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- 2009
- Oct15Health Care Discussion because there is no "debate"“How can we say there is a health care "debate"? Stupid phraseology if I ever ...”
- Sep1514Educate, do not regulate...“http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Acetaminophen-Educate-Do-Not-Regulate Stop the FDA from banning Vicodin, Percocet and other Acetaminophen-based pain relievers.”12100908John Ehle to read in Asheville on Oct 10“John Ehle Reading in Asheville, NC Internationally acclaimed author and Asheville native, John Ehle, will read ...”Wallace Wang and the My New series“Wrote a book review. Yup, after all these years - I'm back in the critic's ...”01Utah Public & Design Arts“Salt Lake City, UT University of Utah College of Nursing - Call for artist's letter ...”
- Aug27Bellwether Prize 2009-2010“Bellwether Prize for Unpublished Manuscripts The Bellwether Prize supports the writing and publication of serious literary ...”26NC State Fair Fine Arts Competition“N.C. State Fair The prospectus is now available for the juried exhibition for fine artists and ...”06Retzhof Castle is the place to be...“International Physical Theatre Laboratory October 25-31, 2009 Retzhof Castle Leitring bei Leibnitz, Austria Intensive practical training, lectures, conference, discussions. Accommodation ...”05Hickory NC - Dead Mule Roundup“A wonderful time was had by all last night in Hickory at the Taste Full ...”
- Jun20Brown Street Boogie.“Our little haven, this remote little town of wonder, is getting a dog park. Who ...”04Art and The Dead Mule...“Whoa Nellie. Got the new Mule fiction loaded at last. The Dead Mule issue for ...”
- May29The Blue Dahlia“Becoming annoyed with Cash in the Attic because the geegaw auction is proving unintellectual, I ...”27How Not to Fuse Plastic Bags“Re-read Rob's blog post from a couple years ago on my failed attempt to fuse ...”26Helen Losse, Poetry Editor Supreme“Poet Losse has a marvelous interview published today on Very Like a Whale. It is ...”Boy Moments“Late Sunday afternoon I took 3 small boys for a walk "in the swamp" across ...”2013What we learn from death.“I learned no one gets to stop for death. When someone is dead, only the body ...”06Ruth Heinold“If ya'll know me, then you know how much I love my mom. Loved my ...”
- Apr1601Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE)“Have you picked one up yet? You can buy one online at The Assemblagist. Click the ...”
- Mar30Waiting for official website of "Away We Go"...“Let's get the ball rolling here, guys. It's time for a website... and what a ...”25Go Janis! Go Janis! You're a Cracker!“Florida writer whips up a lip-smackin' 'Cracker' By Kati Schardl • DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER • March ...”24NC Writers Get Ready for Greensboro Event“McCrumb To Keynote 2009 North Carolina Writers’ Network Spring Conference Greensboro, NC – New ...”23Remembering Mom and Ollie, 2005“Found this oldie on YouTube and just started laughing. Ollie still delights us today but ...”17MRSA - Not manufacturer's suggested retail price, that's MSRP“The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that by 2005, MRSA was killing ...”
- Feb26Janis Owens takes Cracker Kitchen to Atlanta!“Straight from her website - JanisOwens.com - order her book straight from the site!: Friday ...”25Rules for the Hammock Patrol“(printed in the public interest) Harvey Boyd - President Kenny L. Ashley - Vice-President Bud Hans - Scribe Gerald ...”16Joe Finder news“Okay, I undeniably love Finder's books. Can't help it. He was one of the first ...”02
- Jan28Washington, NC History“Sometimes I need to revisit my own genius. Today I checked into the local county ...”2313Taking time out for the Times. "Every Child by Two"“The autism "caused by vaccine" debate is actually not a real debate. New York Times' ...”01samizdat“Is that the greatest word or what? I just learned it today -- in a ...”
- 2008
- Dec3026Assemblagist Blog coming soon...“MacEwan.net will contain two blogs soon - one about caring for the frail elderly (my ...”25Frailty and Christmas Presents“Out of sad comes happy -- in this case it means someone is with Momma ...”23Brown Street Studio update - The Frail Elderly“The gallery is almost complete, shelves are 80% built and many of the works are ...”17Physical Theatre Lab in Malta!“ International Physical Theatre Lab with the Russian theatre director and teacher Sergei Ostrenko April 27 ...”1211Meet The Authors Writing Contest: Peter Matthiessen and E.L. Doctorow“THE WRITERS' WORKSHOP 387 BEAUCATCHER ROAD ...”Dear Google People,“hey out there, I got this email today. I'm making so many mistakes lately on ...”10LED Christmas Lights“This year we are putting LED Christmas lights in the weeping fig tree near the ...”GoDaddy never ceases to amaze me...“[*see just how wrong I was when I posted this. Geesh...] Once you get started registering ...”0807Our first holiday without Christmas.“'tis the season. Last year we went whole hog for Momma and bought a big ...”0604Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize entries due soon!“Postmark deadline: December 20th, 2008 The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize honors internationally celebrated ...”changes“I promise a new blog post later today. Yes, Amanda, there is a Santa Claus”
- Nov2320It's World Philosophy Day.“Or is it?”19151413The Quiet“Letter to R #1 Okay, it is just me now. Some instant verse for you: I hear the ...”06Top Ten Comfort Foods [revisted]“Cannoli. The comfort food of the gods. Despite my "Fishing for Nixon" winning a first place ...”0201
- Oct2221Red Lobster's New England Clam Chower - another comfort food“This recipe is the best I've found. I tried to make chower "a la Val" ...”201615What's more fun than a town forum? True Blood.“I want to do bad things to you. If you don't have HBO, you are missing ...”Micro-Enterprise Loans“Start with $25.00. Loan it to a person you'll never meet, invest in their business. Your ...”1310Just a quick public service announcement...“Skip down to the next blog entry if you're not interested in pain management. It's ...”090807
- Sep20MacEwan leaves the South for the BIG CITY!“Rob's in Cincinnati to speak at the Global.TV Expo. That's my man! Global.tv ”14Ollie!“My grandson Ollie follows in his family's photography footprints. With the exception of the first ...”110805Palin“Time magazine said of Sarah Palin: She supports the teaching of creationism in public schools, alongside ...”04
- Aug3127Ann Hite's "Life on Black Mountain"“Ya'll can download the .pdf of Ann Hite's short story collection on the Dead Mule ...”21Fix for the paragraph break problem in WordPress“ FOUND A WAY AROUND THE PARAGRAPH LINE BREAK PROBLEM in WordPress! 1. I copied the text ...”Paragraph line breaks deleted in WordPress“ Using Firefox 3, on an iMac Trying to fix the paragraph break problem in WordPress. The ...”Reawakened freshness on the move.“Snuggle fabric softener. Is that not a genius combination of ridiculousness of the written word? Next ...”20Those who know me...“I mean, personally "know me" will understand why the following post from ThriftyFun.com is necessary ...”1915Kiva & my first micro-enterprise loan!“We decided to start early on our Blog Action 2008 post by sending in our ...”10Pittsburgh's 250th Birthday“Got a Creative Non-Fiction email today. CNF director LeeGutkind will be inundated with a virtual ...”09
- Jul2409List of Deserts“Sahara Arabian Great Victoria Rub'al Khali Kalahari Syrian Chihuahuan Thar Great Sandy Gibson Sonoran Mohave Atacama Namib Gobi Patagonian Great Basin Kara-Kum Colorado Taklamakan Iranian ”The Bomb“ One of the speakers, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, mentioned the fact that ...”08
- Jun26Janis Owens!“My dear friend, novelist Janis Owens, is gearing up for the publication of her new ...”25Firefox 3“You know you've been out of the country when you're watching re-runs of the Colbert ...”Southern Yard Art“Better than listening to Mom bitch about her bowels. More fun than an overdose of Milk ...”Same as it ever was...“Wrote the following in an email to a friend: I just woke up a few minutes ...”21working on the Samara photo albums“I'm turning way too geeky but truly -- not quite geeky enough -- with JetPhoto ...”2018Samara Beach, Costa Rica“Whoa doggies, we's home! Many photos, word after word of pithy commentary, and songs of ...”
