Archive for August, 2001

I am in Oklahoma. The

I am in Oklahoma. The childhood home of my mother, the current of her parents, and the former home of their parents. My great Grand father just passed away, he was 98 years old.

It feels a little bit weird because for as long as I can remember THe only way my mother could persuade us to come here was by mentioning the fact that it was most likely going to be the last time we ever saw Great Grand Father, or as we liked to call him, Pard. Oh well. I feel like I have gotten to know him more in the past two days than I had previously through my entire life. He was just so old. He was married for 77 years for crying out loud. 77 years. IT is just so long. Damn.

PRovidence is a thing of

PRovidence is a thing of the past. I am unable to call that crazy little city home any longer and It is just so hard. but I am sure it would be harder if I was not kicking it with all of my dawgs in Chicago. Ipromise that in the days to come I will post some of the nutty things about providence that I forgot to include thus far. Which I know is quite allot of stuff.

Joeseph Heller was asked what

Joeseph Heller was asked what he thought about the fact that he had not written a book as good as Catch 22 in 15 years. He responed by saying that he didn’t mind because no one else had either.

Catch 22 is a great book. A Classic book. I like the book. You should like the book.

You should read the book. Here are examples of things that do not appear in the book.
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social my group

At one point I was rather concerned that I was in a campus community that was filled with really dumb people. So I decided to see why that was. Well I did not come to any conclusions. But I was pretty angry so a wrote an angry letter to the editor of the school news paper. here is that letter.

(I know that it now sounds a little lame and pedantic but oh well that is the way that it is)

ISMS: THE CASE AGAINST SOCIAL GROUPS
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