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Make sure to pass condolences on to Lindsay.
Much as I love spending time back in the midwest, it's not Santa Fe. My summertime resolution to forestall a heart attack has run aground on a reef of bagged.
There's been an active and instructive comment thread in Rob's post below (which I largely agree with). I think Rob and his interlocutors were often talking past each other, but.
Steve Gillard's Times obituary. (Via Shakes.)
Daytona Beach, Florida.
Twain, 1904 or 1905:O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms.
The death of Andrew Bacevich's son on May 13 in Iraq was heartbreaking news for anyone who's read his work, heard him speak, or (I'm sure) known him. That he.
Damn interesting:As word of the birth-control wonder-herb spread through ancient Europe, Africa, and Asia, a market for the versatile fennel developed rapidly. The seeds became widely used among the world's.
