I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who ( Read more... )

Robert Asprin died today.
I read most of his myth series and they were favorites.
Details here.

this is not what I intended to break my silence with .

not all blessings look like blessings.

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My grandfather was not well for a very long time before he died.
My grandmother went to her priest and spoke of the difficultly of the situation, She said she no longer knew what to pray for. Should she pray for more life? or pray for death?
The priest told her to pray for god to come and visit my grandfather.

My prayers are with you.

This post is awesome
http://hth-the-first.livejournal.com/53171.html
and needs to be read.
It is a very good discussion of race in fandom. Specifically addressed  fandoms include Dr Who,  Supernatural,  Stargate  BSG,  Smallville and may contain spoilers for those fandoms.

I wanted other things more than I wanted popularity.

You can love someone and be incredibly angry[hurt,frustrated,scared] with them.

Sometimes nothing you can say or do will make a difference. No matter how much you want it to. and that hurts.

Friends are there to light the dark nights of your soul.

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from here Meg Cabots Blog
Personally, I think you have to be careful with story ideas. Until they are written out, they are delicate, ethereal things, easily lost. I know they don't seem that way when they are tugging at your brain and going, “Write ME next! No, ME! Byotch, get out of my way, I said she's going to write ME next! POW! Unnnh! SMACK!”

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So yesterday I slept. alot. and then I cleaned up a bunch and today I had to much caffine and I'm going to pay for it.
I've no idea why I thought cleaning was more important than sleep clearly that is a cracktastic notion.

Now this
Gay Rights
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?"
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