The Way Things Go and Come Around

At the end of high school, getting onto a bus with my first girlfriend, I was mistaken for a girl.
Okay, it was a very old, blind bus driver; he had to be, as I never really did keep up with shaving in high school. But I guess this guy grew up in a time when [...]

“The Recent surge in violence”

This is how it’s done:
This morning I learned that Pentagon officials have said that force levels in Iraq would not be cut “anytime soon,” apparently because of a “recent surge in violence” sweeping Iraq. But what struck me most about that news was votesomemore’s response in this thread claiming that, “There is ALWAYS a ‘recent [...]

Handy Latin

Wanna sound smart(er)? Check out these My World and Welcome… Funny Pages: Handy Latin Phrases:
Sic faciunt omnes.Everyone is doing it.
Courtesy of A Violently Executed Blog.

On V

First off, a little occupatio, in which one starts blathering about the thing which he said he was not going to describe(*): I’m not talking about V the miniseries.
V was immensely popular in Korea, so much so that only a couple of years ago, during a discussion over dinner with some old Korean friends, [...]

‘Nother Modest Proposal

Over at Epiphany in C, there’s A Modest Proposal for the Military Industrial Complex posted by speed of Dave. The scary bit is that he’s hit the nail on the head in terms of the kinds of logic used to justify war abroad. Worth a read. Here’s a taste:
To all of you who are [...]

Wasting Away… Not Quite

Kat recently commented that she’s lost weight. Well, oddly enough, so have I. Lime commented on it the other day when she saw me wearing my very gaudy Ganesha t-shirt that I bought in Bangkok almost two months ago. She said, “When you tried that shirt on in the shop, it was a little to [...]

It’s when you can’t call him anymore

I got home from class this morning and I felt like calling my dad just to chat, something I did occasionally though, unfortunately, not often enough over the years. Anyway, very much felt like calling him, but you know, I can’t. He’s not there. There’s no phone I can use to call him now.
This is [...]

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