Sunday, April 29, 2012

The Class of 2012

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The Class of 2012 On graduation night you’ll sit among Your friends, a make-the-sponsors-flustered crowd Of the alphabetized, well-rehear...

James Bond is Assigned a Chaperone

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com James Bond’s Chaperone The Secret Service is so secret that they’ve got their own web site: ...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Courthouse Square, Jasper

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Verizon: Massive FAIL

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A lovely photograph of a foggy street scene in Jasper should be here; I suppose, as the Chorus in Henry V says, you can picture it in your ...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Alyssa

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Verizon Spent Some Ten Minutes of the Customer's Time...

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...scrolled a green bar bar back and forth, and STILL did not paste a really nice picture.  Thanks for nothin', Verizon. "Sam...

Jasper, Texas

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Scripture and Marlboros

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

English Ivy

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com English Ivy Why do some call this vine an English ivy? Does it wear tweeds, call for a cup of te...

Easter Vigil, Sort Of

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Easter Vigil, Sort Of   A vigil, no, simply quiet reflection Minutes before midnight, with all a...

A Night of Fallen Nothingness

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com A Night of Fallen Nothingness The Altar stripped, the candles dark, the Cross Concealed behind a...

Roadside Detractions

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Roadside Detractions An empty cigarette packet smokeless An empty chewing gum wrapper gumless ...

20 September 1870

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20 September 1870 Like vultures hovering over the faithful dead The rank red rags of base repression hung Upon the blast-breeched ...

The Campaigning Season

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Campaigning Season Beowulf dripped with his enemies’ blood Montgomery learned of war in Flan...

Of Biblical Proportions

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Of Biblical Proportions “This contest is the game of the century!!!” The announcer gasped almost...

The Aging Iconoclast on the Late Show

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Aging Iconoclast on the Late Show His long career enriched with icons smashed, An existentia...

Kittens in a Basket

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Kittens in a Basket For Sarah Three kittens in a basket squirm and mew, Small carnivores i...

Literary Woes

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Literary Woes “Well, she was like ‘Whoa!’ and I was like ‘Whoa!’ And so, like, ‘Whoa!’ You know...

The Dress Code Uniform Sensitivity Ribbon of the Day

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Dress Code Uniform Sensitivity Ribbon of the Day The ribbon of the day is purple, so Wear o...

The Luna Moth

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Luna Moth The moon does not in fact wax anything, She does not wane; she simply ever-is; She...