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Family Matters
He introduced me to comic books ( Read more... ) -
On today's U.S. Supreme Court decision, and how to make somewhat it less shitty.
I can't say I'm surprised at today's US Supreme Court ruling. Pissed, but not surprised, given how non-human persons have been treated in recent years.
Here's a couple bits of advice if you want to be useful in a time like this:
1) Donate to Planned Parenthood and similar organizations. They will probably be the best bet to provide for those who ( Read more... ) -
Your e-cigs are not helping.
Yes, e-cigs are probably way better than sucking on a rolled-up pile of tar-soaked cancer leaves, but stop pretending that you are sticking it to the man with your alternative smoking source. "Big Tobacco" isn't running scared.
This ... this is just embarrassingly obvious. Seriously, guys, where the fuck did you think this stuff was coming from? ( Read more... ) -
Local warning - suspect at large.
DANGER - This man has been accused of breaking into area houses during the holiday seasons in prior years ( Read more... ) -
A note to my grandfather.
My maternal grandfather was given up for adoption by parents that proceeded to have and raise six more children. While living a couple doors away. He never gave much stock in blood relations, and now I think I know why.
That concept eventually became a family tradition - His six known descendants went on to make their families rather than inherit ( Read more... ) -
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They came from Kansas. New York. Texas.
Some bribed people to pretend to be their guardians, lied about their age or just waited until they received orders in the mail.
They left high school sweethearts. Aged grandparents. Family farms.
The training was grueling. The troop ships, somehow worse. Months of waiting. Isolation, disease and dread. Time ( Read more... ) -
Laos early morning observations
First he carefully lays his carpet on his tiny spot of sidewalk and arranges his wares before the tourists awaken. Priorities.
The row of braided strings is a meager lot, the single color products of limited resources. The spot is uncontested, being far from any trees or buildings and having no hope of shade from the brutal Laotian sun. He ( Read more... ) -
Watch. The. Fucking. Show.
I just watched the season finale of The Americans. The plot revolves around KGB officers deep under cover in the USA during the early Reagan years. It purposely keeps the exact date vague because it's not important. This isn't about macro events and a cheap script hammered together from the timeline on a 1980s history book; it's about people. ( Read more... ) -
On the NRA, and gun owners' lack of desire to join it
The NRA represents this nations gun owners. Well, some of them. A few of them. Not that one. Nor that one. Those three? Nope. Keep looking ( Read more... )