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The Writing is on the Wall

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Or on the rock, as the case may be. I’ve been busy the last few days with work, so I haven’t been as plugged in to the 24/7 freak out festivus as I would have otherwise been. I have to say it’s been nice to not have the extra stress, the extra worry.

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I thought maybe some of you could use a quick break from the the blogo-spazz out. Why not step outside with me, and take a look at some of the things have that have kept my mind off the pros and cons of the worst best probably not as bad as some would have you believe debt deal legislation. At a minimum, click though to see what I mean by the title and the opening line.

This is a photo diary, so I’m gonna just drop some pics randomly below without commentary, linkage, or other crap. If you have questions, or better, something fun or silly of your own (photo, joke, whatevah), drop it in the comments. The politics can wait on the porch. Come on, Moose, help me help you.

And so, without further ado, here’s a few of the things my eyes (and cameras) have lit on recently:

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  2. fogiv

    One time, many years ago, some of my buddies and I crashed an IHOP at 3:00 AM after some serious bar ‘celebrating’.  My pal Jason was so drunk he couldn’t say ‘pancakes’.

    Ashpakes, therefore, are pancakes enjoyed while inebriated. That’s what he ordered.

    Jus brig mee sum ashpakes, plees.

    The waitress was a good sport. She brought coffee too.

  8. John Allen

    Finally got around to reading Blood Meridian. Interesting read. Took awhile, as usual, to get past McCarthy’s writing style. I hope young writers understand that he is a success in spite of  his quirks and not because of them.

    Here’s what he had to say about his aversion to punctuation.

    “James Joyce is a good model for punctuation. He keeps it to an absolute minimum. There’s no reason to block the page up with weird little marks. If you write properly, you shouldn’t have to punctuate… It’s to make it easier, not to make it harder…[Use] simple declarative sentences. I believe in periods and capitals, and the occasional comma. You can use a colon if you’re about to give a list.”

    I find it has the opposite effect. The lack of punctuation distracts from the story. And that bit about “simple declarative sentences”? Give me a break. He’s got one run-on sentence in Blood Meridian that has 177 words.

    But, as I said, it’s a good read in spite of the style. Thanks for the recommendation.

  10. DaNang65

    Looks to be a late nineteenth century Brunswick. They were made in St. Louis and shipped up the rivers as “civilization” expanded throughout the Great Plains. From context I’m guessing this one is somewhere in Oregon. Can you tell us more?

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