I have very mixed feelings on the police, okay? On the one hand, I try, when I can, to give the benefit of the doubt to guys who (ostensibly) risk their lives to try and prevent crime, save lives, and protect the citizenry. That job is a worthy goal ( Read more... )

Got a ton of shit rolling around in my head right now, but it's all jarbled and confused and I'm having a real hard time getting it out so it's coherent (and, y'know, bloggable). So bear with me ( Read more... )

I'm reading "A Tolerable Anarchy", which is very readable considering it was written by a liberal. It's given me a lot of thought on an issue I was already mulling over in my head...the nature of freedom ( Read more... )

After considering it for years, I finally broke down and read "Atlas Shrugged", by Ayn Rand. I had heard horrible things about it (some of which, by the way, were perfectly true), but at the same time I consider it a worthwhile read, for all that it made me yell out loud at some points in my reading (my reading this was not a fun experience for my ( Read more... )

I saw the Writer's Block thingy (which I seldom if ever pay attention to) and had to respond.

Question:
If you could get your exercise by taking a pill, would you? Why or why not?

And my answer is...of course I fucking would. Who wouldn't?

I seriously have never met a single person who actually enjoyed exercise...and I ran track & field for 4 ( Read more... )

Remember what I said before, about Tricia's hair? Yeah, check this out.

( In all it's considerable glory... )

Okay, I haven't posted in...a really, really long time. I honestly don't know why, especially as I've been on my computer a fair bit. So I really have no defense (not that I necessarily need one, though I do want to apologize to friends I've kind of ignored the past few months ( Read more... )

Here's a gamut of things...

( My baby is free! )

Two things:

#1: Okay, I am so fricking gullible...Alex Erin's story isn't really going to be a TV show. April Fools. In retrospect, I don't know how the hell I fell for that, but I confess; I totally got suckered.

#2: Here's your first sample of how NationStates is retarded. Ready ( Read more... )

So April's rolling around, and it's still fricking freezing and there's still an ass-ton of snow on the ground. Hooray for Alaska ( Read more... )