- May2928I grew up laughing.“Rowan and Martin. The Smothers Brothers. Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Jackie Mason, Shelley Berman ...”27Shogging? I thought I'd heard it all!“All the cool blogging kids are using Shogging as a resource when purchasing items online. ...”22Speaking of bringing home pets...“L.A. Police Gear sponsors Operation Baghdad Pups. They're working with manufacturers who will donate a ...”21Top Ten Comfort Foods...“Ever since I started listing my Top 10, I've been looking for more food ideas. ...”20Godspeed, Ted Kennedy“Devastating news about Senator Kennedy's health. The Little Lion of the Senate fights a new ...”New Look for Spousal Unit“This is a nice moment in ValWorld. There's a new face on Ideal Absolutes and ...”19Britney is in Samara“Well, the truth is out. Now ya'll know why we're really going to Costa Rica. ...”18Top Ten Comfort Foods -- Snickerdoodles and Ice Cold Milk“If you don't dip your Snickerdoodles in milk, then you're just not eating them properly. ...”17My headache is finally gone.“Took 72 hours to get rid of it. Thanks for your concern. Thanks also to ...”16The Reunion, Part II, High School“Members of the Class of 19XX step out of the elevator into the lobby of ...”15Top Ten Comfort Foods -- Nathan's Cheese Hot Dogs“Grill the Nathan's dogs in a cast iron skillet with a bit of butter sizzling ...”Maybe I'll go to Oregon ...“/>They tell me it's beautiful there. Oregon Coast Vacation Rentals offers some outstanding opportunities for ...”How does it feel?“My head is an 8’x10’ windowless room populated by 17 toddlers. My head is the skin ...”Geeks love gadgets.“Want to find out How to Build a Computer? How about building your own game ...”14McIntyre v. Ohio [1995], I do love constitutional law.“Anonymous pamphlets, leaflets, brochures and even books have played an important role in the progress ...”13You Can't Judge a Woman By Her Whorish Qualities“She’s just stepping out ‘cause Wade’s upstate in Pittsburgh, And Carl’s doing the usual Saturday night ...”Marble and glass tiles“Our house is around 100 years old. We've modernized most of it but -- The ...”Payday Loans“There are legitimate reasons to get payday loans. You should know what they are… and ...”Flash Fiction 101“A story in few words: My grandmother waves to dogs. Honest to God. My grandmother talks ...”Car Loan Information“The first thing to remember is not to "loan" your car to anyone. That was ...”12Theater of the Unheard, Darrell Scott“To clean means to get a prize. Since the living room is once again habitable, ...”1110IBM AS/400, a blast from the past.“A while back, in another life, I worked as an employment recruiter, seeking computer programmers. ...”Estudiantes make it to San Jose, Costa Rica“Today is the Letter Carrier food drive day, btw. Put out a bag o'non-perishables. Now ...”09Costa Rican Adventure - Car Rental“Once we get into Liberia, we're going to need to rent a car. It's a ...”Opportunistic Senility - RuthCare 101“My mother, at age 91, suffers from boredom. It's an onerous malady. Being 91, she's ...”Infinite Shoe Selection!“Free shipping for orders over $59.98. Well, that sure gets my attention. And when it's ...”Phoebe Kate Foster's "Under the Banner of Heaven" review“My dear sister writes most eloquently on religion and cults. This post is just a ...”International Calling Cards“Costa Rica has a new ICE telephone number system, which means my Sprint cell phone ...”The Deer Camp. El Dorado, Arkansas 1985“Great Uncle Pete is the first one to reach the pinnacle of complete inebriation. As ...”0807know your pharmacist?“Had to skip writing an ad. Online drugs. Not only is the location of the ...”American Home Craft publications“American Home Craft Inc offers everything a quilter needs. This isn't just me telling you ...”Dead Mule Assistant Editor, Rebekah Cowell“The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature is damn skippy proud of her daughter, Rebekah ...”06Court-Appointed Attorney“Another Para-Legal Law Diary entry. This one ended up on the Mississippi Review. Sycophant Boy takes ...”05$30 for 300 words in less than 30 minutes“I'm getting really sick of WP2.5.1 not loading images. The media glitch is annoying as ...”an old entry from my law diary:“Just to lighten the mood. Take our minds off of pimples and poop... how about ...”Laugh if you will but...“I just made $10 writing 100 words about blowing out your colon. Now I'm going ...”04Hillary Clinton in Winterville, NC on May 5th“Well, if Monday, May 5th wasn't full enough with another epidural steroid injection scheduled for ...”IT Solutions?“Computer problems within a small business are pretty much the same as those you encounter ...”Top Ten Comfort Foods - Tar Heel Pie“My comfort food list does not pretend to be healthy or heart-smart. So don't give ...”02A list of four things“Music Thoughts of Random Motion and Quality 1. eMusic can deliver some real treats. Today it's all ...”The Town of Earl“During the long summer hiatus of 1971, our family re-located to Earl, Arkansas so we ...”Hollering Therapy“holler: [v] bawl, call, cheer, complain, cry, hoot, howl, roar, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squawk, ...”01Top Ten Comfort Foods: Garlic Cheese Grits“Grits, real stone ground grits, taste better than anything I know. Yes, it is a ...”
