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James Jones's The Thin Red Line (1962)

Sample quote: "A small group explored the little Japanese camp for booty and discovered there the first evidence any of them had seen of cannibalism. They had all heard rumors, but this was no rumor. A dead Japanese man, who apparently had died from artillery inflicted chest wounds, had been strung up from a branch by his heels and strips of flesh about two inches wide had been cut from his buttocks, lower back and thighs. ... The charred remains of the little campfire where they had cooked him was only a few feet away. ... They obviously had been given little or no rations to sustain them, and curiously enough nobody was very shocked or horrified by the cannibalism. In this mad jungle world ... it seemed far more normal than not normal."

Old-fashioned gas pump

I love the rolling numbers instead of the digital display. By the way, this photo was taken at a gas station that is located at a crossroads outside of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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George Orwell's Homage To Catalonia.

This book is Orwell's personal account of his time as a P.O.U.M. militiaman during the Spanish Civil War.

Sample quote: "This war, in which I played so ineffectual a part, has left me with memories that are mostly evil, and yet I do not wish that I had missed it."

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Bill Kauffman's Look Homeward America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals And Front- Porch Anarchists (2006)

Sample qoute: "I wish to testify that in my best moments I am not aware of the existence of the government. Though I respect and feel myself dignified by the principles of the Declaration and the Constitution, I do not remember a day when the thought of the government made me happy, and I never think of it without the wish that it might become wiser and truer and smaller than it is."

When did they stop making these kinds of cassette cases?

Last week, I bought this cassette at a Half-Price Books for $0.50. The album is the Mamas and the Papas' "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears." I don't think that I had seen this kind of cassette case. By the way, the sound of this cassette is ... awful. Does anyone know why the sound is so awful?