I stumbled on an amazing poem today. I am really envious of how powerful this poem is and I hope my own poetry is even occasionally as powerful as this. Here, read it for yourself: The Sum of His Parts Very good stuff!
Continue readingWho Polices the Police?
The Florida Highway Patrol arrested a man for violently resisting arrest last night when he was pulled over on I-4 near SeaWorld in Orlando. Seems pretty straightforward, right? Wrong. Read the story here and see if you can read between the lines. If you missed the barely touched on point in the story let me […]
Continue readingThere’s a Fungus Among Us!
One of the side effects of not having a functional salivary gland is that you tend to get fungal infections in the mouth easily. Thrush. Yes, I have thrush. My tongue looks very similar to what you see above. Kinda gross to look at, huh? Well, you should feel it. It feels like grass is […]
Continue readingActs of Sedition
For many years, I had a great friend by the name of Chaz Stevens. We met when I lived in South Florida, hit it off on many levels, and stayed friends and professional colleagues for over a decade. His personality is 180 degrees from mine. Where I am reserved, he is flamboyant. Where I am […]
Continue readingWhat Happy Couples Argue About
Carey and I are blissfully happy as we live our life, plan a marriage, and just love each other and our family. Still, every couple has their disagreements and Carey and I are no exception. In our time together we’ve never had a fight, we’ve never raised our voices to each other, and we’ve certainly […]
Continue readingCitiGroup Execs Try to Screw Taxpayers
I don’t really have words for how disgusted I am at this. CitiGroup, after receiving $45 billion in taxpayer money for their bailout, has decided to buy a $50 million dollar French jet to ferry corporate executives to and fro. Never mind that they already have a fleet of corporate jets. Never mind that the […]
Continue readingWhat is a friend?
According to the dictionary, a friend is “a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.” I think that it’s significant that the definition includes two parameters, affection and trust. All too often we have affection for people we cannot trust and want to think of them as friends. You can love someone […]
Continue readingNeith: The Legendary Moon of Venus
I few years ago I learned that early astronomers, using small telescopes, had discovered what they thought was a moon orbiting Venus. More than one astronomer discovered this moon and documented – only to have it later disappear. What was going on? Was this some new astronomical phenomenon? A moon that could pop in and […]
Continue readingKudos to Outbrain.com
My good friend Tomomi over at Jazz’s Journal turned me on to the “star rating” system you see at the bottom of every post now. It allows you, the reader, to rate every post. Additionally, this feature will recommend entries that you may find interesting as well. This widget was developed by a company called […]
Continue readingRecent Changes to this Blog
I’ve overhauled this blog, as you may have noticed. Allow me to take a moment to detail out the new features and changes so you can take advantage of them: Features Star Ratings on Blog Posts At the bottom of each post is a 5-star rating. I encourage you to use this feature. The more […]
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February 1, 2009 