- Apr30292826The importance of being Debbie.“I've never been particularly earnest, so it's a good thing my mother named me Deborah ...”23Days“Today is brown and it smells. A surgeon who worked at the hospital in Fayetteville used ...”22201831 Words from Jan 2007“Can you write a story in 31 words? #1. I don't rightly know when they're coming. They ...”171615Top 10 things I bought for one dollar in 2008.“Entry #1. [ad#ad-1] This has to come first because I just bought it last week. It's about ...”WP 2.5 transition“Built a quick blog on wordpress.org for daughter and her spousal unit who will be ...”14Copy/paste from Word to Post, WP 2.5 test - it works!“People are so stuck on themselves, they make my teeth hurt. Serious now. Some folks think ...”13Finding my bliss...“my happiness came in the form of a swell red/black/white theme. Simple, elegant, and uncomplicated. ...”ruth florence chapman heinold is 91 years old today.“Mom is in fine shape. Happy as a person can be. The first thing she said ...”11080706Life Before Death.“The Guardian recently published [article/interview with photographers] a griping series of photos : "Life Before ...”0403Vacation Homes for the Rich and Delirious“So, we're probably going to Costa Rica this summer. Probably. Nothing is ever set in ...”0201
- Mar31302991-years-old and learning something new...“Today is monthly grocery shop trip day. Thanks be to technology for auto-deposit of that ...”28Kenan Writers' Encounter this April 12-22 in Winston Salem, NC“Now this just sounds absolutely incredible. What a great opportunity for writers in North Carolina. ...”Friday...“First, information regarding William Neely's funeral: Memorial services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, March ...”27262523Jane Grills Obama!“Check out the News & Observer! Â One of our respondents was Jane Olsen, a 30-year-old resident ...”222120Helen responds to my Pittsburgh adventure“Dear friend Helen Losse couldn't help but write some verse about Mom setting fire to ...”19Pittsburgh, March 2008“Spent last week in Pittsburgh. So much to say, so much to say... heard Hillary ...”11The Exquisite Corpse has returned from the grave...“Dear readers: Did you miss us? We missed you. It's only been a brief eon but ...”10
- Feb27252419Ephemera auctions“Won four auctions on eBay today! A $.01 bid got me a 1954 letter from ...”14Pedestrian Art in Wilmington, NC“The Pedestrian Art Program, UNCW Department of Art and Art History, and Wilmington Downtown Inc. ...”12ephemera...“I buy old papers. Not newspapers -- script. Old letters, envelopes, post cards, books, photographs... ...”11Maybe Mac, Maybe SuSE, may be Ubuntube“So, my old Linux days returned to me when I checked out Ubuntube -- nice ...”1001The Man in the Queue“Literary Appreciation Day "... Turned off that valve at once and opened the spiritual-heroic refrigerating apparatus, ...”
- Jan29Opium eaters and egg beaters“True story #1. Observed while volunteering at a local women's shelter thrift shop: A man came in ...”26Interesting news from ACLU...“Americans United for Separation of Church and State has cautioned the top official of the ...”25What's in your lingerie drawer?“Women -- you will relate. Men -- go click on another blog, this one will ...”23211917Helen Losse“We create our verse and watch it flow back and forth. She dwells in poetry ...”15I am living my own fiction.“A word of caution to writers everywhere. Be ready when you create your own destiny ...”1410The New Survivor Series“I think I'll watch the new Survivor Primary. It's on every day, 24/7. Hillary won ...”09International Performing Arts Laboratory“International Performing Arts Laboratory Performer's Physicality: physical action, psychological gesture, biomechanics under the direction of Sergey Ostrenko April ...”Chapel Hill Art Project -- due Friday“Hurry hurry! Quick like a bunny! hapel Hill Public Arts Commission Call to Artists: Art Area ...”08Chatting with Rebekah“So, I'm chatting with fellow writer Rebekah Cowell who's helping me edit the Mule. We ...”07Quote for some of us...“Hey, you gotta' love Seth Godin. Gapingvoid.com's Hugh MacLeod interviewed him about the newly published ...”0605Marc Mouclier, 1866-1948“Picked up a tasty little framed piece today -- a French Aesthetic artist Marc Mouclier ...”Biting the hands that feed...“The latest affiliate marketing endeavor is Shoutback. The site pimps non-profit(?) fund raisers. Commission-based. I ...”03The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature“We're publishing a story a day throughout January on the Dead Mule. The first is ...”02Mother's New Year“Ruth (Mom) started out the New Year by falling down while trying to get out ...”
- 2007
- Dec31302827Check out Southern Yard Art“Today is the Grand Opening of our store: Southern Yard Art. Check it out. Architectural antiques, ...”2625Christmas Day, 2007“(written to the poet Helen Losse) Christmas Day at 6:04 p.m. And time brief is mine alone. A ...”24Contracts, legal issues, and decisions.“There's a fascinating article in the New York Times today about financial woes and the ...”23Real Life and Blog Stories“Sometimes life can bounce you around like a deflated basketball. You just thud and roll. --Spencer ...”19Favorite Artist of the Month #2“Next December artist is: Carolyn Sleeper. A potter in eastern NC. Sleeper won a Regional Artist ...”18Why I like the Oster Fusion.“Why the Fusion? Cream of *fill in the blank* soups. VMac's Fresh Green Bean & Parmesan ...”14The effect of decongestants and other cold reilef medications“can be quite disconcerting. A cold. Why is it called a "cold"? You google it, okay? ...”1007comments anyone?“Obviously the "comments" section ain't working co-reckly. Will have my .org man take a look ...”06FRANCES IS HOME!“She's okay, ya'll. Took $344 of our savings account to make her all better, but ...”05040201...forgot one“and thanks to my Rob who bought a six-pack of S. Pellegrino and chilled it ...”Sublime Saturday morning.“Thanksgiving season continues... Today thanks to: Me not hosting a yard sale. My daughter is having a ...”
