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Jimmy Higgins wrote 2 weeks ago: On the Big Rock Candy Mountain/ All the cops have wooden legs/ The bulldogs all have rubber teeth/ A … more →

Tags: Hartford, Labor, Labor History, connecticut, radical history, shoeleather history, hartford, hobo, IWW

Free Box, Installment #1

jbloodwell wrote 1 month ago: Here is a new feature I’ve been meaning to roll out for some time now. Last spring I had the i … more →

Tags: Super Bowl, Elance, craigslist, Free Ideas, free box, Story Ideas, Movie ideas, Idea Factory, bank heist

Banquet Given to Chicago Hoboes

DD wrote 3 months ago: (From the Marion Daily Mirror – May 21, 1907) Knights of the Road Respond to Toasts and Tell Why The … more →

Tags: Chicago

Hobo Thanksgiving contest for 20122 comments

hoboduke wrote 6 months ago: We were much smarter before we got intelligent.This is a great chance to win a hobo Thanksgiving fea … more →

Tags: Political Humor, Culture, Food, Heritage, Beer Culture, Fun, hobo, poverty, obama

I Ain't Got No Home

Lisa wrote 6 months ago: A group of young men posing with bedrolls. Picture scanned from the Everett Public Library Archives … more →

Tags: nonfiction, northwest history, Memoir & Biography, History, Everett Public Library, American History, Great Depression, hobo, hobos

Harry Truman, Hoboes and the Santa Fe Railroad

Tim Shey wrote 8 months ago: Harry S Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd president of the United States. Below is an excerpt from Pla … more →

Tags: digihitch, united states, Life, Politics, White House, Harry Truman, History, Merle Miller, Plain Speaking

On the Road to the Hobo Convention1 comment

Mark Sardella wrote 9 months ago: As you read this, I’m hoppin’ a freight train box car and heading out to Britt, Iowa for the Nationa … more →

Tags: Columns & Essays, Humor, Opinion, Mark Sardella, Wakefield Daily Item, Wakefield Item, Daily Item, hobo, Britt IA

Hobo Party announces candidate for Vice President 2012

hoboduke wrote 9 months ago: Hobo Party convention will be at Grant Park Chicago when the hobo folk show up. We have yet to nomin … more →

Tags: Humor, Political Humor, Culture, Sports, Fun, hobo, Biden, Movies, Joe Biden

WRITERS WHO COOK . . . AND DON'T!2 comments

myrickeaton wrote 10 months ago: Two previous Keyhole Conversations videos featured accomplished cooks passionate about meal preparat … more →

Tags: Writers Who Cook, Bonnie Myrick, Hazel Hart, B. J. M;yrick, Video, Out of Control, authors who cook, writers who cook, nelly of no man's land

Spontaneous? Come Buskin'!

Michael wrote 10 months ago: Anyplace you will have went Be sure you’ve packed an instrument In case a stray creative spark … more →

Tags: Poetry, accordion, busking, Music, Spontaneous Combustion, Street Performers, violin, Ukulele, hurdy gurdy

[My Three Hoboes]1 comment

myrthryn wrote 11 months ago: My Three Hoboes by Vernon Scannell In the bullion bar of a bright hotel I gave three tramps a splend … more →

Tags: Poetry, Poetry Reading, poverty, Poetry Reading, Vernon Scannell, my three hoboes, living on the stree

Hobo University accepting cheap students and free loaders

hoboduke wrote 11 months ago: Aucland New Zealand students protest college loans College students all over the globe are waking up … more →

Tags: Economics Humor, community organizers, hobo, poverty, obama, USA Debt Bomb, unemployed, occupy wall street, students are broke

SELLING NEW YORK real estate agents meet Prince Boogosh

hoboduke wrote 1 year ago: May 3, 2012 episode on HGTV SELLING NEW YORK had to be the most entertaining for this hobo.  The Kle … more →

Tags: Culture, Food, Beer Culture, Fun, hobo, Real Estate Investing, Homeless, Prince Boogosh needs mansion, Kleier agency wines dines Prince Boogosh

Review - That Is All by John Hodgman2 comments

Greg Chatham wrote 1 year ago: The third and final volume in John Hodgman’s encyclopedia of made-up knowledge, That Is All is … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, general geekery, That is all, John Hodgman, hobos, Clive Cussler

William S. Burroughs, “The Cat Inside”

Jaena Rae wrote 1 year ago: I wonder if dogs and cats leave signs like hoboes: WATCH OUT FOR DOG. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. OLD … more →

Tags: Literary Love, Food, William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside, Signs, Stars, stray dogs

My favorite time of year! Atheists protesting Christmas!2 comments

hoboduke wrote 1 year ago: Santa Claus is coming to town! Just came back from New York City and touring the 9/11 Memorial with … more →

Tags: atheist, Catholic Church, Christian, community organizers, Culture, Heritage, hobo, Political Humor, santa claus 2

Hobo higher education program now accepting applicants

hoboduke wrote 1 year ago: Our country was founded by farmers, tradesmen, and criminals. Our President wants every citizen and … more →

Tags: Political Humor, Culture, hobo, Government Waste, poverty, obama, professor doom, hobo higher education, College student loans

Hobo: Way of Life or Mental Illness?

Jim Amos wrote 1 year ago: As a general hospital psychiatric consultant, I’m rarely asked to see those patients who are a … more →

Tags: Psychosomatic Medicine, Psychiatry, Blogging, Mental Health, medicine and surgery, postaday2011, hobo, Homelessness, Riding the Rails

Castro made more new jobs in Cuba, than Obama in USA!

hoboduke wrote 1 year ago: Don’t let the facts change your plans! President Obama is urged to come out with his biggest p … more →

Tags: Political Humor, Economics Humor, Tea Party, hobo, Government Waste, how to fail without trying, obama, unemployed, we're screwed


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