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About an hour or so ago, I came across the best Creepypasta, as well as one of the very best short stories, I've ever read. I chanced upon it on You Tube, listened to it, then had to go to the original Pasta to read along as I listened for a second and third time. It's both a disturbing and beautiful story. The poetry of the fiction's language ( Read more... )

I got to thinking about this after reading a news story about a park ranger who got suspended without pay for refusing to kill two bear cubs. The reporter used the word "destroyed" when mentioning the mother bear. Such language diminishes the gravity of what happened to this bear. She had gotten in the habit of raiding a freezer full of salmon, ( Read more... )

There may be people out there who have the impression that I’m a misanthropic asshole with no sense of gratitude.

It’s true, I am a misanthropic asshole, but I am grateful for a lot of things and beings, including people.  I thought it might behove me to step out of “character” for a few minutes and make a list.  So here we go.
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Carl Sagan is one of my lifelong heroes. This is but one reason why.

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There was a rash of shows on volcanoes last night on Discovery. (Oh, how I love Discovery! Aunt Tudi asked me the other day which channels I'd pick if I could only keep five. I told her Sci-Fi, TNT, TBS, USA, and Discovery). After I went to bed Aunt Tudi taped this show on Krakatoa for me. Wow, what a story! I really feel for the folks who ( Read more... )