- Nov2928The Cream Soups of Winter“Someone needs to appreciate my cream of asparagus soup. Someone outside of my family. But ...”27NC Writers' Network writing contests“Years ago, I was an avid member of the NC Writer's Network. Got no beef ...”26Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat. Where do you go in your dreams?“ As you may already know, Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat is a residential retreat, ...”2524232120New household technology round-up.“1. Brother XR 7700 sewing machine. Computer read and bred. Loving it. Understood it immediately, ...”16Why tulip-time for a theme?“Last week we walked down to Haven's Gardens (which are not gardens but hell, who's ...”GoDaddy, eBay, Etsy -- 3 good things“Never thought I'd lump those three sites together but now it makes sense. All of ...”Arkansas Hot Chocolate and William Powell“(the title is for Google's "search phrases", thought it would display nicely) Five Thin Man movies ...”14I watch TAPS.“Love the show, enjoy the whole premise... but the grammar of the people on the ...”120908Cervical Epidural Done“Okay, second time around is the charm. Dr. Alphonso and crew did a wham-bang job ...”07Oh happy day!“Oh yes! Yes! Yes! Just received eight pounds of ephemera from New York state. I couldn't ...”PooP“As the grand-boys approach a mutual diaper-less existence, my mom reminds me of a charming ...”
- Oct27Christmas trucks and trains“[photopress:emmettbrummmmmmm.jpg,thumb,pp_image] Mom needs to do a Christmas present project every year. We started this activity back ...”26Y&R“Okay, for kicks and giggles, watch Y&R and see how the writers forgot about HIPAA. ...”Seventeen and you know what I mean.“Pomfret Dormitory, 1972, University of Arkansas. A last minute decision, Daddy pulled in a few ...”24epidural complete“Just had an epidural (cervical spinal block) and it is the oddest feeling in the ...”it's Post-Partum Depression awareness time“[photopress:BlogHersACT_MOTHERSAct_1.gif,full,pp_image]”fleas“the dogs have fleas for the first time this year. At the end of October. ...”23Jeff Harrell writes a truly kick ass blog“there's this "unsuccessful" writer in Washington, DC that I just stumbled upon. I don't link ...”spinal block“Once my spine stops spinning -- content will be added to my blog on a ...”20The frangioplaner distributor cap re-installed“For hours upon decades my macewan.net suffered individualized graphiclotitus. The absence of photomontagical images created ...”18thematic dispersal disposition interface refusal“OR it seems Mental Kudzu suffers from a displacement syndrome greatly affected by the negative solar ...”Bloggity bloggity blooo“I'm really enjoying shopping on etsy.com so there needs to be a plug here for ...”13Photo captions“Well, the best explanation of my "Piece of Art" came today: Hey, I saw your photo on ...”11what would you name this piece?“[photopress:DSC00047.JPG,full,pp_image] I call it "Visionary of Poultry Sparse"”09NC Arts Council Folk Heritage Awards“Finest Folk Artists Honored in Free Night of NC Culture Frank Stasio Frank Stasio, host of the ...”08chickens saving the free world from tyranny“[photopress:makingstilllife.jpg,thumb,pp_image] and the almost-completed work? [photopress:stilllifecloseup.jpg,thumb,pp_image] and yet, the image contains the illusion of security, the remarkable idea ...”
- Sep26NC Writer's Network“ Executive Director, North Carolina Writers Network The North Carolina Writers' Network, North Carolina's leading ...”19Val's Next Kind of Cake, revisited“Used can of Bacardi pina colada frozen drink mix with a plain yellow cake recipe ...”09light pollution hurts eco-travel and historic tourism“Light pollution in historic downtown Washington, NC [photopress:mainstreetusa.jpg,full,pp_image] Photopress put macewan.net on the photo, but it's from ...”06Who's the idiot now?“I never look up the spelling of TV character's names. That is far more detail ...”05NC state and federal legislators“Well, it seems to be perfectly fine to prey on children in public restrooms ...”04the never-failing amusement...“[photopress:coastguard1.jpg,thumb,pp_image] To my Y&R companions: Phyllis just needs to get her ass to prison, this ...”03Amy Vanderbilt dicates the 1963 social ideal“Nothing says fun like an etiquette book from 1963. ...A few years back no American he-man ...”01the "up" side of short-term memory loss“Ruth eavesdrops. Always has, always will. She also opens my mail sometimes. My daddy will ...”
- Aug31Thanks to Rob“[photopress:confederatefish4.jpg,thumb,alignleft] It's so damn special to have a spouse who knows how to fix things. No, ...”WordPress 2.2“ [photopress:crabbyemmett3.jpg,thumb,alignright] I give up. My widgets don't load now that I updated to WordPress ...”29Mother Spider.“Click on the thumbnail and then click on the image to zoom in and make ...”Dinner at 7:00“I came in from a few vigorous moments of yard work to fix dinner last ...”28My fellow American, Al.“Back in 1993, a dear friend of mine became an American citizen. I found the ...”2115Ruth meets Spencer in Wonderland.“Today involves in-depth discussions. The World Encyclopedia of 1938 and its entry on fascism to ...”12kiTcHEn TiPs“Don't use wooden clothespins in a 400 degree oven. ”11Fast food ads vs reality“No time for an article, a true blog post, I've scratched my eyeball and must ...”10please, online friends, make the washlet ad go away“please, for the love of god, banish the 2-dirty-asses with smiley face cheeks ad. Shit, ...”080706Upgrading to WordPress 2.2“duh, I've been having a bit of a time with the MySQL and with the ...”
- Jul312925The Fate of Darrell Grayson“Please wear a black armband or wristband on 07/26/2007, in silent protest of the ...”19Ubuntu Linux“"Amen. Sanity hath returned to this monitor in the form of Linux. I have missed ...”1811Doug Marlette.“ Verum et factum convertuntur There is little one can say at this time, except what ...”1008The Frenzy Sisters of the River of Strange“Lester is bringing Hortense today. She's staying for a month -- while the Spigot Harvest ...”06
- Jun252322fibromyalgia“Read the SEC info about United "We Make Millions from Your Disability" Healthcare Link to SEC ...”01southern gardening“we're having a lovely time with the garden blog. Washington NC -- How to enjoy life ...”
- May
- Apr23Provigil and fibro-fatigue“Insurance companies cover all sorts of prescriptions written for non-FDA approved uses. Particularly drugs which ...”1611No Outlying Landing Field (OLF)“Here in eastern NC folks are poor, land is fertile, and the people are targets ...”
