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Enough
My subconscious mind has a way of twisting every virtue I have into a point of my own failure, and I'd like it to stop.
It is good that I care about the people around me. Even when I can't do anything tangible to help, it doesn't mean that I'm a failure ( Read more... ) -
Uninvited introspection
Why do I always feel like I'm lying when I tell anyone I can do something? -
inexcusable, unforgivable.
Four days ago, on Thursday the 8th of October, 30 Republican senators, including John McCain, voted to defend gang rape.This is not an exaggeration or a decontextualized report. Al Franken introduced an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill which would render ineligible for defense contracts any company which attempts to block employees ( Read more... ) -
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HOLY SHIT, SUNDAY IS MY BIRTHDAY AND I DID NOT NOTICE THIS UNTIL JUST NOW. -
Good times never felt so good.
So, I went to the PAX this year. I came down with the PAX pox afterwards. But PAX was a wholely positive experience.
On the whole, best summarizes my feelings about the event.
I don't think I've ever felt less alone in my life than I did at that concert.
Also I've now played Diablo 3, so that was pretty cool. -
oh by the way
I'm in baltimore for Otakon, and will be in some combination of Silver Spring and/or Bethesda for the week following. -
Twitter Creator On Iran: 'I Never Intended For Twitter To Be Useful'
SAN FRANCISCO-Creator Jack Dorsey was shocked and saddened this week after learning that his social networking device, Twitter, was being used to disseminate pertinent and timely information during the recent civil unrest in Iran. "Twitter was intended to be a way for vacant, self-absorbed egotists to share their most banal and idiotic thoughts ( Read more... ) -
A beginner's exercise
Something to try the next time you have a headache:
Close your eyes, focus your entire concentration on the nearest area that is not in pain, especially focusing on any parts of your head that are not in pain. Experience this sensation of in the fullest detail you can. Imagine that the other part no longer exists, only the focused parts are real. ( Read more... ) -
And I will whisper "no".
I saw tne Watchmen movie tonight, and my overall feeling is that it did the graphic novel justice. Yes, some parts which would have helped to bring the story into a fuller light were cut. However, strictly speaking, they weren't necessary to follow the story ( Read more... )
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