Apparently there's a nasty head cold and a stomach virus going around. I had the dubious pleasure of getting hit with the latter on the tail end of the G rrl's Movie Nite with yours truly and my BFF sexyscholar . We get back to her and fmh 's house just in time for me to get incredibly tired and unable to stay warm. I missed all the movies for bad movie nite ( ( Read more... )

Responding to a reply in my post on suicide, I realized toward the end that I had left brevity a few paragraphs back, and so decided instead to create a new post, rather than saddle them with a massive message.
They say it's the "quiet ones" that are often the more troublesome segments of our society. That's a theme that can be applied in every ( Read more... )

A fellow member of suicidesupport wrote this recent post in the community. It was intended as a note of encouragement to people teetering on the edge of an irrevocable decision, a way of saying "you are not alone" and "you are loved". I read the entire post, but the part that stood out to me the most is the following selection:

You never know what's going on ( Read more... )

I am notorious for my inability to maintain habits overlong periods of time. I can go for months maintaining a given task, but let a few times go by without engaging in it, and I fall off. Would that addiction worked the same way, right? Imagine, the headaches people could avoid if it were that simple. I suppose, though, for some it could be ( Read more... )

I've been chewing over thoughts derived from an earlier post. I'm curious how people view "anarchy" as it is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary: A social state in which there is no governing person or group of people, but each individual has absolute liberty (without the implication of disorder), as opposed to a state of so-called ( Read more... )

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week: Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg ( Read more... )

1. Pull up Google maps.
2. Click on "get directions".
3. Type "Japan" as the start location and "China" as the end location.
4. Go to direction #43.

I was sure that Republicans would have a big night tonight. Let's face it...I live in a culture that lives for instant gratification while preaching government fiscal responsibility, and protects the wealthy at their own expense in a misguided belief that they will either join the wealthy or benefit from maintaining the status quo. It's a cynical ( Read more... )

For those interested in Academia...
So...you Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities?

For those with Amnesia...

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I don't plan on voting outside of my registered party. The Republicans have little to recommend themselves to me (no surprise there), I don't want a single Tea Bagger Party candidate to even have the chance to draft legislation, and voting Independent is more likely to increase GOP control than it is to secure a DP majority. One thing is for ( Read more... )