- Mar22HP C4180 All-in-One scanner driver for Mac OS X, vol 2“got an email from HP about the scanner driver. got it within 48 hours. so ...”21TinyMCE on the Dead Mule“In Robert's never-ending quest for useful plug-ins to install for the Dead Mule School of ...”19HP C4180 All-in-One scanner driver for Mac OS X“After searching diligently for a scanner driver for my iBook's HP C4180, I finally figured ...”09Time for our annual gardening tips.“"Oh my my my. Goodness. No one is listening to me. I absolutely, positively know ...”08be there or be square“[photopress:steampnk.jpg,thumb,pp_image]”06Google docs rock the mule“gotta' tell ya' real quick like -- google docs make the publishing experience so very ...”05the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature“[photopress:clothesline.jpg,thumb,pp_image] Spencer Montgomery here, blogging in for Val MacEwan. She wants you to air out your ...”
- Feb27There's something in the air...“"...woe is me, there's nothing like waking up to a barking dog that is not ...”26Sweet potato pie.“Well, blow me down. Shiver me timbers, matey. Am I always the last to know? ...”23A new artist arrives and the pot thickens.““Far be it from me to ridicule genius or to accuse anyone of silliness, but ...”19Happiness is talking to Kaia.“"I am a Southerner by trade," Happiness looks at Flannagan, her head askew as she ...”17Happiness abides at the Center“The Dude may abide at the bowling alley, but here at the Spatulate Center it's ...”09Most dire of consequences...“Oh, terror. Oh and it causes such discord amongst the patrons. It's horrid, dear readers. ...”06This just in.“Netflix lists Waiting for Guffman in the drama category. If you've seen the movie, you'll ...”02Now it's February 2007“[photopress:alicemotel1.jpg,thumb,pp_image] The first and most horrid event thus far to date in 2007? Simple. Flannagan sent ...”
- Jan29Darrell B. Grayson“Let's be serious here for a moment. Darrell B. Grayson's chapbook, Holman's House, was just ...”25a personal conversation“Flannery came into the Center sporting a worried look and nasty black eye. "Don't say ...”Message disorganization?“Just like Scott McClellan, this blog must strive toward achieving message discipline (as quoted from ...”23From literature to assemblage art. Why?“Friends and foe alike are asking the same question. Why go from writing to 3-D ...”18The Spatulate Center Vandal“[photopress:1vandal.JPG,thumb,pp_image] "Oh goodness! My, my... my. Will you just look at this?" Mr Pimpleton speaks with ...”10Early visitors to the Spatulate Center“Young Master Asmuthen arrives two days early at the Spatulate Center. He is here to ...”09the few charitable trust“[photopress:DSC04044.JPG,thumb,pp_image] "NO! yOu MuSt NOt aLigN tHOse tWo ITems In ThAT MaNNer!" Flannagan Wilder arrives at ...”08Mr. Pimpleton & AngelMother prepare...“Mr. Pimpleton works diligently through the night, preparing the 2007 installation for the public. "No one ...”07It may be raining but my mind's on the back porch.“Spent yesterday with my muse in Raleigh at the State Fair Flea Market. Bernja Deen ...”052007 Gallery images available“[photopress:DSC03922.JPG,thumb,pp_image] A sneak preview of this amazing 2007 installation in the Farmore Gallery of the Spatulate ...”04Art supplies, our daily lives“[photopress:DSC03927.JPG,thumb,pp_image] ...with interesting adventures and illegitmate thoughts of pleasure and femur-like pain. Yes, artistical endeavors represent ...”
- 2006
- Dec31One installation begins and another ends.“Henry Ferrell retires from ECU. And so it goes. The Dreaded Henry. We wish him ...”29Spencer hands over the gallery keys to Bernja Dean, Spatulate Center custodian.“"I can't believe it's finally happening," Spencer looks forlorn but somewhat relieved. "The Spatulate Center ...”28tada“updating complete cheers, macewan”18This year's cookbook“Limited Editions of Earl Champion Presents Beouf a' la Ficelle are available. Recipes include possum, ...”09December 2006“Spencer and Margaret return from their holiday not-shopping bonanzabargainza on Sunday. Their preliminary communication reveals ...”
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- Sep28Quick post on the Washington NC Pure Oil Station“Whoever you are, wherever you are... please help us. We want to save a small ...”2423Robert Louis Stevenson“The Land of CounterpaneWhen I was sick and lay a-bed,I had two pillows at my ...”13100802
- Aug30Grandma tales“ Spencer and Margaret go to a vaudeville-Shakespeare review a the Clandestine Dinner Theater over on ...”231614100501
- Jul
- Jun262523Uncommon comment from our sponsor“Just want to take a moment to thank Lisa Shea for her excellent website. It's ...”22Spencer has the pox.“He entered the room, hat in hand, and he was dragging. Just barely able to ...”21Spencer's coming around on Thursday afternoon.“Spencer's been off on assignment, writing an article with VMac on YA fiction for Popmatters. ...”19back to spencer's foibles tomorrow...“Trapped like a gerbil on a wheel in the customer service line at SuddenLink Cable ...”17Stephen Colbert's Commencement Speech at Knox College“Colbert's recent speech at Knox College deserves to be buried in a time capsule so ...”1514Some flounder fools the foolhardy.“"I understand... I see... hmmmm... Why, that is unfortunate.... What was your name again, sir?" ...”08And now a word from our sponsor.“ Congratulatory blogging to Half Drunk Muse -- a damn good magazine since 1999. I wandered ...”0705
- May30Spencer's malady“ Suffering for the last three days from a mildly debilitating spring cold has left Spencer ...”2725You can't judge a woman by her whorish qualities.“Spencer decided to dedicate yet another morning to cleaning out his files of southern aristocracy. ...”24232120Spencer gets an email forward from a friend of a friend's friend“Spencer's JournalMay 20Couldn't help but notice that the 2 men who delivered my new stove ...”181512110807060503CMC joint protection“Occupational therapy starts on Monday. Will be fitted for ADLs for CMC joint and for ...”02My new friend Spencer, male mannequin extraordinaire“We have a new family member -- Spencer the Man. Photo tomorrow. ”01
- Apr272625What is southern?“Southerners use events to illustrate emotion and longing. Then they erect monuments to solidify the ...”21The Da Vinci Code review, published on Dan Brown's website“I'm guessing the Da Vinci Code will be discussed and disected until the end of ...”20say something“ take a poll, it's fun. PollingPoint.”19More of what's southern...“ another of my columns about being southern from Popmatters, this one turned into a published ...”10Southern photos“Had some nice photos of ours published on Tattoo Highway. Check them out... ...”0602
- Mar2504Pure Oil Station, Washington, North Carolina“Washington NC has a marvelous Pure Oil Station, right downtown in front of the post ...”
