Looks like if I plan to live until 55 - much less 85 - I'd better start treating my body like it's 45. Which, of course, it is. And one with diabetes, at that ( Read more... )

"I may be the only unarmed person in Powellville. I'd have to think about it, but I probably am."
- My Brother Jim, this morning.

I can't imagine why the whole rest of the world hates us. Except for two stories in today's Baltimore Sun newspaper ( Read more... )

Washington, DC -- Congress seems intent this session in finally passing a law that will help many of our young children who are having difficulty in school. The law will mandate that public schools finally offer an option for separate education for students. Many young girls and boys benefit from this separation that will, at last, be an option ( Read more... )

I cry too much, nowadays. Everytime I hear some sad fact or sad song, everytime someone I've only barely heard of dies, I cry. I never knew Ed Bradley or, today, Robert Altman. But their deaths brings tears to my eyes. Hearing of the strife and war in the middle east. Hearing of a Palestinian politician assassinated -- once more reducing the chance ( Read more... )

Was given pause today to think. To think in ways and about things I usually try to not let bother me. I mean, if you let these things get to you, they can paralyze you ( Read more... )

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
- George Orwell

“Vampyros LesbosI tripped across this German-language sexploitation flick from 1970 on, of all places, The Sundance Channel last night while flipping around. As you might guess, there were few men in this film. There were some very fetching women, most of whom became vampires, with nice small 1970 breasts - before every woman who walked in front of ( Read more... )

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Snagged from cynnerth and surprisingly accurate!


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