“No, I still don’t like Apple products very much. But increasingly, I hate Windows even more. Its constant crashes. Its inconsistent interfaces. Its lack of new, innovative software. Meanwhile, Apple is on a roll….” – Jesse Berst, Editorial Director of ZDNet AnchorDesk, Think Different? Why Jesse Wants an iMac, 1999.10.07. Surreal. Yeah, that’s the word […]
Author Archives: Rodney Lain
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. – H. L. Mencken, writer, iconoclast, Different Thinker Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. – Henry A. Kissinger He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire. – Lao-tzu
“The book is here to stay. What we’re doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.” Vartan Gregorian, on computerization of the New York Public Library card catalog
“Don’t lie to me, Gustav! You’re a stinkin’ Mac user!” – Ratbert, from a Dilbert comic strip, in which he proposes a “Holy War” in order to “standardize on one computer” by having the company “identify and eliminate the deviant users of Macintosh, Unix and – God help us – OS/2 Warp” “What if half the […]
What if half the things ever said turned out to be a lie… How will U know the truth? If U were given all the answers and U stopped to wonder why… How will U know the truth? “The Truth,” O{+>
Why can’t we learn about God for ourselves, without some preacher trying to tell us what to believe?
Sad to report that Rodney Lain finally committed suicide on 6/14/02. He had gone off his anti-depressants.
This article was written by Michael Brandenburg after Rodney was disfellowshipped by the Macon, GA, Worldwide Church of God (WCG) congregation. It was originally published on the MarkTab Ministries website, which no longer exists.
This article was written when Rodney was disfellowshipped by the Macon, GA, Worldwide Church of God (WCG) congregation. It was originally published on the MarkTab Ministries website, which no longer exists. It is copyright by Rodney O. Lain. Links have been retained when possible, but many go to the Internet Wayback Machine.
Signifyin(g) as a Rhetorical Device in Selected Writings of the Harlem Renaissance
The Thirteens (Black)*
The Signifying Monkey*
Simply Written – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Langston Hughes
Lawd Today! – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Richard Wright
“Ain’t She Specifiyin?” – Signifyin(g) in the Writings of Zora Neale Hurston
Fiction is of great value to any people as a preserver of manners and customs…. – Pauline Hopkins (circa 1900) You can never really get your point across to a person until you learn how to communicate with him. If he speaks French, you can’t speak German. You have to know what language he speaks and […]