Like a Letterman Top 10 list, here are some things that piss me right off. The solicitation to add your favs is implied. 10. The Darwinism/Creationism argument. Who cares? You're here. What are you going to do with it...that's what *I* want to know. Waste it arguing, apparently. 9. TV commercials that offer a money back guarantee. It's a mark
How long do you expect to be in Italy? Are you planning to visit any other countries while in Europe? I'll be here 3 years at the least, and travel is a huge part of my job. I've already been to England, Albania, and Turkey, and I've just been here a couple months. We plan on travelling a bit in the
Blog now and then, so we know you're alive, ok? I thought you packed your crayons and went home? I don't know whether to be happy you're back or sad that you didn't stick to it. I'm sure you wrote about why somewhere and will just assume there was a good reason. <img src="../images/smiles/smile.gif" borde
"Dave Mac" is short for "David McLaurin." He's a high school buddy of mine that asked about the lack of activity on my blog lately in a response to my previous entry "Are we virtual." I began to write him an email explaining what I've been up to, and as I wrote it I realized it was perfectly blog-worthy. Here 'tis verbatim: Hey man :) I haven'
BakerStreet: Those in power in Washington will not idealistically hand back the reigns to the people. We have to decide which abusers we prefer more, unfortunately, because if either side makes a moral stand not to abuse, the other will just take the advantage to do so. Pretty dead on from my perspe
The problem is that our operating systems are prone to glitches and error messages. Those are features.
A thought has been slowly forming. I've been hesitant to post it because it sounds just a little too much like some of the crap we hippy wannabes from the 70s used to spew after a particularly good bong hit, but it's not leaving my head, and I haven't done drink or drug in quite some time now. I'm in the military, for those that don't know me, and the though
For the very few people I know here, I just wanted to give a brief update. I've been working my tail off wihich has provided some accolades, a possible promotion, and a definite transfer to Naples, Italy probably sometime next month. I have limited lifetime to work with, and I put a comfortable retirement for myself and my family above being considered a p
Ockham, you are so mysterious. You disappear, and we think, "Will he be back?" We never know. I hope the answer is yes. Trinitie A sweet thought. Relative to the universe, I am never far away. And, there is a difference between being gone, and observing silence. T
"What I mean is, the breast of my work has a pendulous quality surmounted by a single point of interest" -- Joe Frank Got any favorite quotes? Lay them on me!
For what it's worth, she was awesome.
If you really want to have an affect on your lifestyle, please consider: Living a healthy lifestyle is not a result of not smoking, not drinking, not whatever. Not smoking, not drinking, and not whatever is a result of living a healthy lifestyle. If that's confusing, the difference is this. In the former case you attribute the health of the lifestyle to something external. In the latter, the change begins internal and
oh, ain't it the truth! No, it ain't the truth. It would be very simple if it were the truth. The average trend in the polls shows them locked in a dead heat. (Citation: Rasmussen Reports) Now if these statem
Just cause you were born wearing a red, white and blue diaper with the Statue of Liberty's flame of freedom flying out of your butt doesn't give you the right to have or use everything that any other American worked for and earned. How cold and callous (and right) of you. Now people that don't work for
Otherwise untainted boy? ...
My point was not about how the Republican party should necessarily change their platform to suit their electorate, it was about the inherent hypocrisy of their talking points. I believe such is equally applicable to the Democrats. If I search your blog will I find a similar article that took place at
I'll be the odd man out, Gideon. These sentiments, in my mind, are the sentiments that cripple the very people you feel sorrow for. Not that I think conservative policies are better. NO political fortress will ever solve the plight of the homeless, (I believe your buddy Jesus said something similar), and to imply that some set of policies is going to save them serves to addict them to hope and more specifically to the ones that SELL hope at
Thanks. I'm cruising to your site after posting this to pick up the link
This is unprecedented. I don't usually sell music, but I am never afraid to make an exception where I think it is due. It's definitely due. My wife and I went to Borders books and music last week...we do this every so often just because new ideas live in the sounds and the pages, and it's my goal to pour as much into my mind while I have the tim
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Don't sell yourself short, Gideon. There are way more than one of you.
Your ignorance sign just started flashing :\ Buddhists do not proselytize at all. That means more than they don't recruit for their own "religion". It means they don't recruit against any, either, because that would be recruiting "for" something. Before you lump Buddhism into your statement, you better be able to cough up a complete explanation of Buddhist doctrine. Now, on another note <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95
God is either perfect or God is not perfect. Prior to the universe, calling God "perfect" is both true in one way, but irrational if looked at another way. It's true because with only one thing existing, that one thing must be perfect as there is nothing to compare it to. It is irrational because you could as easily say that that one thing was completely IMperfect in every way, and your statement would have just as much truth. That sums up
What he said. *points up at Gideon's post*
Feet on the ground, head in the clouds, Saggitarian to the hilt.
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