Tired, and hungry, I filled up on the bread of heaven... one, perhaps, does not live by the bread of heaven alone... or maybe does? Do not interrupt my circles.

Today I received a summons to be on a Grand Jury. Now, what they do, if you weren't already aware, is rather than actually decide the case in court, the Grand Jury decides instead whether or not the evidence is sufficient in a case to even bring things to that point.  What struck me here was that I've been doing this personally for years, and, ( Read more... )

December 14th 2012. Inb4 apocalypse. Something about the trailer suggested to me that Peter Jackson is going to fail hard... it looks like he's doing it in the style of LoTR, which is stupid, since the two books have distinctly different... how shall I put this... attitudes? Feels? Tones? Narrative pathos ( Read more... )

"Tee-hee, it's like a novel here, something out of Hemingway or something." She had whispered this, louder than intended (or just as loud as intended) to her companion; a confused looking girl dressed as a witch or something. It never fails to amuse me that female costumes these days are really just different flavors of whore. Maybe they always ( Read more... )

What a selfish child I've been. Oh-so-proud of my reserve and prudence. Prudence, pushed to the level of a vice, is cowardice, yes, thank you for reminding me, sir. I received your letter yesterday, right about the time the door knob broke. I didn't open it til the end of today, for I thought you'd want a quarrel, and I'd forgotten my crossbow (get ( Read more... )

"This goes deeper than you think, man!"
I punched her in the face again.
"Enough of this bullshit! I don't care how deep it goes, you little cunt. TALK!"
"THEY'LL KILL ME!" she exclaimed, now genuinely crying.
I hardened myself, ignoring my natural emotional response to empathize with a crying child. There are some things more important than human ( Read more... )

..."What you're referring to is what philosophers call aesthetics." he replied, feigning more disinterest than he felt.
"There's a word for it?" she asked, feigning more confusion than she felt.
"Certainly, there's a word for everything nowadays, and if there wasn't, one should be created as the need arose. Besides which, aesthetics is one of the ( Read more... )

People(1) always (2) ask me: "How did you get to be such a super-cool cultural genius that women love and men want to be(3)?"

"It's easy, friends!(4)" I reply, condescending to acknowledge the poor souls at my feet (5). Essentially, it can all be done by following just a few simple tips for your everyday life.(6)

• First watch the music video for ( Read more... )

As an extremely idle person and all around egoist, I have great leisure to examine small, insignificant details of my behavior. My rationale is that there must be a reason for everything, and if there is not, I should invent one ( Read more... )

When in doubt, mumble.
~Fortune cookie