January 2011
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Reflections in a pool of water
Reflections in a pool of water My mom-in-law asked me if I missed the UK, I said no. “So you really are an American now,” she said. I have a Fender guitar now. Do you have soul when you dance at midnight? Perchance to dream. Black coffee, cigarettes, jazz playing. I had never fully grasped how much Sourdough toast I eat now. Or that I call ‘jam’ ‘jelly’. I know more about American history than I...
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A book I am reading now about the United States Air Force’s failure during the Vietnam War to use tactical missions to resolve the conflict had an interesting discussion with the Air Force’s obsession with strategic bombing. The myth “the bomber will always get through” perpetuated their thinking, leading to such marvels as cancelling a jet fighter program that would have...
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New Year's Eve 1981
I recall a singular event from this day, 29 years ago. About 11:50pm on New Year’s Eve I switched the radio on, and heard a terrified DJ advise Russia had just launched a nuclear strike on Britain and the United States. The missiles were on their way. Supposedly the DJ had been making a joke about the state of the Cold War at that time, but after a summer of leaflets “Protect and...
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The Long, The Short and The Tall
In 1959, O’Toole was cast as a Cockney sergeant in the play The Long And The Short And The Tall at the Royal Court Theatre. His understudy was a young Michael Caine, and one Saturday night after the show O’Toole invited him to a restaurant he knew. Eating a plate of egg and chips was the last thing Caine remembered, until he woke up in broad daylight in a strange flat. “What...
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
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Sometimes, you ignore the one who loves you...
Love is a complete fucking mystery to most men. Some wouldn’t know love if it came up and slapped them with a wet fish. No, if two people don’t know it then no amount of soliquy to strangers will make any difference. Love is on the face of adversity
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The Out Side (a short story by Deadshot)
(c) 2010 The early morning death squads had been out already, washing the streets of the blood that had run like water around midnight. It had been a bad night. 56 suicides, 30 failed attempts and the disintegration booths had been working over time. An air of funereal splendour shrouded the city as the sun rose bulbous, orange, yet lacking in heat as the air was thick with cloud. The sun...
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Anyone else completely disgusted by the "no...
stfuconservatives: caraobrien: The whole thing makes me want to vomit. More than 2 million people may not be getting their unemployment benefits, the money that allows them to FEED THEIR FUCKING CHILDREN, because Republicans want to make rich people happy.  Fuck you, Congress. Get your shit together and serve the American people the way you’re supposed to.  Me! Me! I’m also completely...
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“None shall pass, without my permission!”
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