( Oh you got his heart and my heart, and none of the pain. You took your suitcase. I took the blame. Now I'm tryin' to make sense of what little remains, 'cause you left me with no love and no love to my name. )

Occasionally, at a party or social function, I will get a stalker reaction from people I have never met.  I know their names.  I know things about their lives.  Understandably, the reaction usually comes from women ( Read more... )

( Nothing to see here...just a rant...move along. )

In at least one facet of my life, I know what I want.  Making it happen is not so easy.  Hard work doesn't bother me.  It's the uncertainty of the reward and committing to a path that might be a dead end that scares me.  It's the nature of the sacrifice that disturbs me.

A moment of explanation (just a moment, I promise): When I play video games I ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that Americans, as a whole, have chosen Cheap and Quick over Quality ( Read more... )

Thursday I had a relatively good day.  In the shadow of the death of a man I would call friend, I had a pleasant day and got things accomplished.  I ended my day happy and in the company of good friends.  When I got home I slipped into melancholy and couldn't sleep.  Why?

My friends have been very good about not telling me how long to be sad.  No ( Read more... )

I just wrote...and deleted...a very angry rant about consumers and technology.  Why delete it?  Because it was simply a furious rant that will have no impact on anyone's thinking or make me feel better for having said it.  As a co-worker used to say, "What do you think that's going to get you ( Read more... )

I'm finally getting around to watching some of the "Spaghetti Westerns".  I've meant to watch them for many years.  I dislike westerns in general,  but one should be exposed to a wide range of popular culture ( Read more... )

I awoke this morning to find the following...


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 I'm bored ( Read more... )