For no apparent reason I find myself thinking of my old friend today.  He has been dead for some time and yet from time to time he creeps into my mind and says hello ( Read more... )

I believed that I could hold the people and things that I loved close to me no matter the ravages of time or space. Then I grew away from those things in both time and place.  Now I find that I still believe, but apparently they do not believe in me.

Does not mean anything more than what it says.

Peace out y'all!

Happy holiday of your choice.

I am still working on the exact formulation of this, but I believe that we do need to change the constitution to help fix the deficit spending at the federal level.  I believe that national debt is in the long term a great issue for the country ( Read more... )

Ok, I have SCA dreams from time to time (I mean really who does not).  Mine are usually just random events that I am trying to makes sense of.  This one was more *interesting ( Read more... )

As usual, cut paste Bold the ones you have read, italics for the ones you did not complete.  The BBC thinks most people have maybe read 6.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - ( Read more... )

I have been not posting mostly due to an attack of lazy.  However I have come to realize that it is a function of some broader issues.  However, in light of the fact that my issues are not really life threatening I am trying to move past them ( Read more... )

Look, I know it is not good.

But here is my thoughts, then I stop thinking politically for awhile.

1.  Ok, they won the house.  Now they have to govern, which is very hard when you have no positions that are actually supported by your voters.
2. Obama is perfectly capable of starting the 2012 campaign right now.  And if he does the Republicans will ( Read more... )

During the 8 years of the Bush administration they pursued voter fraud with unusual vigor.

They filed charges on 95 cases of "Voter Fraud"
The convicted 55 people of fraud, 50 of whom registered at a place they did not live.

Wow serious national epidemic.

Peace out y'all!

Where am I in terms of my offense.  Discussion of A, B, C, D ranges.
Target Selection

What targets are available to me, as a result of my range.
Shot Selection

What blow can I throw at this range, and given the available targets.
Delivery

Execute the selected shot
Recovery

Reset your muscles to throw the next blow.  The amount of time lost ( Read more... )

I am not sure I agree with his conclusions about the anger issues, but the comments about why the anger on the right is happening seem correct ( Read more... )