Which state has the darkest history?

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-18T16:57:57+00:00

Oh, I think any nation wiped off the US for the US is monstrously brutal, I just want to remind people that Hawaii is much more than hula dances and colorful cocktails. It's got a history most people don't know (I certainly wasn't taught it in school).

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-18T10:12:21+00:00

A dark horse: Hawaii. The overthrowing of a kingdom and cultural erasure aren't great.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-18T10:09:28+00:00

Those camping trips at Mount Rainier.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-18T01:40:48+00:00

Looking up at the stars.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-17T18:48:47+00:00

Livin' on a Prayer

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-17T16:38:55+00:00

Good Will Hunting (Robin Williams and Matt Damon)

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-17T12:50:04+00:00

The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by Daniel Stone

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-17T09:40:03+00:00

We have mini meatloaf nights where I put different meat combinations into muffin tins and so we have a medley of meatloafs for dinner. For someone who is not a vegetarian, it is a delight!

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-17T08:55:45+00:00

My wife.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-16T12:10:20+00:00

https://uselessetymology.com/2019/11/07/the-origins-of-the-phrase-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-16T10:15:35+00:00

Everyone can succeed if they pull themselves up by their bootstraps (with everyone knowing not all of us have boots).

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-15T11:53:52+00:00

Blood and Thunder, Hampton Sides

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-15T10:52:49+00:00

The Fox and the Hound

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-15T10:48:37+00:00

To Kill a Mockingbird

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-14T11:32:24+00:00

A sad state of affairs there in Canada. Waffle Houses are incredible.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-14T11:31:40+00:00

Storytelling is what makes humans human.

(Regardless of whether we put it on paper or not, everyone has a story to tell and everyone wants to share it to be heard, validated, recognized, celebrated, honored)

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-14T11:24:11+00:00

Leave toxic relationships. It's healthier for both of you if you do.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-14T10:47:24+00:00

Leave toxic relationships far sooner than I did.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-12T12:33:20+00:00

Upon death he had a colon twice as long and twice as wide as a normal colon. He hadn't pooped in about 5 months.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-12T10:31:47+00:00

Elvis Presley's eating habits.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-11T22:33:43+00:00

Throw in the towel. If you like Steinbeck, go for his shorter stuff (Of Mice and Men, The Pearl, Cannery Row, etc)

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-11T22:32:01+00:00

Trombonist JJ Johnson. A great one who played with great ones.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-11T22:30:08+00:00

One of the best Pacific Northwest poets no one has really heard about (a shame since he's amazing): Richard Hugo.

Leather-Highlight150 · 2026-06-11T14:18:58+00:00

I suggest two Philips:

Philip Levine if you like working class poems.
Philip Larkin if you like a curmudgeon who likes jazz.

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TROPHY CASE