- Feb28Church is State in NC?“ The Interfaith Alliance gives us this cheerful news:North Carolina churches being pushed around by ...”27the 12" iBook“ The 12" iBook is a superior machine. Remarkable. NeoOffice is superb. GIMP rules... errr ...”2320The iBook Dance Begins“Hello boys and girls. The iBook cometh. Overnight delivery. MacConnection. Time for Uncle Virgil to ...”
- 2005
- Dec07New Issue of Ducts“Rising from my online sabbatical like a hunkering old dog moving from shadow to sunlight ...”
- Nov24Scott McClellan pimps his new book. I remember him when...“ July 27, 2005 press briefing: Q Scott, when the Reverend Jesse Jackson ...”
- Oct18working it...“Creating dual-boot w/SuSE and XP. So far so strange. More on that later. Meanwhile, am ...”131210Death by Swiffer“It ain't gonna' happen. Swiffer WetJet cleaning fluid does not kill pets. Urban Myth. But ...”08Save the Station“Washington NC has a marvelous Pure Oil Station, right downtown in front of the post ...”04OpenSuSE 9.3 installation progress“I uploaded the contents of my harddrive to my websites for storage. Took 3 days ...”03Rape the environment, use Katrina as an excuse to do it..“For Immediate Release / Contact: Tom Kiley / Daniel Weiss Legislation to Drill ...”02Up to date: Getting together with SuSE 9.3“Downloaded SuSE 9.3, all 5 CD's worth. I'm going to dump SuSE 9.0 (Professional) and ...”01Predatory Lending“So, how many more ways can we screw up the lives of those who give ...”
- Sep2827Professor Nemo Discusses the Real Da Vinci Code“ Revision Posted on February 20, 2006 “A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR NEMO”: Q: ...”26... in operation as the rule.“Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known ...”25IE Problems“Well, it seems this isn't loading correctly in IE. I've been told the right side ...”24Rita“As they did with Hurricane Katrina, the History News Network has set up a Rita ...”23Internet shit.“So, here I was, quietly doing my research on the Communist Menace, 1960s-style, and some ...”21161514Google Blog Search“Google's got Blog Search it pretty much sucks, but maybe it will get better in ...”1312My favorite hurricane conversation“Back during Hurricane Isabel, in 2003, I blogged this on The Endless Chain Pig Club. ...”1109Required Reading“Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins. More on that in a bit, after I ...”08Living with the Elderly, Part IV“Readers ask about Mom (Ruth) and wonder how she's doing. It's best to send out ...”03Is there any pie Dick Cheney doesn't have his finger in?“This in the Houston Chronicle: Sept. 1, 2005, 8:30PM AROUND THE REGION CONSTRUCTION Halliburton hired for storm cleanup The Navy ...”02Books for Folks“BooksforFolks "We've got to get some books to those folks." Also: Tulane Blog for history students and faculty, ...”01Monsters“It seems absolutely insane to blog about installing Firefox. After watching MSNBC, seeing babies dehydrated ...”Firefox 1.0.6“I have only a modicum of knowledge of extracting tar.gz files. Proud moment, boys and ...”
- Aug30HoH“Well, for diversion, let's all turn to Big Brother 6 for inane chatter. Here's April, ...”Katrina“Maintaining a blog about Hurricane Katrina from eastern NC is ridiculous. My flood stories are ...”2924Navy and BRAC“Here in Eastern North Carolina, most residents have been dreading the Navy's proposed Outlying Landing ...”21Tattoo Highway #11“The new issue of Tattoo Highway is online. Some photos Robert and I took are ...”18Darren Rovell, ESPN“Note to Darren: It's short END of the stick, not short SIDE of the stick. ...”1712Felonious dogs.“Every day there's something new to add to the "With all there is going on ...”No spam sandwiches, please.“Okay, raise your mouse if you're getting sick of the Zg00sh spam. Duh, I finally ...”09Discovery is home ...“Thank God they are back.”0805Dead Mule School of Southern Literature“We're working hard on the Fall 2005 Dead Mule School of Southern Literature Workshop schedule. ...”0201Jack Russell Riders of the Storm“The Clown Dogs insane behavior has put everyone just about over the edge. Eastern NC ...”
- Jul27Thinking about Earl Warren...“ "It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction ...”261917Themes“Teaching myself new tricks. Rewriting a theme... Meanwhile -- Michael Wolff has an interesting article in ...”Firefox hacked“Change your Spread Firefox passwords. Users of the site are advised to change their ...”1208Queen of the Egg Festival“ Strange Historical Truths for Your Reading Pleasure [from the ...”01About WPS and all...“If you've been directed here because a search engine referred you -- try looking for ...”
- Jun24Kfir Alfia & Alan Lipton -- internet terrorists?“From Hackthissite.org [excuse me, please, for grabbing the whole article, but since the g00ns ...”
- May
- Apr1307NTIA screws all of you, read how.“Dear Valued Go Daddy Customer, Today I have the unfortunate responsibility of informing you ...”Books on Demand“To anyone impressed by Amazon's purchasing BookSurge, take a look at Lulu. Compare prices... and ...”
- Mar27Daily Kos and the Schiavo insanity“jaywillie writes: (the Daily Kos, click here to read the entire text) Part of ...”2524What's right and who decides?“On the Schiavo Case, here's an excellent ethical discussion in the Jackson Free Press. At ...”2221Ubuntu and KDE, switching from SuSE?“Had to do some mindless chore to get my mind off the whole Schiavo circus ...”191509OpenOffice WPS“Been using OpenOffice for so long, I can't remember using Microsoft Office. Don't remember the ...”
- Feb262322Sleep well.“Farewell to Hunter S. Thompson... Certainly a true American icon. Next to him, ...”08eBay and Internet Explorer/Microsoft“shame on eBay. Email them and give 'em hell. Click here for the survey company. Dear eBay ...”02
- Jan27090604Flickr Daily Zeitgeist and Konqueror“Ooops, the Flickr Daily Zeitgeist java script crashed in Konqueror, it's a KDE thing, apparently. ...”02Flickr kicks in and works !“Flickr is amazing. If the folks who created it ever come to Eastern NC (and ...”01Trial and error“Meanwhile, back at the ranch, there's a new frontpage photo on The Dead Mule. I've ...”
- 2004
- Dec3023Jesus H. Christ“QUICK !!! What do Mel Gibson, Max Lucado, Santa Claus, Warner Brothers, and a train ...”1406Firefox“Let's go back to politics, religion, and, I'll take The Internets for $500, Alex. And ...”
