Category Archives: Quotes
Census commentary
This was taken from the August 11, 2010 newsletter, the RootsWeb Review (Vol. 13, No. 8), and it gave me the giggles: This was written in the margin of the 1803 Census for Oglethorpe County Georgia, Capt Parmenas English District. … Continue reading
I guess its official
Gas prices suck. You know that’s official when a judge cites that as one of his (many) reasons for canceling a hearing: “While the Court realizes time is of the essence in this case,” his order states, “the Court wants … Continue reading
Say What? Day 11
I only have to remember to do this for 3 more days. Not that I mind chatting with you guys, but I can barely remember to but one foot in front of the other with any semblance of grace, much … Continue reading
Day 4
So this is what I hate about promising to blog for two weeks – I have nothing really to talk about!!! Ah well… ooo – Elvis Costello’s The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes is on the radio! ‘Scuze … Continue reading
Wonderful Day
“Well, I heard that into every life A little of it must fall If there’s any truth to the saying Lord, let it be a Southern rain… …Cars alive on city streets of sparkling black water like waves beneath my … Continue reading
Deliver Me in a Black Winged Bird
When I think of heaven (deliver me in a black-winged bird) I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers And all other instruments of faith and sex and God in the belly of a black-winged bird. … Continue reading
Feeling flat?
“The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in the shadow than in the Church” – Ferdinand Magellan I … Continue reading