THIS made me smile loads today!

...that they know more than the rest of the world when they live at home and mooch off their mamas, their girlfriends and their friends...

( Living Paycheck to Paycheck Made Leaving Impossible )

Being Poor by John Scalzi
Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs.

Being poor is getting angry at your kids for asking for all the crap they see on TV.
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Subject: Israeli Universities Opening Doors to displaced students from Hurricane Katrina ( Read more... )

Mayor Ray Nagin says the death toll from Hurricane Katrina is "most likely, thousands." Check frequently for the latest details: http://email.chicagotribune.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/esYM0Ijpt20G2E0FtVa0A3

The Sword of DamoclesThere once was a king whose name was Dionysus. He was so unjust and cruel that he won himself the name of tyrant. He knew that almost everybody hated him, and so he was always in dread lest some one should take his life. But he was very rich, and he lived in a fine palace where there were many beautiful and costly things, and ( Read more... )

for the one that this is directed at

read it and go back through histories of the conversations we have had within the small collective there and note the words below

boy, get thee off my journals friends list - your memory is short, your words past and present are meaningless - you recognize no pain, you realize nothing other than your next best ( Read more... )

...to someone that has her secrets and to the young man that doesn't remember stuff that he vowed

you win - it is too bad you don't know what you have won and how it was won

silence is deafening, but it does speak volumes; be certain to listen and steel thy self

( Requiem Lyrics )