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That's A Moray: June 2015

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Friday, June 5, 2015. 8220;The universe (which others call the Library) …” — Jorge Luis Borges. Like everyone who’s ever lived, I was born on the train and I will die on the train. If the train rounds a bend, the eye can see no terminus to the line of train cars in either direction. Most have concluded that the train exists without end. I have yet to make up my mind. 8221; they’d say. “Never thought of that.”. They prefer conductor,. Most trav...

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That's A Moray: The Train

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Friday, June 5, 2015. 8220;The universe (which others call the Library) …” — Jorge Luis Borges. Like everyone who’s ever lived, I was born on the train and I will die on the train. If the train rounds a bend, the eye can see no terminus to the line of train cars in either direction. Most have concluded that the train exists without end. I have yet to make up my mind. 8221; they’d say. “Never thought of that.”. They prefer conductor,. Most trav...

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That's A Moray: August 2013

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Sunday, August 25, 2013. The Workforce — Poetry from my 2001 Pushcart Prize Anthology. I loved this and wanted to share it. I don't even like poetry. That's how good this was. By James Tate, from Harvard Review, reprinted in The Pushcart Prize 2001. Do you have adequate oxen for the job? No, my oxen are inadequate. Well, how many oxen would it take to do an adequate job? I would need ten more oxen to do the job adequately. We have no women.

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Bloody Turnip: Guy Freibahl on Original Intent

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Idioms, Axioms, and Inspiration from one uninspired primate. Idioms, Axioms, and Inspiration from one Uninspired Primate. Sunday, February 3, 2013. Guy Freibahl on Original Intent. Where would America be today if Supreme Court Justices Scalia and Thomas applied their theory of Originalism to the 2nd Amendment? Whew, America really dodged a bullet with those rulings. Photo source: National Park Service. Labels: Guy Freibahl alter ego. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Father. Husband. Writer.

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That's A Moray: Complaining

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Thursday, March 19, 2015. I feel like writers can't complain about their writing. No, I don't mean "can't" in the way people use it to mean "shouldn't," as in,. How are you doing? Oh, can't complain.". What I really mean is that writers can't complain about their writing and get the response they're looking for. Because it sounds like fishing. Ugh my writing sucks.". That one piece about the thing.". That's not what I want, anyway. View my com...

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That's A Moray: October 2016

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Friday, October 21, 2016. The Dragon and the Maiden Fair. Dragon lonesome winged his way. 8216;cross empty mountain, plain, and bay. In search of rare and hidden mate. Strove he against a forlorn fate. Misunderstood, great wyrm of sky. Had long outflown the battle cries. Of orc and elf and dwarf and man. Seek they to slay him if they can). They want his death for fame and treasure. For wealth and glory beyond measure. Whence came then soft voi...

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That's A Moray: Re-read of The Magicians

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Tuesday, December 29, 2015. Re-read of The Magicians. I originally read The Magicians,. By Lev Grossman, roughly three years ago. I wrote a blog post afterwards, trying to parse the distaste I felt when I finished the book. It was a strange feeling, because Lev's writing was excellent, and so was the story. My feelings were ambiguous; I both loved and loathed it. The difference now, I think, is that it's all out in the open. I don't have t...

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That's A Moray: A Good Look in the Mirror

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Saturday, March 12, 2016. A Good Look in the Mirror. The bad things were the other, the tribes on the next hill, who were all murderers and rapists and thieves. And of course, those other tribes thought the same things of us. And, perhaps most disturbingly and inconveniently for our current electoral dilemma, sometimes these things were true. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Contra Spem Spero Hope Against Hope. View my complete profile.

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That's A Moray: February 2014

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Musings, Mutterings, and a Smattering of Amateur Manuscripts. Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Anxiety feels like being stuck in the current, riverbanks to either side. You're clinging to a Boulder. The torrent rushes around you. Don't let go. If you do, you'll be swept off to who-knows-where. How did you get in the river? A tickle in the mind; it's the faint recollection of acceptance, of peace. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Contra Spem Spero Hope Against Hope. Corbie-Crow: The Writer Needs to Swim Upstream.