July 2010
Tin-Can Man
He wakes up every morning, grabs his worn out cart, and sets off to earn his meal, in order to maintain his life. In tattered clothes and worn out boots, he staggers through the alleys of the city. Using his cart as a crutch, the old man painfully stoops and picks up his money—tossing it into his cart, he goes about his business. To an average person, poverty would well define this old man’s...
June 2010
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“The key to writing is learning to differentiate private interest from public...”
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“I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit...”
– Walt Whitman
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Anonymous asked: I like the new theme... It might be cool if the "about me" section had the red-color of your title, but aside from that it is nice and streamlined. Thumbs up.
“I don’t know why I started writing. I don’t know why anybody does it. Maybe...”
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“I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.”
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Changes
Hello everyone. As you can see I changed the look of my blog (again). I looked at Tumblr’s free themes and narrowed it down to two, and decided upon the Cavalcade Theme. I hope you like it. Let me know what you think or if you have any recommendations (I’m limited on my HTML abilities, so don’t expect too much) Cheers!
“My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you’re a writer, you...”
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“I’m very concerned with the rhythm of language. ‘The sun came...”
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“Anger … it’s a paralyzing emotion … you can’t get...”
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“Don’t quit. It’s very easy to quit during the first 10 years. Nobody...”
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