Ah, the drama never ends.

"And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death"

I've had plenty of complaints about independents and centrists who think they are too good for partisan politics and choosing what side of an issue to come down on. This small passage encapsulates everything I've ever had to say in very few words. From the Evolutionblog"There are many people in this country who think they are clever and above it ( Read more... )

"Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger."

If you want an angsty quote, take one from the best.

George Takei came out of the closet ( Read more... )

Just read an interesting article about a former New Age author making the transition from kookery to skepticism and science. Here's a particularly insightful bit ( Read more... )

God, what a beauftiful day. School is closed so I've got nothing to do but walk around outside and sit here by the open window while the breeze comes in.

Watch this movie, if you dare.

I logged on today and saw the headline "Ex-'SNL' Comedian's Death Ruled a Suicide". I immediately though, oh no, not poor Garrett Morris because I vaguely remember him being in and out of the hospital in recent years and back in the 70s he had a serious coke habit and there was that incident where he ran around the set screaming for people to get ( Read more... )

I've been oddly fascinated with Canadian poetry lately. I've been browsing the Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature and the Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, two books I own as a relic of dating a Canadian English major many, many moons ago. All we hear about is the overrated Margaret Atwood. Nothing about the amazingly versatile Michael ( Read more... )