The family and I have spent the last four days in the Maine woods, where my aunt and her husband had rented a cabin so that our extended family could celebrate my father’s 75th birthday together. Aside from falling in Maine’s largest lake while completely clothed, having to scrub vomit from the upholstery of a […]
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My great-grandfather’s story of theft aboard The Robert E. Lee
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1870, 1918 flu, Arlo, birthday presents, birthdays, Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, catsup, Charles Maynard, Civil War, clocks, Curtis Florian, dogs playing poker, Doug Skinner, drinking, falling in water, family history, family values, farming, fire, Frankfort, gambling, Georgetown, guns, hidden guns, horses, Illinois, John W. Cannon, Kentucky, legends, Little Mister Frankfort, lobster, lobster rolls, Louisville, Maine, Mark's ancestors, Mark's aunt Betsy, Mark's lips, Mark's relatives, Maynard-Lao Archive, Minnie Florian, Mississippi River, Natchez, New Hampshire, Ohio River, paddle boats, pandemic, Piggy Wiggly, poker, Pony Express, Rabbit Hash, Robert E. Lee, Sebago Lake, speed, statues, steamships, sunburn, The Robert E. Lee, theft, Thomas P. Leathers, tobacco, tuberculosis, vacations, vomit, White Sulfur, Wild Bill Cody, William Zanzinger, Woodlake | 10 Comments
On the murder of our ambassador to Libya and the shameless politicization of his death
If you believe what we’re being told in the press, an Israeli real estate developer in California by the name of Sam Bacile, raised $5 million from 100 Jewish donors in order to make a film about the “cancer” that is Islam. That’s Bacile’s word, not mine. Before you get mad at Bacile, though, there’s […]
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Benghazi, Chris Stevens, conspiracy theory, Coptic, donkey, Egypt, EOS, homophobia, Innocence of Muslims, Islam, jihad, L. Ron Hubbard, Libya, moderate Islam, Mohammed, Mohammed Magarief, Mormon, Muslim, Obama, Qaddafi, Reince Preibus, religious freedom, religious fundamentalism, Romney, Salafis, Sam Bacile, terrorism, Terry Jones, The Book of Mormon, the prophet, xenophobia | 118 Comments