Zimmerman...why...
Zimmerman...why...
"I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking."
Why would they pour salt into a Blood Eagle? Can that kind of pain really be exacerbated?
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"Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal."
-Pi
I'm thinking about this but wish I didn't have to:
A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots
(Attributed to Jeff Foxworthy...but snopes says "False")
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl who is confined to a wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide incentives for not working, by granting 99 weeks of unemployment checks, without any requirement to prove that gainful employment was diligently sought, but couldn’t be found — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
Last edited by Melanie; 07-15-2013 at 05:46 AM. Reason: Shortened it
Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink the wild air ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am thinking that today is going to turn out dreadful or amazing.
I'm thinking about praying to all the gods out there, just in case there is one, for my dog to get better and for me to get my first night of decent sleep in a week. I have been sooo tired!
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
I am thinking that today was good. After reading what Helga was thinking I am also hoping that her dog gets better
modern science does the trick
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
I'm thinking of taking it really easy now...deservedly!
I'm hungry.
La felicidad es interior,
no exterior; por lo tanto,
no depende de lo que tenemos,
sino de lo que somos.
- Pablo Neruda
I never realized how much I love roller-coasters.
"I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking."
So long as each day I can listen to U2, meditate, go for a walk and read a little of a great book I count myself a contented man. Torture me the other 21 hours of the day, confine to me a cage, whatever, as long as those four basic objectives are met the rest doesn't matter.
“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
I'm thinking I really need a haircut, I'll try to get one tomorrow and after that go pick up my paycheck at my last workplace.
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
I just realized my actual first and middle names can be together translated literally as "Prince of Darkness." My last girlfriend mused that I might have been either an angel or the devil himself in disguise, but at our last communication had settled on the latter. LOL.
I guess I got a good sobriquet should I ever become a fighter, a porn-star or a super-villain.
Last edited by Darcy88; 07-20-2013 at 05:39 PM.
“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
Originally Posted by Pensive
I’ve just read the poem. It seems quite a serious matter to me, Pensy! Does your family know about it?
Don't worry, you can share it with me anytime!
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