o/` "So think of me while you're safe at home tonight
Think of me while you hold your loved ones tight
I'm someone you might never need
But before you drift off to sleep
When you pray the Lord a soul to keep
Think of me" o/`

-- "Think of Me" performed by Tracy Lawrence

"We are given our lives, our fear, our broken bones, and broken hearts. ( Read more... )

o/` "Now I'm just rolling home
Into my lover's arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.' o/`

-- "Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts ( Read more... )

o/` "I'm so hot and bothered that I don't
know my elbow from my ear
I suffer something awful each time you go
And much worse when you're near

Here I am with all my bridges burned
Just a babe in arms where
you're concerned
So lock the doors and call me yours
'Cause you took advantage of me." o/`

-- "You Took Advantage of Me" performed by Ella ( Read more... )

o/` "I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you" o/`

-- "Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts ( Read more... )

o/` "In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there" o/`

-- "Angel" performed by Sarah McLachlan

While no one ever wants to be admitted to a hospital, if one must be ( Read more... )

o/` "Oh, I hear a voice
That says I'm running behind
Better pick up my pace
It's a race and there ain't no room for someone in second placeo/`

-- "I'm in a Hurry (and Don't Know Why)" performed by Alabama ( Read more... )

o/` “Everyday I fight a war against the mirror
I can't take the person staring back at me
I'm a hazard to myself

“Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
It's bad when you annoy yourself, so irritating” o/`

-- “Don’t Let Me Get Me” performed by Pink ( Read more... )

o/` "I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have to tell you just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy
I know my mind is made up
So put away your make up" o/`

-- "Roxanne" performed by Sting and the Police ( Read more... )

Want to read something unique this week? diagenou's entry for SCI this week is about his work process, how he gets a feel for the criminals he eventually has to assemble a case for in order for them to be prosecuted. While it's rather tempting to handle the entry as a tantalizing mystery, one should also realize that it's a difficult and harrowing ( Read more... )

Gonna poke my head up out of my barf bucket here long enough to tell you folks that you ought to read diagenou's entry for Second Chance Idol and vote if you're so inclined. The entry can be found HERE and the poll can be found HERE. A lot of you have asked repeatedly about his side of things; this is your chance to find out. It took a lot of courage ( Read more... )