it's been, at least for me, months and even years since i last dabbled in a literary life on livejournal.com. many things conspired to rob me of the desire to write on here; living the year of hell back in 2006 prominent among the reasons not to write. in recent months i've attempted to return to form on timeofyourlife4, but the memories of 2006, ( Read more... )

boy, does it feel musty and dark in here.

anyhoo, i do plan to come back on here soon; just some thinkin' and writin' to work out first. the literary impulse of writers and dreamers can't be denied for long, afterall.

my life is pretty much FUBAR'ed.

and yet, there's nothing i can do about it except to just keep on living.

for those of you who are How I Met Your Mother whores ( Read more... )

William F. Buckley, Jr

1925 - 2008

At a press conference during his campaign for mayor of New York CityQ: Do you have any chance of winning ( Read more... )

ill have new posts up over the next few days. enjoy it... or not, at your own risk.

- e

Roy Scheider, 1932 - 2008


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Unpublished.

Our Baby is Gone
Contemplating the possibility of murder and kidnapping on Kendall Green

Earl Mikell

Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone centers on a kidnapping mystery in a suburb of Boston, a little girl-lost mystery that two young private detectives must risk their sanity, relationship, and, ultimately, their lives to unravel. A ( Read more... )

Unpublished.

The Eisenhower Doctrine
Could the Unity for Gallaudet Protest have been prosecuted better?

Earl Mikell

Eisenhower: “We’re soldiers, you and I. There can only be one commander. One conductor of this orchestra.”
Churchill: “One supreme commander in the air, on the ground, at sea.”
Eisenhower: “Or face inter-service bickering, ( Read more... )

Unpublished.

Second Chances
David Petraeus got a second chance at life. Now he’s fighting to give Iraq a second chance.

Earl Mikell

“Fred Johnson said it just the other day. He said it to me, “When someone gives you a second chance, you should pass it along.”

- Michael Yon, Second Chances, MichaelYon-Online.com ( Read more... )