So, this weekend I took my son to see Beatlemania at the Colonial Theatre in Boston ( Read more... )

Intolerance is an ugly word.

Cruelness will haunt your soul.
Hate is self-reflective.
Overindulgence cheapens value.
Obloquy demeans its originator.
Selfishness is lonely.
Elitism limits opportunity.

Loathing takes too much energy.
Obsession is destructive.
Violence is never the answer.
Envy will only make your heart bitter.

I choose

Getting back into things post holiday madness, and realized I haven't even ( Read more... )

My contact has been extended into the new year at "The Job I Really Love" (tm ( Read more... )

I wrote this last night, or more accurately, yesterday morning ...Now it's 2 AM the next morning and I'm too tired to sleep - isn't that fun?
Anyway .... here's what I MEANT to say yesterday.

It's 5:00 in the morning and there is NO good reason to be awake, but here I sit, doing the long long long overdue journal update and watching Cruel Intentions ( Read more... )

sometimes you find just the right moment
late at night, driving on the highway
you suddenly find yourself in silence
there are no cars in front of you
no cars are behind you, only darkness
none pass on the other side of the road

from horizon to horizon, as far as you see
there is only the night, the black road
no one stirs in the buildings
there is no ( Read more... )

Theft at DragonCon - can you help?

A one-of-a-kind Steampunk monocle was stolen from Brute Force
Leather at DragonCon. Thomas is asking for help in finding the
item and tracking down the thief. He is offering a substantial
reward for any help with this.

It was stolen at DragonCon and may turn up at some kind of event.
The link at the bottom ( Read more... )

Memoria in aeterna

It never stops falling.
The endless smell of fire and ash .
The screaming never ends.
Chemical and flesh fused.
The burned in image we can't forget.

They never stop dying.
Acrid clouds of cloying smoke.
The nightmares go on.
Heroes rushing to death.
Grieving families, waiting, torn apart.

In their heads.
In your mind.
Where it's never quite ( Read more... )

It has been a really good two weeks,  from the week at the beach house, to all the activities of the last few days.   Today we have very few plans other then a really good breakfast, a few errands, going through things in the house and packing the car to get going after a late lunch / early supper.  I may have to head out a little earlier then ( Read more... )

Yesterday, (well, Sunday) in god-awful 90+ degree heat, we ventured out to Allentown to go to Lehigh Valley Pride in the Park.   So my mom got to attend  her first pride event, chatted with a whole bunch of folks, signed up with PFLAG, and even met a Dem. Senate candidate looking to replace Arlen Specter and emphatically promised to vote for him ( Read more... )