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Jake Sparks
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Husband. Dad. Engineer. Hiker. UK Wildcat fan. Occasional car guy. Recovering Trekkie.
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A poem by Silas House painted on the side of a shed of firewood. Poem reads "When times are dark, build a crackling fire, and gather good people."
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Yup.
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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An open book is in a grassy field below a rainbow. Above it are the words "What radicalized you? Well, Mr. Rogers taught me to lose myself. Sesame Street taught me to look out for my neighbors. Reading Rainbow taught me all about a love for books. And then I just ran with it, really."
August 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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July 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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In April 1944, this was just a run-of-the-mill calendar for a tractor company. Now it's "woke propaganda". (seen at, of all places, a Cracker Barrel in Kennesaw, GA)
Picture of part of a calendar page from April 1944. Included are the words "Great Ideas Make America Great", "All Men are Brothers", and "Only in America could it happen! The man who yesterday was an immigrant from the old world, going bewildered through the gates at Ellis Island, is today an American citizen, a man of property, an owner of rich American soil, with money in the bank, and children going to an American college. Czech or Pole... Swede or Norwegian... Italian or Hungarian or Greek... Frenchman or Russian or German... English or Irish or Welshman or Scot-in America all men are brothers!"
June 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Never forget:
April 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Apparently, this was my reaction eight years ago today. Still seems appropriate.
January 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Post a female character that you love:
January 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Happy 2025, friends.
The text of the poem New Year's Prayer by Silas House
January 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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November 13, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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Solid advice.
A yellow triangular sign on a tree in the forest defining priority for yielding on the trail. Cyclists yield to hikers. Both cyclists and hikers yield to bears.
November 12, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Nickel Creek, Tennessee Theatre, April 2024
November 10, 2024 at 11:47 PM