This is Hull country. This is Middlebrook, Virginia. German Holls/Hohls got here from the Palatine via Rotterdam and Philadelphia around 1750. They are still there as Hulls. I first saw Middlebrook 10 years ago. In 1858, part of the Hull tribe left here on two wagons and a bunch of kids, the older ones on
Urban Dictionary: Slackoisie
Slackoisie.
Prounounced “Slack-wah-zee”.
This term was coined by J. Daniel Hull, Esq., author of the “What About Clients?” blawg, and popularized by Scott H. Greenfield, Esq., author of the “Simple Justice” blawg. It refers to:
(1) a class of narcissistic young professionals, particularly attorneys (usually Gen Y/millenials), who believe that having a
When I want to read a good book, I write one.
–Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.
— Eurípides (480-406 BC)
Paul Cezanne, Les joueurs de carte, 1890-1892
Paris was a bold man who presum’d
To judge the beauty of a Goddess.
The Judgment of Paris, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)
Just checked my news curator-aggregator (Flipboard) and every article says everything everywhere is all fucked up. We need Chuck Norris right now.
Early-in-the-case Rule 56 motion. Note well-dressed Brit General Counsel taking a bullet.
Rule 56
(d) When Facts Are Unavailable to the Nonmovant. If a nonmovant shows by affidavit or declaration that, for specified reasons, it cannot present facts essential to justify its opposition, the court may:
(1) defer considering the motion or deny it;
(2)
“I know it, I see it. The Huns will not come.”
Sainte Genevieve (422-512) saved Parisians from the Huns, the legend goes, in 451. People had started to flee Paris in anticipation of the invasion led by Attila–but stopped when she told them she had a vision that the Huns would not enter Paris. “Get
A funny, fearless and densely layered poem (1960s super-critic Karl Shapiro said the “baroque” style used made it funnier and more ironic), Melvin B. Tolson’s Harlem Gallery was first published in 1965, shortly before Tolson’s death in 1966. Nearly 160 pages long, it showcases and comments upon a wide variety of humans living in that