Something I learned today: The origin of the so-called Americanised word "soccer" was actually started in England.

"The word soccer originated after 1863, when supporters of the game formed the Football Association. 'Association' was shortened to 'assoc', which ultimately became twisted around into the word 'soc-cer'. The terms 'soccer' and ' ( Read more... )

NOTE: I stole this from the semi-weekly e-mail I get from RELEVANT magazine that provides interesting and thought-provoking nuggets of wisdom and the like. I thought this topic in particular would prove an interesting LJ debate. Please, read on and let the banter begin!

Last month, the California Supreme Court voted 4-3 to overrule a ban on gay ( Read more... )

I need to get this out, and I don't know how else to do it.

When your pushes turn to shoves,
I'm apt to don defensive gloves.
Love is what I offer you
But here's a thing I just can't do

Stubborness is left to choose--
And my decision's not to lose.
The love we have is something more
Than the hell you fear in store

I know there's years before we're one
But ( Read more... )

With the review one old e-mail, I found the ability to shed a tear of someone who is unbelievably in love.

This is one love that has been feeding to me steadily for the past two-and-a-half years, and it has always sent the same message: I'm here for you and I'm not leaving. In fact, I'll even fight for you and with you and will put up with you in ( Read more... )

Ok, first off, my accounting skills are horrendous and therefore I gleefully report that the countdown is at an amazing

58 MORE DAYS

for the trip that I still plan to go on. I hope you all take a savouring gander at the latest retort to all your lovely comments. Wow, it's like being a black sheep all over again. Not a role I love to play, but ( Read more... )

Guess what my OTHER current music is...the quiet murmurs of the 'rents in the adjacent room. They are more than extremely likely to be discussing me and our latest conversation. I must have picked a bad night to tell Dmom about England. Her reaction was the most unique yet...her first angle of offence was that I don't contribute financially to the ( Read more... )

I was listening to Delirious' Cutting Edge #2, one of my favourite songs being "All I Want is You"...when I realised...I'm probably the only person in Rochester who plans--and acts out on the spot--music videos for a band that is not my own while driving.

Just one more reason to prove that the most wonderful thing about Lindas is that I'm the only ( Read more... )

This is the most accurate counsel I've ever received:
Don't become a cop, rule enforcement isn't quite your speciality...

First off, thanks Nick, for the best e-mail yet! Still, there will be no journal posting of my thoughts during 'group time'. Sometimes we have to live with disappointments beyond our reach hehehe...

So here's a bold question I'm ( Read more... )

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my eyes
2. my body
3. my muscular arms (wanna wrestle?)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. my teeth
2. my knees
3. my pointer fingers (they were mutilated when I was little)

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Negro (heh)
2. German
3. half-British (I’ve got to be…)

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
( Read more... )

Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 80% Stability |||||||||||||||| 66% Orderliness |||||||||||||||| 66% Empathy |||||||||||||| 56% Interdependence |||||||||||||||| 63% Intellectual |||||||||||||||| 63% Mystical |||||||||||||||||||| 90% Artistic |||||||||||||||||| 76% Religious ||||||||||| ( Read more... )