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An adjunct blog for ephemera. If www.grabbingsand.com were a motorcycle, this would be the sidecar.

The current title is lifted from Love's Labour's Lost, Act I, Scene 2.

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May
1st
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Turdus migratorius wishes to inform you of the significance of today’s date.  Thank you.
Turdus migratorius wishes to inform you of the significance of today’s date.  Thank you.
Apr
30th
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Reconciliation does not mean that blacks become whites or whites become blacks and Hispanics become Asian or that Asians become Europeans …

And we recognize for the first time in modern history in the West that the other who stands before us with a different color of skin, a different texture of hair, different music, different preaching styles, and different dance moves, that other is one of God’s children just as we are, no better, no worse, prone to error and in need of forgiveness, just as we are.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright - The National Press Club Transcript

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m having a hard time disagreeing with the Reverend on this point.  And a few others as well.

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Apr
29th
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Apr
28th
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This is just to say

that I judge you

harshly, and perhaps

unfairly,

when you comment

on blog posts.

Though I know

you mean well,

I cannot help it.

Forgive me.

Your grammar is

so poor

and so unfortunate.

— A parody of This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams, inspired by last week’s This American Life, further encouraged by a blog post on AJC.com.
Apr
24th
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There’s time on your hands, and then … there’s a lot of time on your hands. 
(The Etch-A-Sketchist)

There’s time on your hands, and then … there’s a lot of time on your hands. 

(The Etch-A-Sketchist)

Apr
22nd
Tue
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Soliloquy Alert!  Soliloquy Alert!  Thought Balloon at Maximum Capacity!  Outburst Imminent!(Panel from issue #8 (“Hamlet”) of Famous Authors Illustrated, 1950.)
Soliloquy Alert!  Soliloquy Alert!  Thought Balloon at Maximum Capacity!  Outburst Imminent!

(Panel from issue #8 (“Hamlet”) of Famous Authors Illustrated, 1950.)
Apr
18th
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Oh, praise be.  It must be Friday.  
Perfect weather for a little divine immersion, too.

Oh, praise be.  It must be Friday. 

Perfect weather for a little divine immersion, too.

Apr
17th
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Note to Humanity:  The ability to wear a bright red suit with a madras liner was granted to only one of your number.  So much raw fashion power will never again be known among your ilk. 
Note to Humanity:  The ability to wear a bright red suit with a madras liner was granted to only one of your number.  So much raw fashion power will never again be known among your ilk. 
Apr
16th
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Corn is king and we are its subjects.
Corn is king and we are its subjects.