Polycarp55
I am a deli-clerk by trade, but a hunter of snapes and fighter against windmills at night. I enjoy literature, travel, and playing board games with my wife. Ho-hum. Anyway my stories are more exciting than my description.
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Tending Turnips in da 863
http://tendingturnipsinda863.blogspot.com/
A deli clerk cultivates short stories to grow in his writing garden.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 261 )
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Books That Inspire Us
Washington's Crossing byDavid Hackett FischerNotice in the picture, Colonel Rall lays back in his chair surprised by his visitors. Washington standstall and... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Dubliners and Wee Folk
The Luceysby Frank O'Connor 1931“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ― George BurnsThe Plain FactsLength:1... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2012 BOOKS -
Movie Preview: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Looking forward to this one. I think it will be fun to go to. And if I can get to Gettysburg and watch it there that would be awesome!!!! I am currently... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Dubliners and Wee Folk 3:31
Song without Words by Frank O'Connor 1931“No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman.” ― Frank O'Connor The Plain FactsLength:7 pages ... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2012 BOOKS, COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Dubliners and Wee Folk 2:31
“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?”― Barbra StreisandThe Late Henry ConranThe Plain FactsLength:6... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Dubliners and Wee Folk 1:31
Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor 1931“I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Movie Review: Black Death
In an age of darkness one man will face the ultimate battle against evil.But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of existence, the least touch of... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Stephen King is Our Charles Dickens:"I'd Say What I Do Is...
Stephen King is our Charles Dickens:"I'd say what I do is like a crack in the mirror. If you go back from the books from Carrie on up, what you see is an... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
Zeitgeist 2012
“Realism; fatalism; phlegm. To live in the Fens is to receive strong doses of reality. The great flat monotony of reality; the wide empty space of reality.... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT -
“Estragon: We Always Find Something, Eh Didi, to Give Us ...
“Estragon: We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist?Vladimir: Yes, yes, we're magicians.”― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot The... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2012 BOOKS -
Intrepid-Revelations Previews
Then in 2009, a box of photos from November 1963 was found under a bridge in Fort Worth, Texas. One of the photos appeared to show an image of a saucer, in... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2012 BOOKS -
Time Travel with Phil ROUS 15:29
Traplanda by Charles Sheffield 1987The Plain FactsLength:28 PagesGenre:Science FictionCategory:Time Travel in the Era of New Wave Science Fiction (Hard Core... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2012 BOOKS -
Movie Quotes
From Dusk to Dawn 2[the men are watching a pornography film]Jesus: This movie is very low quality.Ray Bob: Don't look that bad to me.Jesus: There's no... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT -
Time Travel with Phil ROUS 13:29
Fire Watch Connie Willis 1982The Plain FactsLength: 36 pagesGenre: Science FictionCategory: Time TravelEpigraph: History both trumped over time,... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2012 BOOKS -
Time Travel with Phil ROUS 13:29
“I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.”― A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humbl... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2012 BOOKS -
Zeitgeist 2012
Toys Remain in the Attic. Iran Bans the Simpsons.Toys not allowed to protest in Siberia.Americans Still believe that there are Vampires in Forks Washington. Read more
Posted on 16 February 2012 BOOKS -
Novel Preview
The Gunslinger Stephen King 1978“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” ― Stephen King, The Gunslinger ... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2012 BOOKS -
Time Travel with Phil ROUS 12:29
People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. Read more
Posted on 15 February 2012 BOOKS -
Zeitgeist 2012
""Nazi sci-fi film Iron Sky becomes Berlin talking point" By Emma Jones Entertainment reporter, BBC News in Berlin “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality.... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2012 MOVIES -
Novel Reivews:
Review-Stephen King's 11.22.63 11/22/63 by Stephen KingMy rating: 4 of 5 starsAs Stephen King said repeatedly in 11.22.63, “The past harmonizes”....and so does... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT