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Why I'm not voting for a (any) president
I know, I know, if you've even read this far, you've probably decided I'm not doing my "civic duty" or something like that, and I have to say, you're probably right. But this is my once-a-year chance to make a stand for what I believe in, and again, this year, I don't believe in the voting system.
Issue 1:
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Welding and whatnots
As I sat last night having vegan dinner at Herbivore with Heather (highly recommended, by the way--cake was awesome) before going to the Nikka Costa show, we spoke a bit about my approach to the world. The waitress was cute and had a fun accent, and Heather mentioned I should talk to her. This led to thinking about how I've almost never ( Read more... ) -
An irony in secondhand words:
It's like those mottoes men carved over the entrance of a castle and died for. It's a challenge in the face of something so vast and so dark, that all the pain on earth--and do you know how much suffering there is on earth?--all the pain comes from that thing you are going to face. I don't know what it is, I don't know why it should be unleashed ( Read more... ) -
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26143098
Yet another step backward. -
This sounds pretty tasty
The Best Meat Marinade In The World ( Read more... ) -
Sad, sad, sad.
A soldier in Iraq who posted often, left his last words in blog form "in the event of." Heartbreaking.
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/01/andy-olmsted.html?cid=95886692 -
Where I am today
Living in your friends' guest room provides interesting introspection on what you find valuable about yourself. You realize what you want, what you'd do to get it, and what you're willing to sacrifice to make the things you dream about a reality. It also hones those dreams into tangible things. Tyler Durden says "it's only when you've lost ( Read more... )
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