- Nov301972 or 1973 Atlantic Monthly?“Men Who Fight In Long Wars by Reeve Spencer Kelley men who fight in long wars run that ...”19Bloggers TAKE BACK YOUR IDENTITY“Bullshit. When Wolf Blitzkreig and his cohorts, or the Fox News dipwads talk about the ...”02
- Oct31Molly Ivins“Bought Who Let The Dogs In? last night after seeing Ivins on CSpan. Bushwhacked ...”29Voter Apathy“It's a good thing I voted last Wednesday. The political machine is cranking out ads ...”28Bad Food Nation“Vanity Fair's article by Fast Food Nation author, Eric Schlosser, made me start researching cattle ...”261816151308Debate me I'm an idiot... EXCUSE ME!!“Watching the debacle debate and listening to the president lying about prescription drug coverage. Medicaire ...”07George Soros“Perhaps there is someone out there in the Internet Nether Regions who doesn't know this ...”060403CNN, Debates, Blitzer“I could have sworn I heard a big ol' story on NPR about how Bush ...”01Height?“*Attention: Comments done been fixed... sorry ya'll. I deleted a couple mandatory fields to try ...”Walter Mosley's Fearless Jones“Fearless Jones Watler Mosley Little, Brown and Company Publication ...”Washington by Meg Greenfield“Washington Author: Meg Greenfield PublicAffairs April 29, 2001, 256 pages, $26.00 hardcover “…She said it ...”The Anime Encyclopedia, A Guide to Japanese Animation“The Anime Encyclopedia, A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy Stone Bridge ...”
- Sep302725Southern Design Elements“The True Southern Design Book Prologue Quite a few people raised in the South try to forget, ...”23Safety First“We're getting ready to paint our 100 year old house. Choices are so varied, I ...”21What was once now is.“Power tends to confuse itself with virtue and a great nation is particularly susceptible to ...”18Southern Yard Art“Hegel and Southern Yard Art: A Brief Discourse on Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis as Applied ...”Readers... please note.“Assuming people actually visit this blog on more than one occasion, I'd like to take ...”16Ivan and Jeanne and all the rest“We keep dodging the bullet here on the NC coast. The mountains west of us ...”About My Mama Dying and All...“Here’s another excerpt from The Work in Progress: About My Mama Dying and All Almost a lifetime ...”Gotta' love eastern NC“Never fear, Christian Crusaders of the Neo-Rightwing. Your prayers were answered when D. B. Shaw’s ...”Lids, Cans, Jars“I want to propose a new section to every grocery store and drug store. It ...”1514Excellent resource“Since readers email me with questions about where to get a particular Linux distribution, thought ...”Hello world!“Welcome to WordPress. This is the first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!”Science Fiction or Dog Shit?“Stand-in [Things Strange] — vmac @ 4:05 am I will write my first science fiction short ...”13Hurricane Do's“What you can do… [Hurricanes] — vmac @ 5:03 am Okay, it’s a cop out way ...”10Genius flows down the River“The River of Strange runs deep today. As I sat on the back stoop, contemplating a ...”07Clyde Edgerton, Lunch at the PIcadilly“ Lunch at the Picadilly by Clyde Edgerton Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Sept. 2003, 252 pgs, ...”Circling Dixie: Contemporary Culture Through a Transatlantic Lens“Circling Dixie: Contemporary Southern Culture Through a Transatlantic Lens Author: Helen Taylor Rutgers University Press, Spring ...”02Oblio and Arrow“First off, they found remnants Saint-Exupery’s plane… The Amelia Earhart of philosophy, St-Exupery’s likeness was ...”
- Aug18Public Transportation“The wheels on the bus go round and round… As we sit on the couch, remarking ...”15owning macewan.net“8/30/2004 We finally did it. A special thank you to MB in Texas for allowing the ...”
- Jun26Fedora comparison coming up“RedHat update Will load Fedora soon and compare it to SuSE9. Get ready… supposedly Fedora will ...”08The Schooling of Claybird Catts“THE SCHOOLING OF CLAYBIRD CATTS by Janis Owens Perennial March 2004, 304 pages, $12.95 by Valerie MacEwan ABOUT WRITING, ONE ...”
- May26Vintage posts from ValerieMacEwan.net“ 9/27/2004 Sell me, I’m a story [River of Strange] — vmac @ 3:14 pm We interrupt this ...”15Jeremy Needle -- Elizabeth Must Die“Elizabeth Must Die by Jeremy NeeDLE Published by Six Gallery Press January 2003, 146 pgs, $12 (US) Solitary ...”Joe Finder and Paranoia“Joe Finder – Kicking Ass and Taking Names “People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there ...”72dpi-Anime -- Robert Klanten“I wrote this book review a couple years ago and found it on a back-up ...”The Point“First off, they found remnants Saint-Exupery’s plane… The Amelia Earhart of philosophy, St-Exupery’s likeness was on ...”Summer Reading List 2003“Mom, I’m Bored “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few ...”von Martin Eberle, Temporary Spaces“Temporary Spaces Photography by von Martin Eberle, Quotes edited by Heinrich Dubel Die Gestalten Verlag April 2002, 144 ...”David Amsden -- Important Things...“Important Things That Don’t Matter by David Amsden William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins April 2003, ...”Janis Owens“Janis Owens, was born in Marianna, Florida, just a few scant miles from the Alabama ...”SuSE9, WPS, and more“When I used RedHat, I had some conversion problems with word processing which could have ...”SuSE8 and WPS“Curious problem with Mozilla and Word Press. If I copy/paste or write into the Post ...”OpenOffice WPS“Word Processing problems, OpenOffice.org [Desktop Linux] — vmac @ 8:17 pm Some stuff I found out, ...”SuSE9 -- Limewire“Installed LimeWire this morning. Thought it would just be a royal pain in the ass ...”Jsoeph Finder -- Paranoia“Joseph Finder’s Paranoia [Things Literary] — vmac @ 2:23 pm Paranoia comes out Jan 20 in ...”
