Sympathy, preferably empathy, is fine since it leaves me feeling loved, at least. Pity, lacking support of any kind, is worse than useless. After all, I still have my pride ( Read more... )

I'm quite certain that no one reading this post will be able to attend my birthday party this Sunday other than RR or Drukara, but you'll get to read about it anyway. This is my 42nd birthday and, although my body feels much older, I'm pretty excited about it if for no other reason than because my parents were certain that I'd self-destruct no ( Read more... )

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare- I actually prefer my steaks and hamburgers cooked extremely rare
5. Crocodile- Alligator, actually
6. Black pudding
7. ( Read more... )

Some of you may be aware that Samson aka Matthew McBerry, Riff Raff and I have opened a new Amtgard park here in Santa Fe as of April 1, 2007.

We meet at Alto Bicentennial Park every Sunday afternoon beginning at 1pm and we currently have an average attendance of 7 people, not including Santa Fe-based Pegasus Valley members. Fighter practice and A ( Read more... )

But in the event that He ever changes His mind, I found this prayer.

Blessings on this fine machine ( Read more... )

If the United States won't, then Nevada will...

Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart gets a pentacle on his memorial plaque at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Fernley, Nevada

It's about damned time!!!

Don't feed the humans

Ok, I've been homeless and I know how difficult it is merely surviving, but I see wider implications from laws such as Orlando's which require any group that would engage in mass feeding of 25+ people in a public park within 2 miles of downtown to obtain a city permit and to limit themselves to no more than 2 such events per ( Read more... )

1) (On an infant's shirt): Already smarter than Bush ( Read more... )

Molly Ivins, iconic Texas columnist, loses cancer fight at 62

As another Mary Magdalene candle burns on my altar, I realize how much I'll miss Molly...her satire, her ability to make me laugh through my tears when reading about Texas or US politics.

Breast cancer took Miss Molly.

Ladies, are YOU examining your breasts monthly as well as ( Read more... )

( Randy Newman's A Few Words In Defense of Our Country )