some genealogical research, reading from the front page of The Southern Whig.newspaper published January 3, 1850, in Athens, Georgia, when I came across an interesting article that is still painfully relevant today. The page was in very bad shape, missing the nameplate / top of the page. What remained was just a
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“An exchange gives the following definition of a cigarette: A cigarette is a roll of paper, tobacco and drugs, with a small fire at one end and a big fool at the other. Some of the chief enjoyments are condensed night-mares, fits, cancer of the lips and stomach, spinal meningitis, softening of the brain, funeral
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The last two sentences from the book, De Veritate (“On Truth”), first published in 1624, written by Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury 1 (1582-1648) I have frequently pointed out that owing to the action of free will, or the infinite within us, we can, if we desire, shut our eyes, stop up our ears, and
It may be hard to *seem* genuine when I am smiling at the arc of the universe continuing to bend toward justice, but I do stop for a moment to reflect on how hard it is for conservative people when their beliefs and sense of right and wrong is challenged as it has been these past few days.
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Visited with a friend who works in a tall building downtown. Got a great view of Atlanta Station under construction, and can see how it’s taking shape. Also, the Banana Bridge is all the way across the I-75/I-85 Connector, however it doesn’t yet have a place to land. This project is definitely changing downtown Atlanta,
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Last Saturday, November 9, 2002, we had a protest. We gathered at the King Center and marched to Centennial Olympic Park. The AJC touted the march as “Atlanta’s largest anti-war demonstration in 30 years…” They also estimated about 2,500 people marched. It felt much larger, and the photos below might support a larger number. I
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