We’ve come a long way, you readers and I, these nine years. And if any of you are still around, you know I haven’t been updating this blog much any more. There are many reasons for this. Facebook basically destroyed the blogosphere, allowing people to interact and share items the way only folks with blogs [...]
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LYT on April 17, 2011, at 9:14 pm | Permalink | 7 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Announcements, Family, Links of the week, Movies, Personal, Political, Writing |
It seemed like every other month, my aunt Betsy (“Bebby”) would complain of some new ailment, real or imagined, that she was certain was going to well and truly kill her this time. Yet she outlived her sisters by a longshot, and the end came quickly, much like my grandfather’s — sudden stroke, then coma, [...] LYT on March 15, 2011, at 11:32 pm | Permalink | Comments are closed | Category: Announcements, Family |
“I’m TIRED…I’m WASTED…I love you, darling!” Reference explained below… Trailer in the Chinese buffet parking lot: Hong Kong Seafood Basket at Cuz’s Uptown BBQ: Crawdad found in Cuz’s swimming pool: Mike’s new dog Punky: Cousin Mary and Aunt Bebby: Brother Arthur gives a speech at Ming’s rehearsal dinner: Father of the bride gets uncharacteristically emotional: Cousin Gus and my father: Julia goes southern: Uncle Kip Chez Biggs: Mother & Son: Stepmother & daughter: Julia goes Old [...] LYT on August 27, 2010, at 2:21 am | Permalink | 2 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Announcements, Family, Personal |
LYT on March 11, 2010, at 10:34 am | Permalink | 4 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Family, Fast Food Reviews, LYTv |
Even the advertising image of this burger looks unappetizing. PB200545 Sherborne Abbey – the great-grandkids practice singing. PB200551 Sherborne main street. PB200553 Self-portrait in my funeral attire. PB200561 Train through Bradford-on-Avon, new hometown for my mother. PB210562 Jaz and Zeta Graham, possibly the two most beautiful-looking kids in the world. PB210569 Yo-ho, yo-ho. PB220006 Mannequin Catfight! PB220014 My grandfather’s local church. PB230019 In England, even the warning signs are well-mannered. PB240023 My grandfather’s grave – [...] LYT on December 15, 2009, at 6:55 pm | Permalink | Comments are closed | Category: Family, My Grandfather's Column, Personal |
We will resume regular life and blogging starting Monday. But I do have an announcement for UK family – offpat brought to my attention a while back that direct links to my E! online reviews were not working due to international redirects. But while in the UK recently, I figured out what to do. type “eonline.com” into [...] LYT on December 11, 2009, at 3:02 pm | Permalink | Comments are closed | Category: Announcements, Family |
If you ever read his columns, please watch this…I promise it is not a Spielbergian tearjerker. LYT on November 27, 2009, at 9:27 am | Permalink | One backtalker - (Comments are closed) | Category: Family, My Grandfather's Column |
[written and delivered by Luke Y. Thompson, Nov. 20, 2009, at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset, England] Not long before he died, Peter Graham started a Facebook page. Probably not everyone here knows what that is, so let me explain: Facebook is an Internet social networking site originally designed for college and high-school students to network with each [...] LYT on November 25, 2009, at 6:51 pm | Permalink | Comments are closed | Category: Family, My Grandfather's Column, Personal |
One of my regrets is that I never got to England after getting my Flip camera. You’ve met my grandfather through his written work here on the site; reading his last one, I was struck by the immediacy of it, the way you read it and feel that he’s still there, alive in his work. I [...] LYT on October 14, 2009, at 2:04 am | Permalink | 4 backtalkers - (Comments are closed) | Category: Family, My Grandfather's Column, Personal |
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