- Apr25Gertrude O. Breck“One ponders much whilst planting zucchini. Today’s topic? The Natural Body. In America, we loathe all ...”15Tsipi Keller & the Magna Carta“Tsipi Keller – A Spuyten Duyvil paperback original -- good book. try it. – ...”06
- Feb29Going to the Office...“So why aren’t you?? Moving, I mean. It’s a much nicer neighborhood. NO thugs. The rent ...”Making MeMaw sick...“All you nice folks who bought your MeMaw’s and Papaw’s computers, I’m talking to you ...”OpenOffice conversions“Got a submission for The Dead Mule saved as a .wpd and it didn’t open ...”working on the blog“MacEwan = stupid duh. note to self— If you create different users for your WordPress ...”26Macromedia Flash Player and stupid“MacEwan = stupid duh. note to self— If you create different users for your WordPress ...”25Downloading Free Music“As I listen to the impassioned plea for downloading music and paying for it (it’s ...”19Old question“Street corner screamers directing traffic. We just don’t get much of that around here. Not ...”12MoveOn“Email from MoveOn.org We didn’t think the hypocrisy at CBS headquarters could get any worse. But ...”04RedHat and Fedora“Will load Fedora soon and compare it to SuSE9. Get ready… supposedly Fedora will win, ...”
- Jan03southern deer camp culture“Popmatters... again... After Christmas the airwaves are filled with ads for New Year's parties at local ...”
- 2003
- Nov12Southern Observation of the Day“Southern Observation of the Day This post is a mess, I promise to edit it soon. ...”
- Oct16Stalking the Divine: Contemplating Faith with the Poor Clares by Kristin Ohlson“Catechism As Catch Can They maintain the fire of prayer, taking turns to tend ...”
- May18Why Men Won't Commit by George Weinberg, PhD“he Need to Be Close Emotionally "The most happy marriage I can picture ...”
- Apr18Abbie Hoffman - Steal This Book“Stealing Back to That Same Old Used to Be The notorious counterculture figure Abbie Hoffman, lives ...”13Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane“Shudder Island? "I see nobody on the road." said Alice. "I only wish I had such eyes," ...”02The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown“Try Putting This Book Down "Like the Arabian brotherhood of hashishim, the legendary Knights Templar waited ...”
- Feb17The Long Silence of Mario Salviati“I adored this book in 2003 and it's still fantastic... Reality Reveals Itself "The conquest of the ...”
- Jan17Paranoia by Joseph Finder“Kicking Ass and Taking Names People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way ...”Interview with Joseph Finder“Popmatters can be replaced with V. MacEwan... PopMatters: I've been thinking about how James Bond had ...”Me and GodZ“Me and godZ. Who would have thought we'd both still be hanging out together after ...”03southern deer camp culture“Popmatters... again... After Christmas the airwaves are filled with ads for New Year's parties at local ...”
- 2002
- Dec17Stephanie Spinner -- Quiver“Her Aim Is True "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our ...”10The Spirit of Family by Al and Tipper Gore“We Are Family "The family is one of nature's masterpieces." — George Santayana, The Life ...”08Old Interview -- Claire Zulkey asks me n' Phoebe Kate about life online and other places...“Ahhhhh, it's MacEwan, not McEwan. Oh well... From Zulkey.com Valerie McEwan and Phoebe Kate Foster I met ...”02Don Shirley“When Your Lover Has Gone "This Columbia high fidelity monaural recording is scientifically designed to play ...”
- Nov06Rinzen presents RMX Extended Play“Creating a Given From an Unknown "The more human beings proceed by plan the ...”
- Sep15Matthew Warner“This review had some problems, needed a bit of editing. I don’t remember if they ...”08Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson“Male Birds Have No Penises I daresay there are many more fascinating revelations than ...”
- Jul18A Brief Summer List, 2002“A Brief Summer Reading List, Fiction for Women "Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone ...”07Hollering Therapy“holler: [v] bawl, call, cheer, complain, cry, hoot, howl, roar, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, squawk, ...”
- Jun15Mike Daisey -- 21 Dog Years“21 Dog Years, doing time at Amazon.com by Mike Daisey Free Press – ...”06The Pantego Mud Run“Volunteer fire departments, especially rural ones, often have to resort to some creative fund raising ...”05Temporary Spaces by Martin Eberle“forward ever backward never "I struggle to be brief, and I become obscure." — Horace, ...”
- May17Eric Foner - Who Owns History? Rethinking the past in a changing world.“Historians Are Prophets in Reverse To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is ...”
- Mar23Southern Yard Art“The Society for the Preservation of Southern Vernacular Landscape Architecture, an apolitical organization, got its ...”
- Feb1817Boy Genius by Yongsoo Park“A Book of True Genius Reading Yongsoo Park's BoyGenius takes the reader on a ...”12Women and Pain by Mark Young“Pain is a sentinel you should not ignore . . . Someone has finally ...”
- Jan17The Deer Camp“After Christmas the airwaves are filled with ads for New Year's parties at local boom-boom ...”
- 2001
- Nov17The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Third Ed.“Rock and Roll Never Forgets The Atlantic Beach boardwalk in North Carolina is silent in October. ...”
- Oct17The World's Smallest Book (I love this book)“Judge This Book By Its Cover bib·li·o·phile PRONUNCIATION: bbl--fl VARIANT FORMS: also bib·li·o·phil (-fl) ...”04Lowell Limpett and Two Short Stories by Ward Just“The Play's the Thing Ward Just, recently named one of the first recipients of a Berlin ...”
- Aug12Aiken, SC -- Mostly true story --“Aiken, SC Land of James Brown, and more... this story is 98% true: Back in, ohhh, must ...”03Sign on the ____X by Marina Roy“The Impossibility of a Cosmological Proof of the Existence of X To attempt to extract from ...”
- Jul15Marlin Fitzwater -- Esther's Pillow“Esther’s Pillow by Marlin Fitzwater PublicAffairs Books July 2001, 256 p., $25.00 hardback ...”10Anne Tyler - Back When We Were Grownups“O, may I join the choir invisible . . . Ruth gets up from the porch ...”
- Jun18Summer Reading List 2001“Pregnancy is a condition which, during summer in the Deep South, has only one redeeming ...”17Walter Mosely -- Fearless Jones“That Girl Ain't Nobody's Friend Once again, Walter Mosley goes the distance. His latest ...”
- May15Lily James“ High Drama in Fabulous Toledo Author: Lily James FC2 [Fiction Collective Two] April ...”
- Apr09Meg Greenfield - Washington“"She said it was not the kind of place that people would come here ...”06Important Things That Don't Matter by David Amsden“This Book Does Matter "Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a ...”
- Mar11Deadlock by David Von Drehle and The Political Staff of the Washington Post“Butterflies and Bush's Thighs Reckon the hoopla over the Florida electoral process will change ...”10On to Alaska!“On to Alaska. Life with Ruth wasn't always filled with poignant moments of sentimental elderly ...”
- Feb01Valerie MacEwan and the River of Strange.“Spencer and Margaret Montgomery live in my studio. Allistair, Spencer's agent, is a figment of ...”
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