The Formation of Character Lies in Our Own Hands 410.1 ( Read more... )

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Please, somebody shoot me if I ever return to using the term "hella" as a substitute for "very". I love the Bay Area, but not for its contributions to the lexicon ( Read more... )

One sick nephew. I'm guessing the shrimp his mommy gave him yesterday didn't quite agree with his tummy... he's been throwing up since last night. (oops... off he goes again to the bathroom :o( ) Anyhoo, we sort of handled it tag-team, cleaning him up and doing his bedding/clothing in the laundry, but as consequence, nobody got much sleep. He's ( Read more... )

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I wrote this back around the holidays, refined it in February, and finished the last part today. A poem ( Read more... )

Minding my master, Mistress Moth's, malcontent "metachlorians"....

Anyway, boo... I be a rather run-of-the-mill Jedi. There can only be one, Rocky. Best take my head now, aye? Oops... a movie mix-up! :oP

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Kind of interesting to compare & contrast my list w/ Crocky's/Moth's. More Steinbeck (American authors in general)... no JK Rowling :o( . I'll have to come back later and mark which ones I'd like to read at some point.

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This commentary, I think, best encapsulates how I feel about the recent quake/tsunami events. I can only hope that relief efforts can, in some way, make up for the fact that my sympathy struggles to transition into empathy. It's a bit like Rocky's recent dilemma: an inability to summon the deepest of emotions in tragic times -- tragedy uncommon ( Read more... )