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Dragelegard: Where is he now?
I started "blogging" my random ramblings of raging rhetoric here on LiveJournal about 10 years ago. In that time Myspace came along (and has practically gone extinct), Facebook basically, dominated social media, and... um... we all got smartphones..... Yeah. Stuff has been happening ( Read more... ) -
A Novel Idea for My Potential Halloween Costume This Year
Several hours ago, after exerting as little mental effort as possible , I haphazardly came up with a novel idea for my potential Halloween costume this year ( Read more... ) -
The Plunge
I feel the fear creeping in. I told myself that I had no time to go around fearing things. Why am I hesitant to jump into the cold water? I know that the consequence is not that terrible. I know that I will get an exhilarating rush when I do. Yet, I stand up to my knees in the frigid water. Anticipation grows as I contemplate the momentary shock. I ( Read more... ) -
So, This Man Is Sitting In a Tavern In Damascus...
"A man is sitting in a tavern in Damascus.
He looks up from his wine and sees Death staring at him
across the room. He cries out, ‘But this cannot be my time!’
He flees Damsacus. He rides his horse fast across the desert to
Samarra. When he arrives, he’s thirsty. Standing before him at
the well is Death. Upon seeing Death for the second time, the
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Texting: The New Normal
I have recently noticed a strange and bizarre phenomenon. It seems that everywhere I go, I am bound to see one individual (at the absolute least) actively perpetuating this increasingly normal behavior. Texting ( Read more... ) -
The Future Does Not Exist
"To die -- to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end the heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to...
To die, to sleep: To sleep, perchance to dream -- ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come?"
- William Shakespeare: Hamlet
Do not wish you had not done something. That is a wasted wish. So is ( Read more... ) -
Journal of the Day
I’m going to organize my desk tomorrow.
Right now, I’m going to organize my music library.
I’m listening to various random tracks and downloading various MP3s.
Oh, before I forget, I have to mention that I want to learn to play Ava Maria on the banjo. And “Unchained Melody” while I’m at it. Gotta get me a banjo and learn how to play it first, ( Read more... ) -
Butt Smelling is Common Sense
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, 'Lenore?'
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, 'Lenore:'
Merely this, and nothing ( Read more... ) -
Poo-Poo Platter
"So the writer who breeds more words than he needs,
Is making a chore for the reader who reads."
- Dr. Seuss
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A thirty-third degree mason, a Somalian pirate, and a rabbi walk into a bar. The bartender looks at ( Read more... ) -
Dirty Dishes
Drinking a tall, cold glass of milk is the greatest part of my day ( Read more... )