Why do we capitalize "I" rather than "You" or "We"? It seems a self-centered convention.

2 semesters left. Everything big happening. Nervous, yes. The question of the day is "What should I do immediately after college?" There is a gaggle of people suggesting that I pass some time in Albuquerque, but I don't know what the right thing to do is. I am taking any and all suggestions that do not involve jumping in a lake or boiling my ( Read more... )

( Bergen-Belsen )

Tearing shit off the walls in here again.

God, why am I such an asshole?

( Celebrity look-a-like thingy from Puckish )

I reprint here, in full, a dispatch from Beirut, Lebanon, written by an Earlham professor. Obviously, barring a miracle, he will not be teaching this semester.

( '...that war and violence will give birth to more
war and violence and to more sufferings and killings' )

My grandfather has died, quietly this morning, in hospice.
Thank you all for reading, and talking or not talking, as you saw fit.

Update ( Read more... )

Bulletin:
My cat is dead.
My grandfather had a heart attack and is in the hospital. His prognosis is unclear.

Thank you. That is all.

( An amusing experience. Also, some spirituality )