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One More Time Around the Mulberry Bush
“For the first time, he truly understood what Nietzsche had meant when he had yammered about looking into abysses. Not only had the abyss looked into him, it had noted his name, address and shoe size.” ― Jonathan L. Howard,… Read More ›
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Of Clear Eyes and Pure Hearts
“Prohibitions, trust me, only encourage bad behaviour.” ― Tom Holland, Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar “This cataract has gotten rather large,” the eye doctor said while examining my right eye, “How’d it get so… Read More ›
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Thinking Ought to Trump Believing
“Believing is a disposition. We could tire ourselves out thinking, if we put our minds to it, but believing takes no toll.” ― Willard Van Orman Quine More and more we seem to begin our public discussions by staking… Read More ›
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Nothing is Permanent
“That’s why people become racists, and sexists and terrorists. Because we don’t talk, we don’t listen, because we don’t know, we live only in our own heads.” ― Deon Meyer, Blood Safari Last week was a lesson in the… Read More ›
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A New Dawn Arises
“Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door.” ― Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies The… Read More ›
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Just Who’s Running the Show?
“you can’t tell a single thing about a person’s true character if you both want the same thing. That’s like a dog and a cat getting along because they both want to kill the mouse.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The… Read More ›
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Objects in the Mirror May Be Closer Then They Appear
“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise, it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.” ― Jane Harper, The Lost Man And,… Read More ›
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The Insanity of Doing the Same Things Repeatedly and Expecting Different Outcomes
“The most important part of an introduction always occurs in one’s absence.” ― Kate Zambreno, Green Girl Before we get rolling, let me apologize to Greeneville, Tennessee. Inadvertently, I misspelled the district name in last week’s blog post. As… Read More ›
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Treading Familiar Floor Boards
“Call them gooks, call them niggers, call them kikes, micks, spics, wops, or frogs, call them whatever you want as long as you call them something—anything—that removes one layer of human being from their bodies when you think of them…. Read More ›
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A Peek Below the Surface
“It’s not that you don’t understand, it’s that you don’t like it.” ― Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires The first week of school is officially in the books for Nashville schools. Still trying to wrap my head… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 