Michael Lipsey grew up in Chicago, a city that does not like to waste words, and after forty years in California, the Chicago still shows in his writing. He read the Great Books at Shimer College and remains an active observer of intellectual, religious and popular culture.
Looking for an unusual business opportunity? I've posted another chapter from my work-in-progress, "Kitchen Sink Confidential." 4,000 years of plumbing, from the qanats to you anxiously awaiting the arrival of your plumber as water drips through the ceiling. I pull back a few curtains, and lift a few rocks, and what you see is not pretty. http://ithoughtso.net/id16.html
I've posted yet another chapter from my book on the history of plumbing, and everything else, at http://ithoughtso.net/id15.htmllThis is a work in progress and comments or questions are welcome.
Words fail me. Words cannot express... I can’t tell you how... I wish I could say... I don’t know how to say this... I can’t say. Who can say? What can you say? Be careful what you say. There are no words for...Mere words, empty words, loose talk, psychobabble, happy talk, gibberish, false words, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about, running my mouth. Watch your mouth! Don’t say ...