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Patpong Dawn

March 31, 2019 – 4:30 pm

dawn, patpong, thailand Patpong at sunrise. Years ago I went to sleep at dawn. Now I wake up at that hour like a new-born baby. Sleep – the most beautiful experience in life – except drink. – W. C. Fields

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Wendell Berry Quote On Food

August 2, 2018 – 6:09 am

I once brought a head of broccoli to the counter of a supermarket outside of Poughkeepsie. The young cashier regarded it with an alien’s disgust for earth. “What is it?” “Broccoli.” It’s one of the few words that is the same around the world. “I’ve never seen it before.” She was probably 17. “Have you […]

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A Word or Two from the Wise

July 14, 2018 – 8:54 am
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Ice Cream In Winter

March 10, 2018 – 9:41 pm

From Dave Henderson The most coherent explanation for global warming I have ever heard. Courtesy of Mr Peter Nolan Smith “People have abandoned the Bible and now are going to hell in record numbers. Most American sinners are fat. Fat people burn hotter. Hell is hotter. The earth is hotter. Pure science.” Even ice cream […]

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The Great One – Jackie Gleason

December 18, 2017 – 4:19 pm

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don’t know you have it, you don’t have it. If you don’t have it but you think you have it, then you have it. Jackie Gleason

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