Comments | risetovotesir: encyclopedias are excellent procrastination tools

risetovotesir

encyclopedias are excellent procrastination tools

Jan 09, 2006 21:31

"Rejected by the Union Army because of his asthma, he took a tour of Europe where he finally decided to pursue the ministry. He took a position in Cape Cod but left for New York City rather suddenly in 1866, ostensibly to pursue a career in writing. Church records uncovered after Alger's death indicate that he was quietly dismissed for having ( Read more... )

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iamiorek January 10 2006, 05:05:20 UTC

Oh, Horatio.

fraterculus January 10 2006, 05:16:07 UTC

insert dirty "ragged dick" joke here.

hkitsune January 10 2006, 23:47:04 UTC

...you've got a lot of my uchicago friends added.

Add me please? :)

risetovotesir January 10 2006, 23:48:41 UTC

certainly! Are you, by any chance, anywhere near Ft Davis?

hkitsune January 10 2006, 23:50:39 UTC

I'm about three or four hours north, actually.

Midland is about six hours from Dallas, El Paso, Austin, Albuquerque and almost every other big city worth mentioning in Texas.

Ft. Davis is really pretty at night, though.

honeynutchexmix January 11 2006, 02:24:31 UTC

Horatio Alger? Wow. I'm ashamed to say that I know a lot about NAMBLA from watching too much Law and Oder.