Private diary entry, written early 1944 (translated from German):

When it comes to power, my country's leaders only consider strength, and are thus half-blind.

They don't understand, yet it's simple physics. Just as every action has a reaction, there is a strong nuclear force and there is the weak force. Weak -- such a misleading word. This force ( Read more... )

Don’t ask me to play it; don’t even go there. I’ll do anything by Billy Joel - "Uptown Girl," “Just the Way You Are,” “My Life,” “Only the Good Die Young” - that last one’s a crowd-pleaser. But the song that describes what I’m doing right now? How cheesy. And the song’s a little depressing, anyway.

When you’ve been tickling the ivories at the Ever ( Read more... )

( A story of the Twin Glass Cities, occuring in neither )

Be careful what you sing for, it is said, you may actually get it.

I should know, as I have heard so many songs. My patience and memory for songs and stories are endless. And some are remembered as lessons.

"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school,
We have tortured every teacher, we have broken every rule..."

At first, the cruel ( Read more... )

( Is it possible to be )

The tenth clone of cemetaria was a master spy. She had a fun but demanding assignment, tasked by the CIA with planting half-truths and false "facts" into Wikipedia to help undermine the site and the reliability of the Internet in general. She assuaged her conscience by being incredibly creative; some nuggets of faulty knowledge may never be debunked and in ( Read more... )

The bus doors whoosh open. He stops going over the songs in his head and looks up to see the glint of the setting sun shining off the glass, like the star on his door. It's time. Eagerly, he steps through.

He pauses to look around him. People bustling, rushing to and fro. Got to get to your seats, my public, can't miss a moment.

He strolls down the ( Read more... )

( The day I discovered Uncle George was alive )

( So there I was... )

For the many of you living outside Indiana, I'll note an update to the Creationism Bill story on which I based this LJ Idol entry. While the measure passed the state Senate, it has been shelved in the House.

( The AP story )