i don't like going to bed angry. i don't like unresolved conflicts. i don't like feeling as though i've done something wrong when i can't form a rational basis for what it might have been ( Read more... )

these catch-22 moments are driving me mad ( Read more... )

working on my second novel. the progress has been slow, mostly due to a mental inability to focus on the task at hand. there's just so much going on in my life lately. enrolling for some law classes to see whether i really want to pursue that as a career, trying to get a promotion at the bank, a general sense of my life going nowhere (and, ( Read more... )

http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_Cake_in_a_Mug

if McCain had been as graceful in his campaign as he was in his concession, i can't help but wonder how things might have gone differently.

i only hope his party can be as graceful in the years ahead.

it's amazing what you can learn about the world when you're bored and have a computer.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/sci_scotch_tape_surprise

i'm tired of spending each day waiting for the day to end. i wish away so much of my life. it makes me a little sick. there's only so much i can enjoy work, true. but it bothers me that i dread it so much, that i spend the work day staring at a clock willing it to turn around faster. i want to appreciate my time more. i only get so much of it ( Read more... )

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/10/virgin-birth-shark.html

i had a nice, civil discussion of obama's tax proposals with a mccain-supporting coworker of mine today ( Read more... )

i finished writing a novel about a month ago. it's set in a world where the government has used people's fear of global warming to seize control of people's rights. it follows an F.B.I. agent as he tries to uncover the mystery of apple orchards that grow blue apples. he finds the scientist who is behind the orchards, but he also discovers that ( Read more... )