I just got back from the hardware store. I'd intended to buy an inexpensive garden hose. I purchased a 15' model that was less than $10, because our yard is small and I don't intend to use it hard. I thought that'd be ok. On my way back, I looked at the fine print on the tag, which I'll accurately paraphrase here ( Read more... )

It's easy to be irritated by, or frightened of, the homeless. It's harder to see the whole picture- that our money-obsessed society makes them what they are- broke, unwanted, hopeless, and reviled ( Read more... )

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves ( Read more... )

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Your love has given me the strength to overcome things I'd never dreamed I'd beat. I owe you my life. I would have certainly killed myself before now if I didn't have you to be patient and show me the bright side, to urge me to keep fighting. I can never adequately thank you, I'm sure, but I hope I bring you some joy in this world that can seem ( Read more... )

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Grace and I are gonna go see Sicko today. Details below ( Read more... )

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." -Bertrand Russell

Xenophobia is always a mistake.

Here's what the "President" said today regarding the Virginia Tech shooting ( Read more... )