Sifting through the dirt to get to the gold
"Will was convinced that winter semester at Dartmouth was good for only two indoor activities: studying and playing pool. Well, maybe a third, but in Will's limited time on campus, he was still working on the third indoor activity.' It's no wonder you guys are such good students up here,' Will was known to say. 'These winters drive... Continue Reading →
The 1970's brought about many new feelings for a whole number of people across America. To the front of the list was the realization that change was a coming whether you were ready for it or not. For example you have: 1) The traditional male facing the liberation of females through their protestations of their... Continue Reading →
"This isn't a country in transition but some sort of postmodern dictatorship that uses the language and institutions of democratic capitalism for authoritarian ends." A 21st century expose on Vladimir Putin's Russia from the beginning of his tenure to present day. This book demonstrates that as much as the national leaders change, the values and... Continue Reading →
"We were at a party. One girl said I was like her grandmother, now dead. I told her I'm nobody's grandmother and I'm not dead, and she said that made it perfect." What if the only thing on your bucket list was to literally fill a bucket before you kicked it. Eighty-two year old Etta... Continue Reading →
"How did they command such deference - English teachers? Compared to the men who taught physics or biology, what did they really know of the world? It seemed to me, and not only to me, that they knew exactly what was most worth knowing." An unnamed elite all-boys public school in the northeast of the... Continue Reading →
“This is the truth: we all desire to conquer the comely one, because it affirms our own worth. Speaking for the men of the world, we want to own the beauty of the woman we're fucking. We want to grasp that beauty, tightly in our greedy little fingers, to well and truly possess it, to... Continue Reading →
“Death is always on its way, but the fact that you don't know when it will arrive seems to take away from the finiteness of life....we get to think of life as an inexhaustable well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times...How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps... Continue Reading →
"The baby Ben on Pauline's nightstand jangled out an alarm. She slapped the top of the clock. Buck stirred, then settled deeper under the covers She looked into the pale sunlight filtering through a sheer curtain. 'I wonder what this day will bring.' " 1960's San Francisco, California a hotbed for the hippie movement it... Continue Reading →
"Always, always it's the heart first. You must have heart to move you along. After that there's the head for understanding yourself, your enemy, and the field. If you have heart and use your head, you'll always find something at hand to help you reach your end." This book and its prose is conceptualized with... Continue Reading →
"War makes possible enemies out of people whom we have considered friendly acquaintances for many years. Yet the dangers attendant on having people who would furnish information to the enemy in our midst is too great to allow a relaxation of alertness. Aliens loyal to Mussolini or Hitler are just as dangerous to us right... Continue Reading →
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