I now have the pungent smell of bacon permeating from my skin. Bacon is tasty in moderation, yes, but it is not a good feeling to have smothered all over oneself ( Read more... )

Today I went to the Earth Day festival downtown at the zoo. For about the first five minutes I didn’t to anything but sit on a bench feeling sorry for my pitiful self and wondering if, if, if. But after my moping session I became my amiable self once again ( Read more... )

Kayla is pressuring my to post, so yeah, here ya go.

A charm invests a face
imperfectly beheld
A lady dare not lift her veil
for fear it be dispelled
but looks beyond her mesh
wishes; and denies
lest interview annul a want
that image satisfies.

Dickenson

Ah, too true.

Not so long ago, maybe five or six years when I lived in Cincinnati, I attended a Catholic school situated somewhere in the midst of a “rough neighborhood”. It was pretty obvious that all the white kids went to St. Vivian Elementary and the black kids went to the public school next door. There was a line, and the line did not like to be crossed. I ( Read more... )

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."
--Isaac Asimov

Yay, my camera is here! Glorious and shining with its own ethereal light of heaven, I am truly thankful to the Mighty Ones. My birthday was 5 days ago, and my only present from those reliable beings called "parents" was a camera ( Read more... )

A thousand apologies to those who care. This journal had been stopped for some time for reasons that don't take long to explain, so I won't trouble you there ( Read more... )

Too many people. Too many voices. Too many requests and favors! Can't anyone just do anything by themselves! Can't anyone just sit still, shut up, and be appeased ( Read more... )

The following is a short list of my four-year-old brother's (David) favorite sayings ( Read more... )

Have not written in a while...have been avoiding computer at all costs since last time it threaten to suffocate me with a pillow in my sleep ( Read more... )