Happy 231st birthday to the USMC! Ooohrah, and Semper Fidelis.

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I saw this on my way to Suju's coffeehouse in Fremont. What a great
picture.

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And, IT'S A BOTTLE OPENER!!! How cool is that?!

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Why does it always go by so fast?

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This month we lost jazz singer Shirley Horn and civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

"My attitude to my writing and my attitude to people is unchangeable, it is a part of my nature, and not due to temporary circumstances. What I need for my writing is seclusion, not like a hermit, that would not be enough, but like the dead...I have always had this fear of people, not actually of the people themselves, but of their intrusion ( Read more... )

"Here's what I know about the realm of possibility - it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was once deemed impossible. From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting her arm around the metalhead. As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist within the realm of ( Read more... )

My eternal gratitude to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country ( Read more... )

I think I have a couple of gray hairs (sometimes I see them, sometimes I don't), but I'm breaking out like a teenage boy. Very confusing. And embarrassing.

In other news, Natalie Portman has shaved her head. Damn she's hot.

Today's my day off, and it's a beautiful day. Sunny, temperate ( Read more... )