Procopius
- Location
- Rockford, Illinois, USA
- Birthday
- February 05
- Bio
- I'm a regular middle aged guy, living in a regular middle class neighborhood, in a regular middle-sized community in the middle of America. I am an expatriate Texan transplanted to the Midwest, and wondering how I got here, and where I'm headed.
MY RECENT POSTS
- April 2, 1917: When America
Joined the World
April 02, 2012 08:34AM - I Think I'll Take the Other
Bridge
March 18, 2012 11:15AM - For Black History Month:
Harriet and Jeremiah
February 12, 2012 03:28PM - Good News and Bad News
January 01, 2012 05:42PM - My Favorite Christmas Movie:
"Joyeux Noel"
December 24, 2011 01:08PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Bill Maher had some fun
things to say bat that
cover,
too!”
May 12, 2012 10:23AM - “I'm definitely going to
look for occasions to use the
term
"hoodoo
skeevy.&q…”
May 12, 2012 10:20AM - “nicely stated. We too
often forget there is more
to
compensation than just
money…”
May 10, 2012 03:14PM - “zachery, I'm inclined to
agree with you. It's a war
that
could have been
avoided…”
April 02, 2012 09:18PM - “rwnj, it was long
suspected, and finally proven,
that the
Lusitania was
carrying…”
April 02, 2012 12:39PM
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