From Geneen Roth's blog: I have learned that... when things fall apart on a personal level—when I am at the edge of what I think I can tolerate–it is almost always a harbinger of unimaginable expansion and ultimate benevolence if I am willing to be with the pain of it... If I am willing to pay close attention and keep breathing quietly, rather than spiraling into fear and ...

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Me: Put some shorts on. Heather: I don't own any shorts. Nobody is allowed to see my hairy legs but you. Me: ... Heather: And the doctor. Me: ah Heather: ...but I shave for the doctor.

"Mobilize the reserves! Privatize the public schools! Attack Iraq! Cut health care! Tap everybody's telephone! Cut taxes on the rich! Build a trillion-dollar missile shield! Fuck habeas corpus and the Sierra Club... and kiss my ass!" ---Kurt Vonnegut

“If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” —W.C. Fields

Tonight my fortune cookie seemed to perfectly sum up what sounded like a bible lesson with a ploy to sell more asian food: "He who eats the last lettuce wrap shall be the least hungry." Indeed.

I sent a package to a friend, who comments as 'Graypawn' on this site. Upon receiving said package (full of cd mixes), He sends the following text: "I have the child!" That sent me back a little bit. Back to Harding Grad dorm, renting movies and wasting time. Seconds before General Kael screamed those words, I did my best to scream them first...you ...

Midterms are finally here! It's very possible I might end up being the only one from my place of employment who votes tomorrow, but I know I'm the only one who has looked forward to it for this long. It will be my first time voting in Texas. A place where my vote will probably be more drowned out than it was in Arkansas. That's if "W. Still ...