I'm watching South Park ("Cartman's Incredible Gift", season 8), and I had this idea come to mind. I think its because I recently read about Children of the Corn, The Lord of the Flies, and Logan's Run, and a couple other dystopian stories that deal with age in one form or another ("The Island" is a movie like that, too).

But anyway. I was thinking ( Read more... )

As soon as I let my ego take over the controls, I get viciously bitch-slapped into place. No clearer did that happen than yesterday - several times ( Read more... )

I want to be the voice that whispers into the ears of kings ( Read more... )

Last week, Matt and I were talking and he had this quote from his boss that I thought was quite clever: "Doing research is like making sausage - the end result is tasty, but no one wants to see how its done." Now, Matt (and his boss) were talking about clinical research - the nitty gritty medical research that is done in hospitals, labs, clinics, ( Read more... )

The grass was still cool and wet when the queen emerged from her tent and made her way to the central pavilion where she and her advisers spent many hours. The guard outside of the pavilion wasn't surprised to see Her Majesty awake at that hour, and bowed briefly to her as she entered. Moments later, he followed her in, poured her a glass of water ( Read more... )

I spend my days reading and writing. My life is reduced to letters and the things I can do with them. My eyes begin to ache, my forehead feels like its going to pop, and the rest of my body sits there, neglected, as all of my resources are rallied to support my head.

I sit hunched over, and feel my spirit commune with writers before me - cramped ( Read more... )

Alright, interior designers, listen up ( Read more... )

I stood at the kitchen counter, chopping vegetables. A rainbow of colors was spread out around me - green bell peppers, red tomatoes, orange carrots, green celery, and white jicama - and I couldn't help but nosh on a carrot stick as I prepared dinner ( Read more... )

Sometime last year (I think), I bought a pair of jean shorts for the summer. I decided that I wanted to wear actual shorts instead of capris, and so went out and found a pair that fit pretty well - size 22 ( Read more... )

Put me through my paces ( Read more... )