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Memorial Day 2017: War is Hell
I’ve been where you are now and I know just how you feel. It’s entirely natural that there should beat in the breast of every one of you a hope and desire that some day you can use the skill … Continue reading
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Sweet Dreams
“Sleep, those little slices of death; oh how I loathe them” is attributed to Edgar Allan Poe, as found on the ever knowledgeable Internet, which must make it true, right? Wrong! Show me from what work of his that quote … Continue reading
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Tagged analog, arachnid, bald eagle, bird of prey, black widow, bulging eyes, Burlington Island, caressed, CDs, chimaera, christmas eve, cloud, computers, Cover Your Ears, dark ages, death, Delaware River, digital, DJ, Don't Forget to Dance, dreams, edgar allan poe, freud, hiking, internet, jugular veins, keystrokes, killer, life, lover, Memorial Day Weekend, molten lava, nightmare, ospreys, paranoia, Pennypack Park, psychologists, pus, radio, raptor, ravaged, Ray Davies, recurring dream, respect, sleep, social media, spider, stress, support, sweet dreams, the kinks, thorax, tick, time, tirade, vinyl record, volcano
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The 2016 Addendum to a Twenty-year-old Tradition
Twenty years ago, I wrote a Memorial Day tribute on the Internet that brought me and the reader back to watching the six-o’clock news on TV during the Vietnam era. The daily war-count was delivered nightly as if we were … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Afghani, america, belgium, Brussels, carnage, coalition forces, Columbus Day, Columbus Dsy, Congress, cynical, france, freedom, George Washington, government, Hanoi, hate, hater, hatred, human nature, Iraqi, ISIL, Japan, jihadists, justice, Labor Day, legacy, liberty, Lincoln, memorial day, Memorial Day Weekend, middle east, military, paris, president obama, servicemen, servicewomen, summer, Tran Dai Quang, TV, Uniform Monday Act, Veteran's Day, vietnam
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