is one obligated to pursue that which moves one's heart the furthest?  probably not.  a silent obligation is an oxymoron.  i never post during my most lucid moments. 

At least four times a day I receive a nonsensical email from a different author similar to the following ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm very bored...stupid not knowing anyone in Madison. Anyhow, to illustrate the power of the Colbert, he issued a challenge to the internet community involving his version of the Jedi Star Wars kid:

And well, this is my favorite. ps: I'm a nerd!

... and I love him. Seriously, he has been banned from editing wikipedia after he instructed the audience, by example, to edit specific articles. He changed both articles on himself and George Washington (never owned slaves ( Read more... )

Follow up on Bush reading Camus...only first part

AND, Bush admits in a series of painfully hilarious press conference clips that 9-11 and Iraq have "nothing" to do with each other. Who'da thunk?

I guess I don't need cable anymore.

I just found out that Bush is on the butt end of quite a few jokes because he read Camus' The Stranger. 
"He found it an interesting book and a quick read," said Mr Snow. "I don't want to go too deep into it, but we discussed the origins of existentialism." For a man whose defining philosophy during his tenure has been a policy of pre-emptive ( Read more... )

Warning: I'm bored and somewhat spaced out...qualities that my writing/life has obtained by osmosis. Thanks insomnia ( Read more... )

What's the matter with Kansas?  Well, a story like this embodies, sadly, only a small fraction of my state's international fame.  Welcome home indeed.

In other less pessimistic news, the moderates have taken back control of the Kansas state school board.  And in consequence, the ID "academics" have reversed their opinion regarding the importance ( Read more... )

well that's been an interesting last 5 weeks. to sum up: driving, san-fran, coast, trees, ocean, hike, death (of will and morals), blisters, hitchhike, oregon, yawn, read, falling rock and car totaled, oh shit, wait, call, bull shit, rent, drive, san-fran and berkeley, amazing, revenge, drive, rear ended, no muffler in dessert, poverty, wire, ( Read more... )

Oh man, this country is insane.  As I type a monsoon is raging outside the internet hub causing nomadic packs of monkeys and dogs to scurry (do monkeys scurry?) into very occupied food stalls, every morning the national anthem plays on loud speakers and everyone stands up out of either fear or respect, and I stick out like an Elvis impersonator at ( Read more... )