Wednesday, September 12, 2012

End Of The Monsoon Season?


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Tucson Weather Today


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I have been thinking about launching a new writing project and if I decide to do so these blog entries will no longer appear as a daily event; I will be too busy to prepare an entry each day and will probably have to settle for composing a weekly entry, or perhaps even less than that. And if that comes about, the quality of each entry will probably increase several fold.

More about that later . . .

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Biodork

Clinic Escorting Encounters is the title of a piece by nerdy, liberal, humanist progressive Brianne Bilyew in her blog Biodork regarding abortion clinic 'escorts' and some of the incidents witnessed while Brianne was working as a volunteer escort.

(Above is what I call a complex sentence)

(Informative and understandable though)

Anyway, I recommend that anyone who has an interest in the trials and tribulations of abortion clinics read this short but compelling blog entry.


If you'd like to read more of Brianne's writing . . .




Here is a link to the Biodork Home Page
 
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According to the TV Weather Girl, the 2012 monsoon season around Tucson is nearing its end, and we can now look forward to a succession of dry days.

Hot though.

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WORD FOR TODAY


horsefeathers
Exclamation
Used to express disagreement, disbelief, or frustration.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY


H. L. Mencken

Born Sep 12, 1880
Died Jan 29, 1956

Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, critic of American life and culture, and a scholar of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century.

Many of his books still remain in print.

Note:
Various of the writings of H.L. Mencken are available for download from The Kindle Store, a few of them at no cost (FREE). I just a couple days ago downloaded Mencken's In Defense of Women (FREE) and am looking forward to  reading it. I also downloaded his Damn! A Book of Calumny -- also FREE.

Link is HERE


Born Sep 12, 1931
Age: 80 years old.

George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.



Jesse Owens


Born Sept 12, 1913
Died Mar 31, 1980

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. He was the most successful athlete at the 1936 Summer Olympics, a victory more poignant and often noted because Adolf Hitler had intended the 1936 games to showcase his Aryan ideals and prowess.



Dickie Moore


Born Sep 12, 1925
Age: 86 years old.

Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore, Jr.) is a former American child actor. Besides appearing in a number of major feature films, he was featured as a regular in the Our Gang series during the 1932-1933 season. In addition to his Our Gang work, Moore is most remembered for his portrayal of the title character in the 1933 adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist  He is also famous for giving Shirley Temple her second onscreen kiss, in the film Miss Annie Rooney -- her first was in the film War Babies (1932).

Moore is one of the few living members of Our Gang from the original Hal Roach series.


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I can't recall a single masculine figure created by a woman [author] who is not, at bottom, a booby.
--H.L. Mencken


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