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I am a manager, foreman, and small business owner.

I had a horrifying experience yesterday that is still bothering me this morning. My wife and I had stopped by a local McDonald's franchise to grab some fries and a shake. After about 30 seconds of being ignored in an otherwise empty restaurant, one of the employees behind the counter noticed us and ( Read more... )

"Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is quite possibly the most perfect movie/musical ever made.

I'm not being facetious. I haven't stopped grinning since yesterday afternoon. It's one of those movies where I *have* to go back and see it again, because it just doesn't seem possible that there was nothing that could have been done better ( Read more... )

I stumbled into something ancient today. My crew and I were working, as we do any other day, and the world fell away from me. All of the details, all of the color, all of the houses and roads and trees and snow and light just... dropped away. There was a clean darkness over a blank horizon. And standing before me, there were souls who were shining.

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Splurged and dropped the matinee price this afternoon to go check out "Beowulf" on the big-screen.

It was bad. There were a few moments where it bordered on really bad. Just so you understand, this should have been my kind of movie. This was supposed to be the genre that could absolutely blow and I'd walk out going "That was awesome!" all Bill and ( Read more... )

I'm  wondering if I should drive 3 hours to Cedar Rapids tomorrow in order to hear, and possibly meet Ron Paul.

Regardless of what people think about his chances, I'd just like to meet a true lover of this country in the flesh. You know, to see what they look like under normal lighting...

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With a quick, decisive motion, I snapped his finger a direction it was never intelligently designed to travel. The smallish yelp that escaped his throat was nothing more than surprise. No, the real symphony of realization was just about to commence ( Read more... )

1 ripe pear, chopped. 1/2 cup of unsweetened, low-fat yogurt. Sprinkle with splenda and Kashi Go-Lean cereal.

Stir it up. Eat with spoon, fork, or fingers.

Seriously, I've had some gourmet desserts that weren't anywhere near as enjoyable as this little concoction.

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     Life in color is striking. It takes your breath away, when you finally see the detail and the resistance of light to the forms that surround us. Life with scent, with taste, with *emotion* can take one by surprise. Invigorating? Obviously. Sad, how one can go so long without the verve of life resounding through your core ( Read more... )

Today outside your prison I stand ( Read more... )