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Bobby Joe Hand & Antonio Gramsci: An Obituary

My great-uncle Bobby Joe Hand, age 71, is being buried today at Flatwoods Methodist Church near Eva, Tennessee.  I am in Magnolia, Arkansas, and I wish I was there. I am an academic, so I deal with things in academic ways…in this case writing.  This blog post is about mourning (or paying tribute to) a […]

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Samuel Dickinson

The below obituary is from the December 14th Hope Star. Sam Dickenson was a legend in Arkansas history and archeological circles…I never got the opportunity to meet him, but I have heard lots of stories….He published several articles with Sam Dellinger in the 1930s and depending who you ask either one “Sam” or the other […]

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So Long, We Sure Had a Good Time….

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.1929-2006

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Eddie Guerrero: R.I.P.

Eddie Guerrero 1967-2005 Today the Associated Press published an article reporting that the medical examiner’s report states that Eddie died of natural causes relating to heart disease (exacerbated by his past anabolic steroid use)…RIP & Viva La Raza! http://www.wrestling-news.com/artman/publish/article_1901.shtml http://www.eddicts.com/

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Thank you Ms. Rosa…

(CNN) — Rosa Parks, whose act of civil disobedience in 1955 inspired the modern civil rights movement, died Monday in Detroit, Michigan. She was 92.

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Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005 "When the going gets weird, the weird go pro" or, nowadays, the weird start a blog. PS: I hope to be in the running for Governor of American Samoa. . . . jamie

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