A place for me to work stuff out and to post things that interest me.
Most of us can, if we choose,
make this world either a palace or a prison.
~Lord Avebury
I choose a palace.
~TKF
Do not let your fire go out,
spark by irreplaceable spark,
in the hopeless swamps of the approximate,
the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.
Do not let the hero in your soul perish,
in lonely frustration for the life you deserved,
but have never been able to reach.
Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won.
It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
~Ayn Rand
The democratic society's mythology of equality with its
attendant erasure of difference is an impossibility
in an actual, lived sense.
Therefore, according to this view, this
imaginary erasure cannot achieve an
actual democracy, because a sense of
community can only come with the recognition of difference.
~Slavoj Zizek, as paraphrased by Catherine M. Soussloff
Links!
A brand new link! Check it out!
deviantART
I thought the place was very cool. Oh, and all you Alias fans, you can find a very nice wallpaper there--
or rather, here--and a gorgeous Evanescence one, too!
Watcher's Diary
Slayage; The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies
Convert just about anything
Comes in really handy when you want to convert fahrenheit to celcius and vice versa!
Links to 100s of free calculators online
Everything from your due date to how much a house payment would be to a regular calculator
Reference Guide to Chicago Manual of Style
Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Atlas & Almanac
Quotation Search Engine
Complete HTML True Color Chart
Epicurious Recipes
Inn Recipes; Recipes for all Occasions
JobStar-Resumes & Cover Letters Advice
Overstock.com: Up to 80% off most items
Ediblenature.com
Things My Girlfriend & I Have Argued About
(Trust me--you'll be laughing outloud!)
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Beyond the Invisible
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The tale of the world is like a tree.
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Sturdily rooted in the past, the tale's branches spread out through the days that come. The many stories that make up its substance
unfold from bud to leaf to dry memory and back again, event connecting event like the threadwork of a spider's web, so that each creature of the world plays its part, understanding only aspects of the overall narrative, and perceiving, each with its particular talents, only glimpses
of the Great Mystery that underlies it all.
~Charles de Lint, Moonheart
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
So It's 2:30 am...
Spin City comes on at 2am. Or reruns of The Tonight Show. Such is life at 2am when you have 5 channels and you're tired of all the DVDs/tapes you own. I do have books, though, and that's a good thing. If you're going to be a truly great insomniac, you have to have something to occupy your time, after all! Even better, Jerry has books I have read yet! I'm also reading some of my art history books that I've picked up over the years and, for one reason or another, haven't read yet. The latest is Jewish Identity in Modern Art History. It's a collection of essays, most of which are pretty interesting.
Little-known, flakey factoid about me:
If reincarnation is real, I think I was a Jew in a previous life. An Orthodox Jew at that. I don't think I could ever be one now (or any other religion, really), but when I read abou the customs and strictures, the "sound" right. I couldn't be kosher if I tried, but put the information about Hasidic or Orthodox Jews in front of me and there's a part of me nodding, "Yes, that's right..."
Moving on...
So, the State of the Union address. Allen had a great idea--it's too bad that Bush hasn't been struck with that curse that Jim Carrey's character had in Liar, Liar. I am extremely interested in seeing how Bush will pay for all of those proposed domestic programs he wants to implement; this ridiculous, unworkable war in Iraq; and take on Syria (Unworkable War, Part II) and Iran (Unworkable War, Part III) as his next choice of regions to be graced with our benevolent guidance towards "liberation" (strange how it's only the oil countries that aren't friends that need our guidance, huh?) without raising taxes and cutting this record deficit he's created in half by 2009. (Apparently, he's either cultivating magic money trees in the Rose Garden or he's back on the coke habit again!)
In the morning, I take on the food stamp people. That'll be fun, no doubt. I might try going to the VA to get a couple of appointments. I have a bunch of small stuff that need to be looked at--the stomach giving me fits and the meds not working, for instance; the "can't sleep"; chronic cough; and some weird thing with my right pinkie toe. (No feeling and the toe nail fell off!) I also should see a shrink (a different one) since the depression is back.
Good news, possibly. I may have a job. It's in a convenience store of all things, but I can get 3rd shift and because of my education and experience, I could get promoted to assistant manager fairly quickly. From there, I might get a management position (or I might find a real job, who knows?). In other words, if I'm going to get a crappy job, at least I might move up to management in a short amount of time. So, hopefully, I'll have good news to report sometime soon.
I wonder if that pro bono divorce place is still around, if I can't raise the $93 for the "do it yourself" one. Sure, it'll take at least a year....uh....NO! I'd rather beg on a street corner than wait a year. I could even make a sign....
Married to an abusive alcoholic
Who stole my money and got me evicted from my home.
Must have $93 for divorce.
PLEASE HELP!!!
Think that would work???? *evil* What if I blow up that picture I have of him drunk with a stripper sprawled over him and put that on the sign, too?? I think I have that around here somewhere, still......*TRULYEVIL*
2:28 AM
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