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the word beyond words
how can I share what air cannot reveal, what eyes cannot reach, what words cannot contain? though the wind whisper it, my ears cannot translate for you, only these lips that speak without thought like a treasure crying out inside … Continue reading
Posted in glossilalia, Language, Life
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An Exhaustive Treatise On The Mating Habits Of The Ruby-Nosed Fricative
Piffle! The End.
Posted in Education, humor, Language, Life
Tagged dissertations, essays, humor, Language, Life, university
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Rejecting the Refrigerator
Is anyone else tired of chicken? Not just any chicken, the plain chicken you get in the grocery store that you have to take home and put in the refrigerator. That chicken. That kind of food. I’m tired of tasteless. … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Food, Health, humor, Language, Life, Men, Nature, Photography, Politics
Tagged America, Appalachia, chemically addictive ingredients, conspiracy theories, culture, food, fried chicken, health, intelligence, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, Mike Myers, movies, photography, purpose, refrigerators, rejection, relationships, The Weekly World News
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the society for the prevention of hostility toward unabridged dictionaries
where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone long time a passin where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone long time ago where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone gone to dumpsters every one when will they ever learn? when will … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Dreams/Goals, Education, Fiction, High School, humor, Language, Life, Poetry, Scotland, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged bad poetry, book burnings, books, Language, librarians, libraries, Life, secrets, unabridged dictionaries, words
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How do I love thee? Let me count the glaze
We face a growing problem in The West. An increasingly disturbing range of bulging behemoths spend reckless days before computerized game devices, munching on the joys of high fructose corn syrup, powdered sugar, and genetically modified substances. Even the United … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Culture, Food, Health, humor, Language, Life, Poetry, Politics, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged bad poetry, donut shops, donuts, flour, food, health, high fructose corn syrup, humor, Language, Life, obesity, poetry, sweets, unhealthy habits
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Meeting my favorite artist
I didn’t have it on my “bucket list.” I had no idea he would be there. But when I walked into the art gallery this evening, my favorite living artist stood near my favorite painting in the whole wide world. … Continue reading
Viva La France!
Today I met two frenchman and a french woman at a convenience store. They were outside, huddled over a map of West-By-God-Virginia, while I stared up at the rocky crown of Snowshoe’s neighboring mountain. (Snowshoe is a famous ski resort) … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Food, humor, Language, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged culture, French, Language, Life, Mountains, Snowshoe, tourism, tourists, travel, West Virginia
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Return to me, and I will return to you
Return to me, and I will return to you. That is the message in the first part of Malachi 3. Way before the Lord speaks about the tithe in the latter part of Malachai 3, the Word speaks of Christ … Continue reading
Posted in catholicism, Christianity, Language, Life, Morality, Pentecostalism, Relationships, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged accusations, bondage, Christ, fasting, God, homelessness, hungry, Life, Morality, oppression, right and wrong, righteousness, The Bible, the meaning of life, the Old Testament, tithing, wickedness
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Step Away From the Laptop: How To Wipe Out Writer’s Block
And now for something so different, so amazingly useful…that you will never ever get writer’s block ever ever again! Ten Ways to Defeat The Evil “Writer’s Block:” 10. Step away from the laptop. Next, put on some “outdoor clothes,” get … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Fiction, Food, humor, Language, Life, Men, Music, Nature, Relationships, theater, Uncategorized, Women, Writing
Tagged Bach, Beethoven, Bite the wax Tadpole. music, broccoli, Characters, chemist, cloaking device, culture, Language, Life, math, Mountains, naked mountain climbing, Star Trek, Writer's Block, writing
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bookends part 3
In the meantime of the day, when the clock just doesn’t quite strike a primary number, Albert assumed a cup of Java into his routine. It sat before him, it sat beside him. It even sat between his legs. But … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Fiction, Language, Life, Men, Rail Travel, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women, Writing
Tagged bookends, cheese, childhood, coffee, common man, fiction, Ireland, Java, Language, Life, office, relationships, time, train travel
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