I kept looking at the mom, trying to imagine what she must have looked like when she was young. If she was married. If her little boy was an accident or planned. And if that made a difference ( Read more... )

Casey Sheehan died on April 4, 2004, soon after he arrived for his tour of duty in Iraq. His mother had never wanted him to go to a war that was "wrong," a place where he might have to "kill innocent people" and where he might die. ("I begged him not to go. I said, 'I'll take you to Canada'... but he said, 'Mom, I have to go. It's my duty. My ( Read more... )

There is no suffering in heaven, and no Evil. This is by definition. It is a perfect place. The free will defence of evil states that God created evil because it wanted us to have free will; that free will was more important than anything else. If free will is of such importance that God creates evil in order to allow moral free will, then the ( Read more... )

The most spectacular episode of Truman’s presidency will never be forgotten, but will be forever linked to his name: the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and of Nagasaki three days later. Probably around two hundred thousand persons were killed in the attacks and through radiation poisoning; the vast majority were civilians, ( Read more... )

preface: zak, your laptop cable is on your front porch. sorry for the delay

astral session last night on the dock. more good tunes

march of the penguins is a beautiful documentary, perhaps my favorite ( Read more... )

as much as i abhor politics and wish i didnt care about how the US is operated, i hope so much that president bush gets impeached or taken out of office by some other means. and cheney, too. and everyone in the bush administration.

kafka's writing fucks with my mind and i'm not sure why. here's his first "parable" (titled "Before The Law"):

"BEFORE THE LAW stands a doorkeeper. To this doorkeeper there comes a man from the country and prays for admittance to the Law. But the doorkeeper says that he cannot grant admittance at the moment. The man thinks it over and then asks if ( Read more... )

i dont understand religion at all. i think it is very silly to worship like many do (although i respect their right and decision to do so). i also think politics is very silly, and i will never vote.

so on the way home from dropping kim off (on the way to dropping kaitie off), i got pulled over by two police officers. i ran a stop sign, had a headlight out (it only does that when my brights are on), and had one of my license plate lights out. after looking at my registration, the good officer informed me that it is expired. then officer 2 ( Read more... )

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