Pessimism is an emotion, not a philosophy

I just realized that if I were Tupac Shakur, I'd be dead now (Not like him being him, because obviously I'd be dead, but like if my lifespan were the same as his)...

I would've been dead for a week now.

Damn... that makes me feel both insignificant (in respect to what I've done to "leave a mark on society")  ( Read more... )

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door

You reply to this post. I assign you a letter. You list ten things you like that start with that letter!

Young Edweezy gave me "M"

1. Market Street and College Place

I can never outrun the Gate City...

2. Maniac Magee

This book started my life-long love affair with literature

3. Minute Maid

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Truth is the first casualty of war

Now that the olympics are taking their four year hibernation (seriously, Winter Olympics... why?!?  Hi, British Columbia) and in the light of one of the best organized and executed summer games, the question turns to: What was the best Olympics ever?

Being only 25, I don't think I can begin to answer that as I only ( Read more... )

Love is the name for our pursuit for wholeness, our desire to be complete ( Read more... )

Before one fools others, one must fool themselves ( Read more... )

There is no mystery... you get what you give ( Read more... )

my mom's birthday is today

blatant self-promotion... vote early, vote often
http://www.poetry.com/voteforme/poemvote1.asp?PID=12963777

Being right is almost never more important than our happiness ( Read more... )

when a thing has perfection, so much greater is its pleasure or pain ( Read more... )

Beauty is worse than wine... For it intoxicates both the beholder and the beheld ( Read more... )