The Obama hope and speech
Are his narrow shoulders broad enough to bear the hopes of a nation? If we stand with him, we are.
A landscape in 100 words
All to the north the rain had dragged black tendrils down from the thunderclouds like tracings of lampblack fallen in a beaker and in the night they could hear the drum of rain miles away on the prairie. They ascended through a rocky pass and lightening shaped out the distant shivering mountains and lightening rang the stones about and tufts of blue fire clung to the horses like incandescent elementals that would not be driven off. Soft smelterlights advanced upon the metal of the harness, lights ran blue and liquid on the barrels of the guns.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian, Or the Evening Redness in the West. Chapter XIV.
The Clintons, Kerry, and Biden
Only now, from losing all, do they deserve the office.
The longest post
What’s this all about? The Compendium is where I practice getting the most from the least; to be pithy, observant, and picky all at the same time. I write, but I hate words. My favorite writing is terse, and loads as much meaning onto words as their shaky little legs can carry.
Why not Twitter? Well, Twitter:
is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
You don’t want to know what I’m doing; It’s boring. I don’t care to tell you, either; that’s boring. Here is what you will find, once this place is totally live:
- Frequent one sentence posts of observations and descriptions.
- Frequent quotes selected for their powerful use of words.
Enjoy!
