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Monday, April 9, 2007 12:00 AM

My backroad memorial

My favorite memories of my brother are of him in the driver's seat, tearing down dirt roads. So on nights when I miss him more than I can bear, I just turn up the radio, roll down the windows, and speed.

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  • Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:33 AM

    Let's all be pc and wear helmets

    Fun read.

    Editors' choice post was pathetic, one sided, and moralistic: "The only thing that bothers me is the fact that she still seems to take great joy in driving like a maniac...." wpatterson. Like watching a great film, full of the anguish, joy, regret and ambiguity of the human condition, and then having it end with a politically correct, "moral" resolution. Ugh, save it for Sunday School, please.

    My choices: Anna B and LXguy

    No, it's not nice to hurt people, or animals, or destroy property. Can we think of some people who do that more than fast drivers do?

    We have all forgotten what we really are, and all that we call beauty and joy and ecstacy only means that for one moment we remember that we forgot. GK Chesterton (very roughly paraphrased from memory)

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