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The prompt for today is MEMORY. I must admit, I had trouble getting stuff out using this prompt. Perhaps my mindset was just not in the right place. What I ended up writing ended up going all over the place, so what I have posted is an attempt to revise it a bit. In the end, however, what I finished with ended up being rather cathartic.

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So today I was on Google+ and saw that MySpace was one of the trending topics on the public news feed. I was like, "Huh?" I usually don't like to check the trending topics on Google+ because it refreshes very quickly, but I just had to check. As far as I knew, MySpace was dead in the water, so if it was trending, it had to be something ( Read more... )

Whenever a mass shooting like the one in Colorado happens, people/politicians start arguing about gun control. What about what was going through the mind of the perpetrator that motivated him to do such a sick thing? Nobody ever says, "We need better ways to reach those in dire need of mental health services" when something like this happens. ( Read more... )

The wording of the bill is way too ambiguous and therefore lends itself to abuse. Also, as many people have mentioned, it does not allow for due process (sites must be blocked immediately within 5 days no questions asked). Really scary. Go to the Electronic Frontier Foundation website to find out more. As I am writing this, however, the website ( Read more... )

Whenever I want a quick meal and don't want to spend the money on eating out, I usually heat about half a jar of spaghetti sauce, or in a pinch, a can of diced tomatoes, and add some frozen peas and corn. And if I'm using diced tomatoes, I usually add some oregano and maybe garlic and onions. I put that over whatever kind of pasta I have in ( Read more... )

So yesterday R and I were walking down the street after having seen the movie Moneyball. We passed a couple: a woman and a man who was looking down at his cell phone (was it an iPhone?, I now wonder), a familiar sight nowadays. Suddenly, the man blurted out, "Apparently Steve Jobs died." I was jarred. R and I turned around and I practically ( Read more... )

So yesterday, Apple held their now-yearly event in which the latest model of iPhone is announced. Even though I have no plans to get an iPhone, I, like schmuck, decided to follow the live blogging of the event (live blogging is a "play-by-play" description of what is being said and done, kind of like listening to a sports game on the radio. No ( Read more... )

With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, there have been a lot of "Where were you on that day?" stories circulating on television, news, and online media. And I'm sure people will contribute their own stories throughout the day. However, I already wrote a detailed account of that day 5 years ago (It feels like I wrote that entry only last ( Read more... )