"Army Sgt. Curtis L. Norris, of Ingham Township, died Saturday in Baghdad of wounds he received when an improvised explosive device went off near his vehicle ( Read more... )

So... I've finally caved and searched for another MUD, and found a MUD that I really like. Friendly Immortals. Players that actually stop what they're doing for the purpose of roleplay. XP gain through using other skills than killing things. In-depth costuming. So far it's excellent, though it's still in test phase, so there are bugs and the ( Read more... )

Always two steps forward, one step back.

I'm already looking forward to winter break. Will I be telling my job that my schedule is entirely open?

No.

I could use the money.

But I need those four days off in the middle of the week more.

.... it'll be so nice.

I was reading an article about how the terminology used by both the Democratic and Republican parties to describe themselves is usually grossly innacurate (how our 'liberals' are not liberal and our 'conservatives' are not conservative, for the most part) and then got to the point where the author pointed out something that intrigued me ( Read more... )

Now... I think that the people that believe that war never solved anything need to really look at their history again. War solved Rome. War solved the problem between the colonies and Britain and created the United States. War solved the Nazis.

But the wrong wars don't solve anything.

I miss Japan.

Sick. Ugh.

I've come to the realization that nation-states are actually just ideas that people subscribe to. To make an analogy... it's like paper money. Worthless unless a large amount of people believe in the meaning, and as soon as they stop believing, the system collapses.

I have about had it up to here with people and their lack of understanding of the Muslim faith, religions in general, and history. Yes. Islam has its extreme conservative factions, and its factions that prefer to kill people rather than talk to them.... unlike Christianity how? Oh, that's right. Let's just forget that whole Ireland thing. And ( Read more... )