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Okay this really pisses me off
You probably heard that 33 adults were killed by a mass murderer at Virginia Tech today. That's awful. The pragmatist in me is perversely relieved he took his own life so the victims and their loved ones are spared the travesty of the otherwise inevitable entry of a probably successful insanity plea. (Someone might reason themselves into murder, or ( Read more... ) -
Hi there
I've been busy, and I've been a bit withdrawn ( Read more... ) -
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On the way to breakfast Monday morning, after a weekend spent entirely at the lab, I found what was apparently the only patch of ice in the city from the night before. I skittered across it and fwumped quite dramatically onto the pavement, immediately sensing something was wrong with my left arm. I got breakfast, came back to the lab, ate it, and ( Read more... ) -
Tell me over and over and over again
Eve of Destruction is a bad song to have stuck in your head when you're trying to get to sleep (for those of you who are unfamiliar, the youtube link is provided, although the "you" and "tube" elements of the link are seriously called into question.) It's a protest song from the mid 60's. Anyway, someone had linked me to that song, and I was ( Read more... ) -
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So on the train ride home, which is usually fairly calm, two really annoying cell phone calls began within the same sixty seconds. One woman, sitting, began a pleasant conversation about the ins and outs of colon health (bowel movements, ulcers, lesions, whether a colonoscopy would reach the ileum) while a man, standing, began a very loud ( Read more... ) -
For Michael, if he is reading
"Do you like apples?"
"What?"
"I said DO YOU LIKE APPLES?"
"Yes.. I like apples."
"Well I got the new iPod. SO HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES?"
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Laughter
I think what I want and need more than anything is laughter. A giggle, a titter, a paralyzed wheezing between guffaws, whatever-- I need to make someone laugh. Yes, I am up too late.
