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"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."
- Ralph W. Sockman
Sometimes opportunities present themselves and sometimes they don't. You can live your life like a journey or like an end to a means.

I can't figure out what any of it means. I can't understand what politics mean or ( Read more... )

"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, "The Copper Beeches"
I stepped (drove) way outside my comfort zone last night. I drove 45 minutes into Houston to ( Read more... )

I found this gem on the wire today:

Man With Dead Weasel Accused Of Assault

HOQUIAM, Wash. (AP) - Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into an apartment and assaulted a man in Washington state.

The victim asked, "Why are you carrying a weasel?" Police said the attacker answered, "It's not a weasel, it's a marten," then punched ( Read more... )

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion and desire."
- Aristotle
In universal stories and universal truths, there are steadfast heroes with unwavering senses of nobility, and there are evil villains wavering in their pursuits of primitive quests. Good triumphs. And evil licks its ( Read more... )

I am having a slight dilemma. I have Netflix, and I want to get a gadget to connect streaming video to my television. Getting a roku box would be the most convenient and most affordable option, but as I only have Netflix, I would have to eventually get a subscription to Hulu and Amazon to really make it worth my while ( Read more... )

"Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't."
- Brett Butler

So the movie this weekend was "eh," the lunch was good and the view was excellent.

I found the beach crowded this weekend. And walking along the seawall was pretty entertaining. I watched a family on what appeared to be a car-bike almost run off the sidewalk with the ( Read more... )

"Absent in body, but present in spirit."
- Bible, 1 Corinthians v. 3
This week's dinner and a movie turned out to be a drag.

I went to see "I am No. 4." I struggled through watching it, fighting my impulse to walk out. Musical interludes interjected randomly interrupting terrible acting, a cheesy and cliche plotline (filled with plotholes) and a ( Read more... )

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
I went to check out this new place that opened up in League City today called Little Daddy's Gumbo Bar. I sat at the bar where they had a cool little set up of gumbo pots boiling away. They were kind ( Read more... )

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
- Sir Winston Churchill
Today is my Friday. After today, I can do nothing or anything or everything for two days. I really need to figure out what is wrong with my cable connection. The only stations I get in clearly are in espanol. And I most definitely will take advantage of ( Read more... )