Recovering Abuzzard.Born somewhere in the first half of the last century. Most recently I taught at a detention facility for incarcerated youthful offenders in Boston, MA (USA) and do some contract work for the US State Dept. Currently residing on the Big Island of Hawaii. Language, literature and history are among my chief interests. Also jazz and classical music, painting and sculpture. Former officer in the Army National Guard, former newspaper reporter and editor, former World War II refugee, former drunk. I'm a friend of Bill W. and a full-time survivor. Draw and sketch for a hobby, play chess. I like firearms but don't like to kill animals, so I don't hunt except with a camera. Kill a lot of empty tin cans for target practice, though.
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 01:30 pm - Yes, you are, Spendi, if you pay the least attention to the likes of JTT. Try to just ignore him/her as I try to do. I know it's not always easy but the peace of mind is worth the effort.
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Sat 7 Nov, 2009 11:44 am - [quote]It surely was not a group of Polynesia who sail around the planet, or place settlements in Europe or the new world for that matter.
I mean how silly of you in order to be PC you would... (view)
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 11:32 am - [quote]Why would a state as rich as California send money to Washington which empowered Washington to force it to have laws it doesn't want? I read that Cal. was the sixth biggest economy in... (view)
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 11:11 am - See, that's another thing. I don't think most of those requests are actually made by the people themselves. I've probably requested to become a friend of someone I don't eeven... (view)
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 10:59 am - I joined Facebook only very recently. But I can't figure out what it's for, what to do there, or why I should even bother going there or looking at the site. I check it only if I get... (view)
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 01:41 am - I would say either [i]teneo fidem[/i] or [i]habeo fidem[/i], rather than [i]servo[/i].
[i]Servo[/i] means 'keep' only in the sense of preserve or protect. [i]Teneo[/i] is to hold,... (view)
Sat 7 Nov, 2009 01:31 am - Y'know . . ignorance is one thing. But arrogant ignorance, masquerading as knowledge, can get on a person's nerves after a while. (view)
Fri 6 Nov, 2009 10:57 pm - [quote]After all, I had only the records of the problems face by Europeans when they begin to under take such challenges, a people who can not compare to the superhuman island people you are... (view)
Fri 6 Nov, 2009 08:09 pm - Say, Bill, aren't you embarassed to post some of the silly drivel that you seem to thrive on? Would it be too much to ask you to stick to something you know something about? (view)
