1. My parents are finally moving out of the ATL. Which is great for them...which makes me really happy. I'm a little worried that since my stuff is in storage on their property (I closed out my apartment lease when I first deployed) and they have my cat, and my truck, that things could get difficult when i get home ( Read more... )

MotherFucker.

I'm back homeMahmudijah ( Read more... )

This quote from the WWE superstar Shawn "HBK" Michaels begins my post tonight ( Read more... )

I noticed that last year I averaged a poem per month, or at least a poetic post per month. And this year is coming along sporadic yet still nearly there. I'm glad that I can continue to write. This makes me happy. I moved all said posts that i could find to my memories section. From there I'll begin editing for the submissions packet I've been ( Read more... )

On this, the last day of my leave, I give you the Wayfarer's Book Review.

1. The Big Nowhere James Elroy - Beyond all the literary and philosophical snobbery I gleaned from my 6 years of undergraduate work I found that above all reading I enjoy a good hardnosed noir detective novel. And Elroy is the best. I mean sure, some folks would cite The Big ( Read more... )

What I've seen that is successful is sending an innocent looking drink that is spiked with liquor or replaced by liquor. First chose a drink of suitable color to camoflage your alchohol ie coke and a brown liquor, lemonade and say tequilla. Then open the soda bottle, pour out all but enough to maintain a suitable coloring and texture fill the gap ( Read more... )

So, somewhere between travelling to Kendal UK, walking from there to Sizergh, and back then train hopping back to london and beyond to Frankfürt DE, i lost the desire to post. Here's to catching up...I offer these post experience tips for travel ( Read more... )

"In the twelfth century, King Henry II, one of the most powerful European rulers of his time, regained the northern counties of England. He granted Sizergh and other lands in North and South Westmorland to Gervase Deincourt sometime between 1170 - 1180AD. Sizergh was held in the Deincourt family for several generations until Elizabeth Deincourt, ( Read more... )

Walking the full night streets and hills of Liverpool last night provided some perspective and some consolation. This morning a similar walk was refreshing. Welcome cloud cover and cool breezes, breaking sunlight and broken facades, and an absenteeism to counterpart last nights revelry. I came across stonework suitcases indicating that someone did ( Read more... )

As happens often in my life I've realized I don't really know what I'm doing, and could've made a much better go of things if I'd sat down and thought them through ( Read more... )