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  1. Truth

    From House

    Truth begins in lies

    Updated 08-20-2008 at 09:35 PM by Dark Muse

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  2. a change of pace

    I’ve been thinking for some time about how to articulate this thought and I still don’t know. But I thought I’d start putting it down on paper and see what happens.

    We used to have very regular lives- big house, hundreds of TV channels, hundreds of obligations and thousands in credit card debt. I say regular, but I suppose there was always something different. For example we chose that I would quit my job and stay home with the kids, I have long had a problem with artificial food, ...
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  3. The Eight-Sided House

    by , 01-08-2008 at 09:15 PM (Ramblings from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia)
    Hey, as long a we are going haunting, we'll hit the old hometown. You can find this place on the internet. I've driven by it when you couldn't see it for the weeds. Unlike Cullop's Old Stone Tavern here in Atkins, they intend to restore this one. Oh, in case you are confused, I grew up in Marion, and wife and I graduated there. Kids went or go to school there. I moved from Marion to Atkins without moving. They rezoned the towns. Now this is Atkins instead of Rt. 4 Marion. Easier for the 911 addresses. ...
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  4. The fascination of clouds

    by , 01-08-2008 at 03:08 PM (Reflections on the puddle of life)
    There is something about the sky, the clouds, which draw my eyes upwards, cricking my neck to watch them. When I was a child I would spend many hours lying in the grass looking for patterns in the sky and now, whilst my adult life means that there is no time for resting and watching, I still feel that fondness for the sky, the fascination of clouds which connects me to the past, and days when more innocent pleasures were the focus of my day.

    Last Sunday dawned with promise. The sky ...
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  5. Bomb Threats and Statements of Purpose

    What do bomb threats and statements of purpose have in common?
    Absolutely nothing - other than they are both going to appear in this blog.

    <Aside: Anyone who hasn't read B-Mental's blog for the New Year MUST read it. I actually can't decide which prediction was funniest because they were all written with a twisted accuracy. (-

    Okay, bomb threats...

    Last night we had a bomb threat at Walmart at about 8:30. Such a thing is normally not significant ...
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