Midnight:  As I was playing COD:4 and drinking Jack Daniels + Cherry Coke (usual weekend routine lately,) I had begun to notice an incessant rustling sound outside my window.  My bedroom is located in the basement here, so my only window is at the top of the wall, near the ceiling.  It is actually just underground, so it looks out at a semi-circle ( Read more... )

Edward stood before the four of them.  Mr. Jones, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Peters and Mr. Schmidt.  All faces sodden, all eyes narrowed, and aimed precisely at the center of the table before Edward.

Edward stooped to his side, and lifted up a brown briefcase, placing it on the table, under the focused light of a single lightbulb that dangled precariously ( Read more... )

When a child is born, he does not know that only when he realizes his atman is identical to Brahman, will he reach moksha.

When a child is born, he does not know that Allah is God and Muhammad his only prophet.

When a child is born, he does not know that Jesus Christ, the sun of God, died for his eternal sins.

When a child is born, he knows none of ( Read more... )

This is Laura.


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U.S. Senate aims to determine "reasonable" oil profits, impose windfall tax, impose federal criminal penalties for "excessive" profits by oil companies.

If you're an American, and you love America, do everything in your power to stop this.

Before we get to the serious stuff...

....as I was driving to work this morning on 64, I suddenly realized that I was changing lanes erratically.  When I finally slapped myself out of my cruise-control-induced interstate trance, I found the cause:


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I want to propose a timeline of events.

But first, I need to explain the cause of a current crisis.

Gas is, officially, $4.00 a gallon (in some stations in Louisville.)  Many if not most have attributed the rising costs to greed; "the costs rise with the growing greed of oil 'tycoons.'"  They believe, because it is easier to believe this, that the ( Read more... )

Pretty eventful weekend, compared to the last few.  Went to Dave's derby party on Saturday, which was a blast, despite the huge fight (just made it more awesome IMHO.)  We even sent a guy Snipe hunting (if you don't know how to hunt snipe, don't worry, you'll find out eventually.)  I almost did it myself until I remembered....how hard Snipe are to ( Read more... )

There are nightmare musings coming from my refrigerator.

I first noticed them several months ago, as I was going through my morning coffee, cereal, aspirin & fruit routine.  At first I thought it was the cat, pleading as she does for treats or attention or a combination of the two.  No, I thought.  This is wailing.

This is human.

It's a subdued, ( Read more... )

The Hero is dead.

He was killed not by his enemies, not by the dangers he never feared and constantly overcame seemingly, to others, without effort, but in actuality with great effort.....he was killed by those others.  The ones who once looked up to him as a source of pure, unblemished inspiration.

Once, they said, "There is a man who lives life.  ( Read more... )