Repeat 10,000 times:

I must always remember that whatever I do, I will never have the approval of my parents.  I am an adult.  I must learn  to accept that.

For some reason this afternoon, I am thinking about the hot summers when I was little ( Read more... )

I haven't posted on here in a long time, but it was on my list of things to do today, so here is something.  A list:

1.  It was General Sedgwick who was apparently larger than an elephant
2.  I want to go to Estrella this year
3.  I think the Vinland map just might be real.
4.  I just don't like any of the candidates for president/vp. this year.  I ( Read more... )

Neil Young would totally kick Steven Stills' ass in a fight.

Here is my list  (with comments)

bold = read
italic = owned but not read
$ = read long ago because I heard there was sex in it
CF = couldn't finish
* = standard star rating system
DL = didnt like
H = hated it

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell  CF
Crime and Punishment  (didn't Poe write this story better in The TellTale Heart?)
Catch-22  ****
One Hundred Years of ( Read more... )

 A poem I like (I don't remember the source ( Read more... )

I am bored, it is late, I have to get up early for work in the morning, and I am really sore.  Yesterday, I did 21 shovel tests, and each of them went to a whole meter deep.  Today I did 16 - also all to a meter.  My shoulders are tired.  On TV, Bill Maher just said "You know who is bitter in America?  I am.  Because shit kickers voted twice for a ( Read more... )

I am not sure what to talk about today.  It seems to me that as near as I can tell, nothing at all interesting happened to me today.  I worked pretty hard, and I am pretty tired, but I can't think of anything interesting.  One of my co-workers told me this morning that I am probably the smartest person she knows.  I told her that she must hang out ( Read more... )

      Today  I saw a big wild pig that had been torn to shreds on the highway.  I imagine a big wild pig would be a pretty shocking thing to hit on the road, as they are both large and solid.  Apparently, this area is infested with them, and people can't really even shoot them fast enough (they breed fast).  If I see another one in the woods, maybe ( Read more... )

Babies stare at me ( Read more... )