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For Our Veterans
This is from A.E. Housman's 'A Shropshire Lad':
XXII
The street sounds to the soldiers' tread,
And out we troop to see:
A single redcoat turns his head,
He turns and looks at me.
My man, from sky to sky's so far,
We never crossed before;
Such leagues apart the world's ends are,
We're like to meet no more;
What thoughts at heart have you and I
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Lonely
I'm lonely but it's my own fault. I'm afraid to post here because the Secret Service had been watching this space since the 2004 election, due to some less than flattering, but non-violent, things I said about our President. Depression's my best friend. My cat got sick, but then got better, which is good, since he is basically my life. I'm also ( Read more... ) -
I've been getting into music again lately.................
I bought Sasha and John Digweed's "Communication" which was released in 2000. I also listened to a mix by DJ Touche, which came with a recent Mix-Mag. The mix had a lot of punk rock-influenced electronics, the type of stuff which has been coming out since 2002 (under the electroclash genre). However, since "electroclash" allegedly is dead, the ( Read more... ) -
And now we thank thee for thy Daily Snark!
The origins of my daily merriment are multiple....First, thanks to Daily Kos, Andrew Sullivan, and John Podhoretz for making fun of this theo-con known as Kathryn Lopez. Please note that Ms. Lopez and Mr. Podhoretz are exchanging on-linw remarks in a venue on the National Review website known as "The Corner." Mr. Podhoretz is said to have coined ( Read more... ) -
Great Stuff!
I'm not hiding this under an LJ cut, because this almost is too good to be true! My brother and I used to stay up late to watch Playboy After Dark, in the hopes that we'd see people having sex on TV or at least the stray naked lady. That didn't happen, but Hef was so cool, and he had on such great guests. I remember watching Iron Butterfly live ( Read more... ) -
Some People Just Keep On Popping Up in Life
When I was a contract employee at DOJ, they were just starting to investigate a situation in the FBI crime lab exposed by a whistleblower chemist named Frederick Whitehurst. This was back in 1995. Apparently, the FBI crime lab was engaged in shoddy practices, which had possibly led to some people being unjustly convicted, and led to others being ( Read more... ) -
Meet Bush's New Appointee!
From www.talk2action.org:
Meet Dr. Eric Keroack.
He's a favorite guest speaker at meetings of the National Right to Life Committee.
He's on the Medical Advisory Council for the notorious Leslee Unruh's National Abstinence Clearinghouse, whence he expounds on such topics as the Physical and Emotional Consequences of Premarital Sex.
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A Curious Story.....
I wanted to write this before it got away: In 1986, we had a tremendous snowstorm. It was one of those storms which shut the city down completely. Downtown Washington DC becomes this gregarious small town suddenly after such storms. People have to walk from place to place and the 19th century townhouses are given this Currier and Ives touch, as ( Read more... ) -
From Iraq-Nam of DailyKos
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONFLICTS of my daily life is my view of our troops in Iraq.
Often I meet them only in death. And often (after, for instance, seeing pictures of a little brother with his eyes downcast in unbearable confusion at a funeral , or when reading about a farm worker family the slain soldier was desperate to support) I weep.
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THE REAL WORK STARTS TODAY
Well, like many of you, I worked in the election. My side won beyond my wildest dreams. Now the Democrats have to remain free of scandal and I mean FREE. The righties already are rummaging through the attics of Sen. Harry Reid and Sen. Obama. In addition, the newly elected Democrats have to present a viable alternative or else we will have Jeb ( Read more... )