<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399814010097341174</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:00:31.629-07:00</updated><title type='text'>{detritus]</title><subtitle type='html'>verbal follies, foibles and such of the writer formerly known as constance...detritus!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>dilettante1890</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02057018859812800544</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a8WNurN0lOs/SEYBKU3pfNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SBoHd4icHmY/S220/Constance055.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399814010097341174.post-301543387702454901</id><published>2008-08-12T13:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-12T13:56:57.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Various &amp; Sundry</title><content type='html'>Library Thing Rocks N'Reads! (yes, I am a geek, I can't help it)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.librarything.com/profile/dilettante1890&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read my "writes"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.authspot.com/authors/constanceplumley&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5399814010097341174-301543387702454901?l=dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/feeds/301543387702454901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5399814010097341174&amp;postID=301543387702454901' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/301543387702454901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/301543387702454901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/2008/08/various-sundry.html' title='Various &amp; Sundry'/><author><name>dilettante1890</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02057018859812800544</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a8WNurN0lOs/SEYBKU3pfNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SBoHd4icHmY/S220/Constance055.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399814010097341174.post-2716484936125666922</id><published>2008-07-21T19:56:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T20:51:34.265-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>give me land//lots of land//and the starry//skies above//don't fence me in//&lt;br /&gt;---"Don't Fence me In" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bartender, I'll take a...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiroshima and tonic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while i'm spearing britney's palms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we had to start a war and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we had to drop a bomb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that killed the prisoners&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and burned all the moms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We bombed out the city down to &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; hot white ash&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we melted down their homes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and left them only trash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Army brats are special&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;soilder's wives are nice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we fed the prisoners nothing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but hot water and rice a roni's&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sharecropped by the viet kong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we called agent orange in to drop &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the little bomb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on all the asians and the asians died&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the soilders they came home to lose &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;their sense of pride and and money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they couldn't pay the rent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nixon took it all and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he spent and spent and spent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tortures for the young at heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that is what i meant &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pile up all the bodies and don't forget to vent &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;about your problems, you really aren't at fault&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you just did what you were told, the armys not a cult.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucky mister congressman you don't have to fight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so you'll send her johnny off into the cold night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;right into the desert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and when he comes back home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; he'll have a taste for alcohol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and he'll lose his home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnny sleeps in trash bins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnny just got home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnny's  wife has left him and &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and now he's all alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;War is really pretty &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bombs are really nice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the holocaust had herb girls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;gas chambers and *kikes* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dying by the millions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they really had to go&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they saw their children die and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;even watched them go into the showers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; as they choked and died&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now there are the people who say it was a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lies are&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what we live for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no one knows the truth, the ones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;who fight these wars are the dying, crying youth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;time is a teacher&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;time is a ghost and if you want a war then&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rage will be your host.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;War is really pretty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;War is really keen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nothing we are told&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the news is what it seems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our soilders in the desert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fight and scream and die&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and mothers in the states they scream and cry and cry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;waiting for their boys&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; they live in constant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fear of target&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bombs are special &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bombs are very nice &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they'll take your little&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;johnny and put him in a nice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hospital and leave him and call him &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;back to die when they need him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they might to it again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no one has a heart for the women&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or the men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;everywhere we go it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;seems we aren't alone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no one likes our bombs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no one likes our wars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bush is really happy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;george is really nice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he leaves it to the common folk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to die and die and die they know what to do&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;stretch the dollar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;break the family &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;give give&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; give me all your money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your hard work and your pride&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ill pay you back in promises and cover them with lies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;War is very helpful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;war is very fine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;war is very bloody&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it happens all the time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5399814010097341174-2716484936125666922?l=dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/feeds/2716484936125666922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5399814010097341174&amp;postID=2716484936125666922' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/2716484936125666922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/2716484936125666922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/2008/07/give-me-landlots-of-landand-starryskies.html' title=''/><author><name>dilettante1890</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02057018859812800544</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a8WNurN0lOs/SEYBKU3pfNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SBoHd4icHmY/S220/Constance055.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399814010097341174.post-4028831471651253979</id><published>2008-07-12T12:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-12T12:45:13.175-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Political Mumbo-Gumbo (jumbo)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;WHY&lt;/span&gt; aren't people more involved in the upcoming presidential election? WHY? This election is pivotal to the future of our country, to all of our own futures, and the futures of children and grandchildren!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your vote DOES count! Yes, if you register to vote you may be called for jury duty--so what? Most of the time you won't even be picked for trial anyway, and if you are you will be well compensated for your time. And hey, if you've made a mistake and have a felony---you can still vote! &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pleeassseeee&lt;/span&gt; people for gods sake &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;VOTE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5399814010097341174-4028831471651253979?l=dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/feeds/4028831471651253979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5399814010097341174&amp;postID=4028831471651253979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/4028831471651253979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/4028831471651253979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/2008/07/political-mumbo-gumbo-jumbo.html' title='Political Mumbo-Gumbo (jumbo)'/><author><name>dilettante1890</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02057018859812800544</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a8WNurN0lOs/SEYBKU3pfNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SBoHd4icHmY/S220/Constance055.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399814010097341174.post-6056403588542244161</id><published>2008-06-12T12:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T12:29:42.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Brother Television?</title><content type='html'>I may be late here in acknowleging this but....WGN's new campaign is really creepy. No matter what you watch you see &lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v676/OpiumRoses/iconoclastic/?action=view&amp;current=39316582-28050347.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/OpiumRoses/iconoclastic/39316582-28050347.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  in the bottom right hand corner, is that not the most unnerving TV logo you have ever seen? And then there's the slogan, "TV you CAN'T ignore!" Welcome to 1984, I mean 2008. Just thought I'd weigh in on that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5399814010097341174-6056403588542244161?l=dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/feeds/6056403588542244161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5399814010097341174&amp;postID=6056403588542244161' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/6056403588542244161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/6056403588542244161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/2008/06/big-brother-television.html' title='Big Brother Television?'/><author><name>dilettante1890</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02057018859812800544</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a8WNurN0lOs/SEYBKU3pfNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SBoHd4icHmY/S220/Constance055.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399814010097341174.post-4390937059102192631</id><published>2008-06-06T13:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T13:14:03.929-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quotable</title><content type='html'>"Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?"&lt;br /&gt;                                     The Smiths, "Still Ill"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5399814010097341174-4390937059102192631?l=dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/feeds/4390937059102192631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5399814010097341174&amp;postID=4390937059102192631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/4390937059102192631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/4390937059102192631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/2008/06/quotable.html' title='Quotable'/><author><name>dilettante1890</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02057018859812800544</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a8WNurN0lOs/SEYBKU3pfNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SBoHd4icHmY/S220/Constance055.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399814010097341174.post-2227462582396318503</id><published>2008-06-03T19:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T19:28:15.439-07:00</updated><title type='text'>old.new.detritus.</title><content type='html'>I can't get into my old yet still semi-new blogger blog---so I'll be transfering the old stuff copy and paste from the other. Google is ridiculous sometimes!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5399814010097341174-2227462582396318503?l=dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/feeds/2227462582396318503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5399814010097341174&amp;postID=2227462582396318503' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/2227462582396318503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5399814010097341174/posts/default/2227462582396318503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dilettante1890-detritus.blogspot.com/2008/06/oldnewdetritus.html' title='old.new.detritus.'/><author><name>dilettante1890</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02057018859812800544</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_a8WNurN0lOs/SEYBKU3pfNI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SBoHd4icHmY/S220/Constance055.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
