Daily Archives: July 13, 2008

WTF?

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 13, 2008

Next thing you know they’ll be doing puppets. [tags]new yorker cover[/tags]

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Sunday Evening Music for my Friends

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 13, 2008

For my friends waiting out the Whiskeytown / Lime complex fires out 299 near Douglas City… …and some banjo picking for my eponymous pal out east… … and because there’s never enoough dobro music in this life… [tags]iris dement, earl scruggs, emmy lou, nitty gritty, et al, good old al, what would we do without [...]

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Let Our Congress tweet

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 13, 2008

If you are USian and have ever received first class mail from your senator or congress person with their signature printed in the upper right corner of the envelope, you’ve seen the “franking privilege” in action. “Frank” comes from the Latin “francus,” which means “free.” When someone speaks “frankly” they speak “freely.” In the 17th [...]

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