Comments on: Of Empire and Peaches. And the deafness of God. http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/ Preparing for the apocalypse... one cookie at a time. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mojo http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18939 Mojo Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:27:02 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18939 Richard, you are in the 1940s, in so many ways. I suppose tomorrow, we'll all be suffering as we're engulfed in a heat wave. Damn. Richard, you are in the 1940s, in so many ways.

I suppose tomorrow, we’ll all be suffering as we’re engulfed in a heat wave. Damn.

]]> By: Richard the Previous http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18901 Richard the Previous Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:23:18 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18901 I love the image of Confederate Ghost overwhelmed by religious fear and heat. "I do declayuh." and then, hand to head, fainting dead away. And speaking of hot, it is blistering all the time in my office. Everyone who comes in says, "What did you do to deserve this heat?" and when I asked about it, the facilities people say, "Eh. How 'bout that?" And nothing changes. I have a fan blowing on me. I feel like I'm in the 1940s. I love the image of Confederate Ghost overwhelmed by religious fear and heat. “I do declayuh.” and then, hand to head, fainting dead away.

And speaking of hot, it is blistering all the time in my office. Everyone who comes in says, “What did you do to deserve this heat?” and when I asked about it, the facilities people say, “Eh. How ’bout that?” And nothing changes.

I have a fan blowing on me. I feel like I’m in the 1940s.

]]> By: Mojo http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18899 Mojo Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:54:38 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18899 They probably think they're something out The Revelations - oh my lordy, those damn things are like shiny bugs with funny wheels on them! And move and have people inside!!! They're the work of Beelzebub!!! Then, between the excitement and the heat, they would pass out. They probably think they’re something out The Revelations - oh my lordy, those damn things are like shiny bugs with funny wheels on them! And move and have people inside!!! They’re the work of Beelzebub!!!

Then, between the excitement and the heat, they would pass out.

]]> By: Che http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18898 Che Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:46:55 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18898 Oh lordy, speaking of the weather, I'm boiling here. Oh lordy, speaking of the weather, I’m boiling here.

]]> By: Che http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18896 Che Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:44:23 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18896 Good point about the confederate soldiers. Perhaps they think the cars are miniature, trackless locomotives. Or land-bound steamboats. Or maybe they're thinking, "hey, if we'd had one a'them iron horseless carriages, the south would'a won the war." Good point about the confederate soldiers. Perhaps they think the cars are miniature, trackless locomotives. Or land-bound steamboats. Or maybe they’re thinking, “hey, if we’d had one a’them iron horseless carriages, the south would’a won the war.”

]]> By: Mojo http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18895 Mojo Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:44:01 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18895 Big fuckin' black bibles that they probably call The Lord of Georgia's Scriptures. I have never in my life seen so much competition in one state over so very little. That's not to say that Atlanta isn't the capital city of the South. We all know it is. And of the Southern states, GA does have a remarkable blend of the weird, wonderful, and wacky that somehow works (mostly). If only we could get rid of some of the drawbacks like the weather and the rednecks and the excessive interest in religion... ONE religion in particular, that is. The accents can be fun, Che, and around us, you can feeyul fuhree to expreyuss yoself just as propah southun as ya please, deyuh. You can declayah anathin' ya like, dahlin'. Havin' lived in genteel Chahlestun, I know all about that acc-cent. The South is like a great big haunting. I'll allow you to draw you own conclusions. Big fuckin’ black bibles that they probably call The Lord of Georgia’s Scriptures.

I have never in my life seen so much competition in one state over so very little. That’s not to say that Atlanta isn’t the capital city of the South. We all know it is. And of the Southern states, GA does have a remarkable blend of the weird, wonderful, and wacky that somehow works (mostly). If only we could get rid of some of the drawbacks like the weather and the rednecks and the excessive interest in religion… ONE religion in particular, that is.

The accents can be fun, Che, and around us, you can feeyul fuhree to expreyuss yoself just as propah southun as ya please, deyuh. You can declayah anathin’ ya like, dahlin’. Havin’ lived in genteel Chahlestun, I know all about that acc-cent.

The South is like a great big haunting. I’ll allow you to draw you own conclusions.

]]> By: Richard the Previous http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18893 Richard the Previous Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:05:35 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18893 That's what closets are made for. And the South does seem to have a disproportionate number of hauntings, that is for certain. I grew up on family tales of haunted rooms and shared dreams and dead hitchhiking Confederate Soldiers. I just wondered, how did they know about cars if they were Conderate era dead? That’s what closets are made for.

And the South does seem to have a disproportionate number of hauntings, that is for certain.

I grew up on family tales of haunted rooms and shared dreams and dead hitchhiking Confederate Soldiers.

I just wondered, how did they know about cars if they were Conderate era dead?

]]> By: Che http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18892 Che Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:59:33 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18892 I do aspire to that accent. At the moment, my accent is southern, but unremarkable. But I want that grand "little old southern lady" accent. I want to be able to say "Ah do declayuh" with a straight face. And we're very haunted down here. Can't swing a dead confederate without hitting a haunted house. And eeeeeevery family has a skeleton in the closet. Even mine. I do aspire to that accent. At the moment, my accent is southern, but unremarkable. But I want that grand “little old southern lady” accent. I want to be able to say “Ah do declayuh” with a straight face.

