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what ended the terrorism of the south

by not another Rob?

“That, my friends, is what ended the terrorism of the south. Confronting your worst fears, living through it, and breaking out in a deep throated freedom song. The jailers knew they had lost when they beat the crap out of these young Negroes and the jailed, beaten young people began to sing joyously, first in one town then in another.”

Daily Kos :: Most of you have no idea what Martin Luther King actually did

“Doing Nothing”

by Rob Friesel

This New Yorker piece by Nathan Heller (“Bay Watched”) came across my radar within the past couple of days. This is the sort of thing that would normally show up here as part of a “linkdump” but I had just a little bit more to say about it than that, so… It took me a […]

search term haiku: April 2013

by Rob Friesel

vinyl record grooves headless browser test primer a fetish airline Also, I’d like to point out that while combing the data for this past month, I encountered the strangest (or at least most disturbing) search phrase yet: 3D dinosaurs fuck each other. Serious case of “what is this I don’t even” right there. “Search Term […]

Sarah & Joanna

by Rob Friesel

To my dear friends Sarah and Joanna: I wish I was down there helping you to celebrate your union today. Circumstances conspired against us. I regret that I am not there, but I know that your wedding will be full of joy, and your lives together will be long and equally joyous. We’ll see you […]