This is getting out of hand. It seems that every time I hit Digg.com or some other user-submitted news site, there's a new story about police or some other authority figure abusing their powers. Most of these are kept off of the mainstream news where the majority of us would see them - most likely to prevent civilians like you and I from being so ( Read more... )

The last month or so has been full of drama, to say the least. Between work, school and my marriage I have experienced whole new levels of stress that I'd only previously had nightmares about. It's all a bit much for me, given my anxiety disorders and my generally low threshold for stressful situations. It doesn't help that I have very few ( Read more... )

Not What You See
[Music & Words: Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill]No life's so short it can't turn around ( Read more... )

Well, class wasn't TOO bad last night, but it was duller than a spoon. This digital photography class is taught by the same guy I started the course with last time, a guy who I have something of a love-hate relationship with. He can be a very cool guy .. kind of an old school hippie type without the long hair or flakiness.. but he's also ultra ( Read more... )

While I ended up having a pretty good time at Erica's (my niece) first birthday party today, it began with frustration. I hadn't gotten much sleep last night following a bit of a tif with the wifey, then wrestled with the wagon parts to assemble the present we had gotten her. The worst was the pictures though ... as of late I've been on a real ( Read more... )

Aw fuck. Looks like the Bushies want to start just one more war before they get their asses kicked out of office ( Read more... )

Before going any further, I have to disclose that I am - in fact - a white man.  Yes, I'm a honky-ass cracker.  That being said... I want to discuss racism ( Read more... )

Where lies the line between genius comedian and modern day prophet?  I've loved and admired the late, great Bill Hicks for a number of years now ... but now more than ever these words haunt me and speak to the deepest part of my soul.  If you were at my wedding last May you might remember hearing them during the ceremony:

The world is like a ride ( Read more... )

So now that I've had my iMac for a few weeks, I feel a bit more qualified to write about it. I know most people don't give a shit about my techno-geek posts, but oh well ( Read more... )

Just one of those days.  Nothing catastrophically wrong, per se.... but it's the little things that get you.  I feel weighted down by 10,000 little things and the dejection I feel right now just makes me want to sleep.  For a long time.  To call out for the rest of the week and just shut myself off from everybody and everything ( Read more... )