Voting day never fails to disappoint, demoralise, and de-motivate me. It's hard being a True Blue stuck in a staunch Red State. Voting seems like such a meaningless act when you know your vote is being canceled a thousandfold by herds of brainless Right Wing zombies. What's the point? Of course, that doesn't mean I don't vote. I still ( Read more... )

• The line from the gas tanks to the heater had to be replaced: $250.00 (not counting paying for the gas, which was an extra $253.57)
• The clothes dryer had to be repaired: $65.00
• The car had to be readied for cold weather: $87.00
• I had to go to the doctor $60.00

This is besides our normal monthly utilities, which we barely make each month ( Read more... )

I've gotten almost 2000 words down so far, and plan to write more because I'm keen on telling this part of the story. It's been a focal point for me for almost a decade now, but I've never told the full account of it. It's the tale in which Cadmus scalps Orphaeus Cygnus and, in The Chalice, it's told first person by Orphaeus himself. There are ( Read more... )