More Soap Opera
After the brouhaha early this morning (see the previous post) I needed some sleep and attitude adjustment. As commenter Dave remarked, I have quite a chaotic living environment these days. It’s just one damn thing after another. This evening my tenant Nina came down to my place with a rather overweight young black woman. As usual, Nina was distraught. “Larry, this is my youngest sister. Her momma just kicked her out of the house. We need to hook this black box to your phone line — AT&am
Categories: long-distance Tags: black, brouhaha, call-recording, capability, chaotic-living, complete, high-definition, morning, needed-some, release, the-brouhaha
Maxfli Long and Soft Noodle 15 Ball Pack Golf Balls
Maxfli Long and Soft Noodle 15 Ball Pack Golf Balls The Maxfli Noodle Long and Soft features the following: Satiny-soft core is both super-fast and low-spinning off the driver for added distance Surlyn cover helps make this ball jump off every club Specially designed dimple pattern produces a high, long-carrying trajectory Buy/More Info
Categories: long-distance Tags: balls, both-super-fast, call-recording, high-definition, maxfli, needed-some, off-every, satiny-soft, specially, surlyn
My Brother John . . . in BYSTANDER
When I was writing the first draft for BYSTANDER, I had to contend with the issue of the new boy in town, Eric Hayes. I knew he would have a problem with a bully — but why? My sense of bullies is that they are cunning, predatory, keen and careful in the targets they select. So Eric, I decided, needed some kind of vulnerability. Something subtle, but nonetheless something that an astute boy could perceive, the way the wolf pack selects the weakest in the herd. I thought of my brother, John, ei
Categories: long-distance Tags: along-the-trail, astute-boy, cable-really, coast-trail, issue, needed-some, pack-selects, weakest, weather-earned
A Cowboy in the Jungle: Theodore Roosevelt and the River of Doubt
“Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die.” -Theodore Roosevelt Sailing out of the New York harbor, Theodore Roosevelt had little indication that the journey he was embarking on, which he had referred to as “ a delightful holiday ” with “ just the right amount of adventure ,” would be the hardest test of his notoriously strenuous life . Reeling from his recent defeat as the Progressive Party’s nominee in the 1912 presidential elections, Roosevelt needed to get away. Near the e
Categories: long-distance Tags: along-the-trail, cable-really, hardest, needed-some, notoriously, pack-selects, progressive, roosevelt, strenuous-life