Terence Faircloth
@atelierteee
Retired Professor from Roosevelt University in Chicago. First computer was a TRS80 Model II; first app was Visicalc. Been at it ever since. Geezers can compute!
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its hazard lights bleating carmine auras into the morning mist.
from Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by David Shafer
The night is so thick she can tell she is there only by the scraping of her feet and the tap, tapping of the stick in the loose gravel. A moonless night with only the call of the katydids and marsh frogs. A night to swallow you up, the stars hid by clouds, and memory guiding her tired feet home.
from Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
- The Company You Keep
Chicago is a collection of dreams flickering with hustle and quietude, an empty storefront with a line out the door. The exacting grid, western bound streets, the sun setting, and back-lit signs no longer saying a thing.
That famous triangle, “fast, cheap, good—pick two”, doesn't really apply here. In Chicago, we deliver all thr... See morefrom The Company You Keep
- “books were no longer the sacred touchstones of any culture, any society, and surely not of the one in which he and Paola lived. When had he last heard a reference to a book as part of normal conversation? When had he last heard a character from a book–much less from a classic–used as a measure of good or bad for human behaviour? Harry Potter had p... See more
Whenever there is an argument between two sides find the third side.
from Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier by Kevin Kelly
Aging hipsters and corduroy-clad high school sophomores are both primarily concerned with dodging lameness.
from Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman
- ““Sunt lacrimae rerum.” “What’s that?” Joe asks him. “There are tears at the heart of things.””
— Joe Hustle: A Novel by Richard Lange
... See more - “Tell me a war story. A good one. There’s no good war stories, bro.”
— Joe Hustle: A Novel by Richard Lange
... See more - “Man and chimp share 98.5 per cent of their genetic code, which would be no surprise to Darwin. But we also share 75 per cent of our genetic make-up with the pumpkin. The pumpkin is just a big ridged orange lump lying on the ground all day, like a fat retiree on the beach in Florida. But other than that he has no discernible human characteristics u... See more