I didn't believe it when Kelly told me about a certain new proposed Amendment to the Constitution, but damn if she wasn't right. I cut and pasted the text from diz's site, but you can find the same text at the Library of Congress webpage ( Read more... )

Well. I had been up for a manager position, but Jacque got it instead. This was a gauranteed opening, unlike previously. It was just a matter of who got it. While I know that Jacque (am I spelling that right?) will do well, and I have no issue with her being a manager, I can't help but feel that Peter and I didn't get a fair shake in the ( Read more... )

Well, I just interviewed today for a job at Sears, and was offered the position! So, in a week or two (pending drug test results), I will be Sears's newest cashier. Um... you don't suppose that all the crack cocaine I've been selling my body for lately will be a problem, do you? Nah ( Read more... )

I've been renewing my interest in philosophy, starting with the philosopher I first fell in love with, Plato. At the moment I'm reading "The Laws," which is either a more realistic version of his Republic, or a pessimistic, bitter version. Or both. In any case, it seems to be a case of "this seems to be the best we mere humans would be able to ( Read more... )

I've lately had constantly running through my mind a particular concept for a unique research facility. To give credit where credit is due, the original concept this is based on is taken from either the 3rd or 4th book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series, by Piers Anthony. My version would have a "Profit is nice but not necessary" model to work ( Read more... )

Today, I'm 3 cubed (that's 27 for the math illiterate). I'm pretty sure it's a bad thing, but the jury's still out. Anyone out there willing to give a hard up fella a birthday b.j.? Hello? Why do I hear crickets chirping? Oh well ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't get the social work job I wanted, which is severely disappointing. I really wanted that one. All I was told when I asked why is that they had another qualified applicant. I keep having these visions of the rest of my life, and none of it looks good. I hate to admit it, but for several weeks (or more) I've had a sense of growing ( Read more... )

Well, two of my friends are married now, so I'm down two more single friends. If they were poly, I might not feel like I'm getting even more isolated. Congrats, you two ( Read more... )

From Scientific American, March 2005 issue, page 30:

Fear of terrorism has made many Americans willing to curtail rights and sacrifice basic freedoms, according to a national survey of 715 respondents prepared by Erik C. Nisbet and James Shanahan of Cornell University for a December 2004 report.

Percent of respondents who think the federal ( Read more... )

Can anyone show me something, anything, that can give me hope that America and the American people are worth believing in? That I can have faith in them? Everywhere I look in the news around me I see a distressing and mindnumbing lack of openmindedness, tolerance, or hell, just plain reason. A commentary piece I recently read says that a ( Read more... )