A few weeks ago, I visited my parent's to celebrate my mother's birthday that had taken place the previous Tuesday. As soon as I got through the door my neice and nephew pearl harbored me and were jumping up and down in uncontrolled excitement. They rushed to the dining room table where they began instantly fighting and yelling over who got to give ( Read more... )

My mom came down with colon cancer a few monthes ago which has created a huge increase in the frequency that I see my family. In a related note, my alcohol intake has reached a status typically reserved for the soon to be dead. I strip paint when I breath ( Read more... )

"All in all, he was a fairly attractive young adult. Unfortunately the same could not be said about his partner even though Tom was sure he was in love with her. It would be unfair to lovers to say Tom was in love, it would unfair to Tom for lovers to say he was not in love. There has never been a universal agreement on the definition of love which ( Read more... )

A few days ago in a class were discussing Paradise Lost which acted as spring board for a conversation on the concept of God's omniscienence versus free will and God's relation to the creation of evil. Let me just say that if you want to discuss this topic publicly READ A BOOK FIRST. There should a rule in class rooms that if you want to argue an ( Read more... )

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My old car Lady Grey finally died. She was a good, hard working car that served me till her death like a good a woman should. In her place I have bought a much too expensive replacement that has ruined my exemplary finances. It's a Toyota Avalon with an all leather interior, sun roof, and the works. She's pretty, Japanese, expensive, and I could ( Read more... )

Since my high school wrestling days where I would get weighed twice a day and going two days without food or water was "slacking off" I have always made an effort to truly appreciate food. Typically I follow any whim my appetite has regradless of cost or eccentricity like a father to a spoiled child. If my stomach says, "Coney" I will make a note ( Read more... )

(To the beat of Ode To Joy ( Read more... )

I am everything that is wrong in America. I am the emo, the spam mailer, the job hater, the disgruntled, the kid who smoked too much pot in high school. I am a seven foot tall uncle sam on stilts eating fire to an audience of passing by traffic to help advertise a Toyota dealership. That last one was completely literal ( Read more... )