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Rape
It just dawned on me. I was thinking about all the high-profile rape cases that's been in the media during the last several months, and also about a person I know who was convicted/acquitted of statutory rape, and I thought "Why are courts so quick to convict a person on statutory rape, but not rapes of persons over 18?". I just don't get it. -
hallo thar, livejournal.
Long time no see.
Let's see, the last year in a nutshell:
Had no life, bummed around, got a job about a month ago, now I still have no life... except for working, sleeping, and riding the bus.
At least I have money now. -
WHO DO I CHOOOOOOOSE???
Just so everybody is clear, I totally blame my friend Rachell's wife for (perhaps unintentionally) making me get into hockey and more specifically the San Jose Sharks. =P Oh, and I also have to say I hope that you really like me and/or hockey, because I'm gonna be yapping a lot about hockey, Sharks, Canucks, and the Lightning [more on that later] ( Read more... ) -
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I really feel like my life is nothing but "Damned if you do, damned if you don't", I really do ( Read more... ) -
Am I like a bastardized version of an "Angel of Death", or something?
"Everything happens for a reason ( Read more... ) -
And people say *I'm* a bad driver? Whatever...
I hate when people get on me for my driving. I hate when they also act as backseat drivers, especially if they can't drive for shit themselves. (Have I ever said I hate hypocrites? Anyway.) "Oh, you've been in so many accidents!" Okay, only one where I was listed 'at-fault' (I don't think I was, but I digress), and the other one as a driver was ' ( Read more... ) -
I hate feeling ambivalent
Bear with me, I'm resisting the terrible urge to go into too much detail. Maybe i'll add more detail in a separate private entry, ha ( Read more... ) -
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Saw this on Facebook--apparently written as a "letter to the editor"... I'm only sharing this because I simply want to see what everyone's thoughts are on this. No flame wars, please. ;-)
This is a young physician by the name of Dr. Roger Starner Jones. His short two-paragraph letter to the White House accurately puts the blame on a "Culture Crisis ( Read more... ) -
Old friends
During the summer, I ran into boatloads (if not all) of the people I grew up with as a young kid and had lost touch with for several years [usually due to moving]-- one as long as 20 years ago [when we were like, 5 ( Read more... )