In the midst of life we are in death. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
[Book of Common Prayer]
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| Photo of Memorial opposite movie theater: Barry Gutierrez/Associated Press |
We saw "Dark Knight Rises" at the family-oriented 49-er drive-in movie theater in Valparaiso, Indiana, last night.... http://www.49erdrivein.com/ It was an eerie reminder of the terrible Colorado theater massacre a few minutes after midnight this past Thursday, that killed 12 people and wounded 58. Today's New York Times has an article about the massacre which talks about the heroic actions of some people and "the ferocious uncertainty of life" in recounting the death of a six-year old girl at the movie theater:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/us/in-darkened-movie-theater-heroes-in-life-and-in-death.html
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic and a killer. - D.H. Lawrence
The realist in murder writes of a world in which gangsters can rule nations … where a judge with a cellar full of bootleg liquor can send a man to jail for having a pint in his pocket … where no man can walk down a dark street in safety because law and order are things we talk about but refrain from practicing. - Raymond Chandler
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