And we’re very haunted down here. Can’t swing a dead confederate without hitting a haunted house. And eeeeeevery family has a skeleton in the closet.

Even mine.

]]> By: Richard the Previous http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18891 Richard the Previous Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:50:56 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18891 It does indeed get weird down there. There is no denying that. And those accents are fantastic. Even Mary Roach (whom I now secretly love) mentioned the accent in her book Spook. She was investigating a court case from the South in the early 19th century in which a ghost told his son where he could find a new version of his will, and while she was visiting the grandson of the visited, the man mentioned a "pie safe." Roach said it took 4 repititions and a trip to the kitchen to understand what he was saying. She also had no idea what a dirt dobber was. Her host took pity on her and said, "Wasps, dear." It does indeed get weird down there. There is no denying that.

And those accents are fantastic.

Even Mary Roach (whom I now secretly love) mentioned the accent in her book Spook. She was investigating a court case from the South in the early 19th century in which a ghost told his son where he could find a new version of his will, and while she was visiting the grandson of the visited, the man mentioned a “pie safe.”

Roach said it took 4 repititions and a trip to the kitchen to understand what he was saying.

She also had no idea what a dirt dobber was. Her host took pity on her and said, “Wasps, dear.”

]]> By: Che http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18890 Che Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:44:40 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18890 Everyone knows you're Georgian, R the P. Why bother trying to hide it? And to be honest, I'm fine with being Southern. The south is the most colorful area of the the US. The South may have its less savory elements (rednecks, baptists... pollen), but you gotta admit, it gets weird down here. And little old southern blue-haired ladies have the BEST accents on earth. Everyone knows you’re Georgian, R the P. Why bother trying to hide it?

And to be honest, I’m fine with being Southern. The south is the most colorful area of the the US. The South may have its less savory elements (rednecks, baptists… pollen), but you gotta admit, it gets weird down here.

And little old southern blue-haired ladies have the BEST accents on earth.

]]> By: Richard the Previous http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18888 Richard the Previous Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:32:20 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18888 Mojo is going to have some comment about my saying "We Georgians" even though I haven't lived in Georgia for 15 years. Georgia is something you just can't get out of you. No matter how hard you try. Mojo is going to have some comment about my saying “We Georgians” even though I haven’t lived in Georgia for 15 years.

Georgia is something you just can’t get out of you.

No matter how hard you try.

]]> By: Richard the Previous http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18887 Richard the Previous Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:28:19 +0000 http://shatteredprayer.com/539/of-empire-and-peaches-and-the-deafness-of-god/#comment-18887 Don't forget Peachtree Street, West Peachtree Street, Peachtree Avenue, Peachtree Road, Peachtree Square, Peachtree Court, Peachtree Drive, Peachtree Circle, Peachtree Way, Peachtree Place, and Peachtree Walk. All inside of Atlanta. And Peachtree Vw if you count Dekalb Co as part of Atlanta. (which many Fulton Co. residents do not. See? We Georgians even fight about which County inside GA is the best County! It's a sickness really.) All those "Peachtrees" put the "Empire" named streets to shame. Atlanta only has Empire Way, Road, Blvd and Ave. New York is the Empire State and Georgia is the Empire State of the South. Everywhere I move wants to be part of an Empire. Except Jersey. It's the Garden State. Somewhere. In the Pine Barrens maybe? And thank you for making me think of Homemade Peach Ice Cream. Delicious. When I was living in Macon, we once had Baptist come over to our house and ask "Can we come in and talk to you about accepting the Lord in your life?" and my boyfriend at the time and I said, "Sure! Come on in. As long as we can talk to you about accepting your gayness in your life!" It was a short conversation. Don’t forget Peachtree Street, West Peachtree Street, Peachtree Avenue, Peachtree Road, Peachtree Square, Peachtree Court, Peachtree Drive, Peachtree Circle, Peachtree Way, Peachtree Place, and Peachtree Walk.

All inside of Atlanta.

And Peachtree Vw if you count Dekalb Co as part of Atlanta. (which many Fulton Co. residents do not. See? We Georgians even fight about which County inside GA is the best County! It’s a sickness really.)

All those “Peachtrees” put the “Empire” named streets to shame. Atlanta only has Empire Way, Road, Blvd and Ave.

New York is the Empire State and Georgia is the Empire State of the South. Everywhere I move wants to be part of an Empire.

Except Jersey. It’s the Garden State.

Somewhere. In the Pine Barrens maybe?

And thank you for making me think of Homemade Peach Ice Cream. Delicious.

When I was living in Macon, we once had Baptist come over to our house and ask “Can we come in and talk to you about accepting the Lord in your life?” and my boyfriend at the time and I said, “Sure! Come on in. As long as we can talk to you about accepting your gayness in your life!”

It was a short conversation.

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