"Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave." - Euripides

I need to divest myself of these chains, one link at a time.

I'd make a lousy lawyer. Rather than entertaining, I find continuous conflict among supposed friendlies to be deadly dull.

Happy Valentine's Day, my tender lumplings.

So, here's an interesting tidbit. In The Avengers, Dr. Banner reveals his technique for maintaining a even keel. The truth is, it works.

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Been off and away and didn't really check in for a bit. Sorry about that. I have, however, dropped in on FB now and then because it takes so little time and mental effort (and I promise this is the last you'll hear of it here. probably). Plus, as Victor's noted, I have a great time making indirect fun of the endless piles of silliness that float by ( Read more... )

Man, I hope they get their servers working properly again soon around here. This is the first time I've been able to get a full page to load all week! Once it's back, I'll be back.

I don't actually make New Year's resolutions. My birthday being 2 weeks previous gives me a head start on such things and makes, to my mind, a more logical marker (if for me very close temporally). This year, an exception: No throwing pearls to swine on FB. Fluff and nonsense all the way, and the most damned fool errors in fact and reasoning can go ( Read more... )

To deflect and distance myself from the hyperventilating and gnashing of teeth over on FB about the recent shooting spree, I said that I wasn't commenting because there was really nothing left to be said ( Read more... )

The vacuity and knee-jerk emotion displayed on FaceBook, to virtually everything ever, is breathtaking. I wish that were a metaphor, but sometimes it builds to the point of nearly forgetting to exhale. These days I go to quickly see what my far-flung friends are up to, block the most temptingly obnoxious posts or offensive images, and jet away ( Read more... )