It's gonna take me forever to find another woman like this one. I'm not a patient man, dammit!

Sadly, I have not been accepted into the Masters program for Philosophy at MSU. I'm told they simply had too many applicants, and had to turn away some that were perfectly qualified. I choose to believe I am one of them. That was my last tenuous grasp of something resembling a life plan. Now I suppose I'll wait another year, apply more places, ( Read more... )

Flowers (and chocolate, and lots of other things) are completely and irrevocably cliche. It's been done millions of times, and will be done millions more. I have ruminated over this, and have reached two conclusions ( Read more... )

The anticipation of bad news is worse than the bad news itself. This is probably because you already know what the bad news, if it's going to come, is going to be, but until you get it, you have nothing to do but dread its actually arrival. Once you get it, you can at least start to cope. Not that coping is necessarily easier to start, but it ( Read more... )

Now, when I look out across the parking lot, the lights in the apartment opposite mine are dark. That makes me sad. Better than if someone else already lived there, though. That would throw me off.

I had (what I think) is a great idea for a D&D game last night. Rather than working up in level, this game would work down. Characters would start at a higher level, probably twenty for the fun of it. No experience would be gained, however, and even worse, each character would permanently lose a level after each session. The reason for this ( Read more... )

So, I went to see the latest Bond movie, Casino Royale, earlier this evening. And with a hot babe, no less! Anyway, if you're at all considering going to see this movie, do so. The new guy is great, a better Bond than perhaps everyone who ever wore the tux. Sean Connery and/or Roger Moore may still be better, the jury requires more evidence ( Read more... )

When is it best to give somebody bad news? Should you give it to them when they're having a good day, so the fact that other things are going well cushions the blow? The downside is that it would pretty much ruin the good day. You could give it to them when they're already down about something, in the hopes that it can't get much worse, but what ( Read more... )

My parents are the best parents ever. That is all.

And yes, my Dad could totally kick your dad's ass.

There are quite a few good movies out there that I have seen most of, but not all. For the longest time, I hadn't seen the first few minutes of The Princess Bride, always coming it at the Cliffs of Insanity or later. Tonight, I was watching Pay it Forward, and strangely, there is one scene that I have never seen in the middle of the movie ( Read more... )