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My Family's Always Been in Whiskey

WISE WORDS

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: by reflection, which is noblest; by imitation, which is easiest; and by experience, which is bitterest."

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--Confucius

READINGS

"Prepare for unforeseen consequences."

Some words from Alyx Vance

(Half-Life 2, Episode Two)

READINGS, UNIT ONE

(BAD GIRLS AND BOYS)

"Rampagin' sons of the widder James--

Jack the Cutter and the pockmarked kid;

Had t' stand naked at th' bottom of the cross,

And tell the good Lord what they did..."

              

-- Tom Waits, "Get Behind the Mule      

"Gold can make a weak man do things

That the devil never would have dreamed;

And cold is the heart from which greed springs,

It's bloodthirsty and cannot be redeemed."

                             

-- The Chop Tops, Evil Six       

READINGS, UNIT THREE

(DIXIE MAFIAS: GANGSTAS, SOUTHERN STYLE)

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