On The Road With Al and Ivy: Blog

"And as you learn the magic, learn to believe it. Don't be 'surprised' when it works, you undercut your power." - Diane di Prima (Revolutionary Letter #46 - 1968) The earliest known incident that referenced the Code Of Chivalry was recorded on a copper leaf fragment from the Lost Gospel Of Murgatroyd. Internet experts have estimated the date of origin to be 11,000,987 B.C. in Ancient Sumeria, and it was unearthed in 1998 by an treasure hunter using a metal detector on the Chicago side of Lake Michigan.  Some critics assert that the fragment is actually a piece of a copper bracelet featured on a TV shopping channel that was claimed to have a therapeutic effect on carpal injuries suffered while attempting to complete online customer service forms. The treasure hunter posted the discovery on social media, which have stringent policies in place to combat fraudulent claims thus the Sumerian origin of the fragment can be considered authentic by normal Internet standard...

"…I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future..." - Jack Kerouac (On The Road, The Original Scroll) "It was my last observation that it was the custom of every man to call every other man a madman. The truth, in my judgement, they were all mad." - Jack London (The Jacket, aka The Star Rover 1915) Jack London is known (these days) as an adventure writer whose most famous books, Call Of The Wild and White Fang, are considered children or young adult classics (at least in abridged editions). He was quite popular in his time, and wrote several books that are considered classic. His real life became legendary and many works like On The Road, a book about hobos, came from experiencing, and not just visiting, that life. London treated writing as a discipline, and part of that involved churning out 1500 words a day. That resulted in a body of work that included short stories, ...