"There are few things in life a man can enjoy. God-damned half a pint of god-damned Scotch."
Bum sitting outside of Ben and Jerry's

"I hold the world but as the world, a stage, where every man must play a part and mine, a sad one ( Read more... )

I have been busy to say the very least. My work is treating me like a slave, but I am still thankful as I telecommute and therefore set my own pace to keep my sanity. If I had to sit in a cubicle and do the work I do, I might go insane ( Read more... )

When I am faced with melodrama or just plain drama, usually, rather than emotionally reacting or being brash I become pensive. I attempt to apply my analytical side to the issue in an effort to better understand it. I have spent the last few days in this mode. Now, this is not to say that I will not break out of that pensive state, rather it ( Read more... )

For those of you who aren't familiar with my paternal situation, my father has not talked to me in almost 11 months. Now my Grandparents are taking the iniative in attempting to mend the relationship. I remain open to any contact. I am willing to talk to my father whenever he wants to talk. Unfortunately, even after speaking with my ( Read more... )

I was just thinking today and it hit me, that is to say an epiphany on the scale of gogert. I noticed that everyone loves soup and there are no good breakfast soups... my idea... Robots that make soup. Think about it, your soup would be produced by a genuine robot, bolts and all. All you would have to do it add the soup mix, set it and forget it ( Read more... )

We finally have power! After 8 long and arduous days of living without the modern wonder of electricity, we are once again living with modern day conveniences. Incidentally Franklin invented electricity, it did not exist before him ( Read more... )

Things are starting to settle down a bit. I took my GREs last Thursday and didn't do as well as I had hoped, but I didn't totally suck so I guess that's good. On Saturday I turned in my application to UCLA at the very last minute due partly to the fires and me consequently still not having power, even today. We keep getting jerked around by the ( Read more... )

First they say yesterday at 4:02 PM, 4:02 PM rolls around and it's today at 12:40 PM, 12:40 PM rolls around and they say it's 4:02 PM, we call an hour early to see if it's on schedule and now it won't be for another 3 days. When is this all going to end?

Sunday evening I returned home at 6:30 PM due to a frantic call from my mother. I came to find half the horizon surrounding my house lit by an encroaching fire. It was an awesome yet terrifying sight. I immediately went and got my camera, I went outside to take some pictures of this spectacle and just as I stepped outside a Sheriff's car turned ( Read more... )