tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13486317612907355872012-02-16T06:04:08.195-06:00The meandering mental masturbation of an accidental existentialistThe Accidental Existentialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646706361986212651noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348631761290735587.post-34519484960133090732009-09-28T21:43:00.003-05:002009-09-28T21:51:39.073-05:00

Well the medical misadventure I have been on since May was corrected a couple weeks ago and hope is on the horizon for me. That's a plus. That, and I have a sneaking suspicion that my unemployment is coming to an end in the very near future. I am tiring of the day-to-day of reading and staring at walls and drinking too many Dr. Peppers. I need something more to occupy me.I also have been

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Well a few more of you read this than I originally thought. I received a few "...ya doin' ok?" phone calls this week.I am still here and still working through this.My brother is, as of this writing, driving in tomorrow. He's a very occupied person with his work and, of late, his dogs ailing health. I have thrown another iron into his fire and he wants to drive in to see that I'm doing alright

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I am drudging through another loathsome depression. This one, after a re-diagnosis, (and one I fully disagree with), has sunk me to such a low level that once unthinkable things are presenting themselves as suitable alternatives. If that sounds scary to you, try living in my ever unsilencing mind.I am returned to economic insecurity that is partnered with an insecurity that is completely alien

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I have received support and encouragement from places I fully had an expectation of support and also from those that I feel truly graced to have even received consideration from.My father, whom I was certain would be happy for my recovery, surprised me with an overwhelming response of support and gratitude. The man whose name was once used by my older brother and myself as an insult of sorts has

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I have awoken today, only barely. Seems as though I just can't get the motor running. Meditation and napping have been very good for me today. I am compiling characteristics of those around me. I know that in future writing I will be able to relate my experiences.If anyone had forsight in even October of last year to tell me where I would be right now, I would have only been able to feel

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Well, well, well....I'm back in Texas. Drove in two weeks ago, today. Very dark. Very down. Told my brother and mother that the return was with the intent to enter the hospital. My actual intent was far more sinister. And an attempt was made. So, two days later, I was in the hospital. I was re-introduced to my medications. I balanced off. And now I am in a safer place. I will write

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Visit this blog: http://filletskillet.blogspot.com/ This Australian is incredibly witty (and silly) and is good for a few minutes of distraction. And he gets the honour (Australian spelling) of going on my blogroll, located on the right hand side of this very page.Until Next Time...

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...to love my new President. Below, you will find a clever re-mix of actual quotes, taken from excerpts of his book, 'Dreams From My Father', which he also read aloud for the audiobook release. The remix needs only a little context. He is relating his own experience, growing up biracial, with that of a fellow classmate, Ray, who found his identity in another, more colorful way, as it pertains

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I've done it again. I've managed to listen to a song and apply it, without reservation or edit, to my life, exactly as it is now. Of course, being in a depression where I am despondent over my lack of worth combined with a self-loathing, in general, probably helped out with it.So, I've had this song on 'repeat' in my car. Listening to it, ad nauseum, never tiring of its current relevance.

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Fear is never the answer. Fear is a motivation. Who is the motivator? Below is 'Zeitgeist: Addendum'. Don't settle for fear. Be open to change. Information is never damaging. Ignorance is. If anything speaks to you, take a moment and join the movement. Don't be afraid. A revolution without conflict, without blood, is no revolution, at all. Prepare yourself for the way.

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So when you receive a notice of insufficient funds, will that letter apply to the recipient or the sender?

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With the revelation that the Wall Street titans rewarded themselves with BILLIONS in bonuses, while the ship was sinking, I can't get passed the idea that they aren't ready to change. But turn on the television, listen to the radio or scour the internet and you see this overarching theme of pragmatism aimed at Joe Sixpack. President Obama and Vice-President Biden today both launched a shaming

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Well, I've grown very astute at recognizing the onset to these depressions. I'm about one hour in on this one. I had a few good days, though. I really think I have to get back to Dallas. My friends, my doctor, pretty much my entire support system is there. And what does this do to my plans for leaving the country????Alan

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Today, on Chris Matthews' Hardball, Dick Armey, (or as my mother referred to him, each time she received a mass mailing from his office, 'My Boyfriend') proved himself to be an ass. Oh, and my mom usually had sarcasm dripping off her lips when she would say that. So, let's just be clear about that. The video, which I pulled off of Salon.com, is below. The exchange, according to salon.com,

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Revolutions (Alan McStravick, 2009)Fearing fear uncertain of the dayseeking comfort in art a bank account our kids soccer practice routineGreed was the order of the day transgressions behind our backWe were willfully ignorant Complicit in our own downfallWhy should we stop the party Not when we have yet to get oursNo noise complaints unruly behavior unpunishedThe liquor drunk

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I'm doing much better than even 24 hours ago. This was written as a plea for help to the one place I thought I could turn and the response I never expected. I'm glad I'm no longer suicidal, but yesterday hurt. It hurt in the depression and it hurts still today. Not if, but when, I go into another depression, I have to have a new place to turn. Treading Water (Alan McStravick, 2009)You were

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I was at the precipice, staring into a void from which I would never return. I had made my peace with it. I was nearly moved to tears as I was, at once, asking for help and saying goodbye to my mother and, later, to my brother.A short dinner and discovery of my Effexor, later and, flash forward 4 hours. I am in a much better frame of mind. I am not without hope. I am ready to fight.In the

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I'm writing from a very dark place. I reflected on the most prolific period of writing I had had (my late teens/early twenties) for almost a decade and wondered why I couldn't re-create that period. I guess we have to be careful what we wish for.Begin The End (Alan McStravick, 2009)I’ve cleaned myself and cut my hairI’m ready now to begin the endAngel of mercy what was my sin?Let me

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....which can mean only one thing: I'm in a damned depression again. And this one is particularly brutal. But, the words have been flowing out of me like I was 15 again. So, here they are: (Three songs, for a band I'm starting up; and some prose that is true, though painful)Without You (Alan McStravick, 2009) Is it time yet, that we can regret, the things that we said?‘Cuz if

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I got this by email and it is funny as shit. I wish I had seen it before November 4th, because it would have been way funnier then. But I'm posting it here (mainly because of the woman that calls me a motherfucker) because it's hilarious, nonetheless!

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I just spent oh, probably 55 minutes to an hour, (seriously), reading Jason Mulgrew's blog. If you are interested (translated: you are interested) his link is right............there --->I don't even feel guilty for putting off the gym for this. He is one of the funniest writers you have never heard of. Fix that fast. I, on the other hand, am off to do some exercises.Until Next Time,Oh, and

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...of sorts!I have, over the past several days, had much difficulty in conveying exactly what May 1 was to bring for me. This is especially shocking when you factor in that I have kissed the Blarney stone.....twice.That being said, two distinct thoughts have dawned upon me. First is that the easiest explanation for what I am trying to do is this: I am attempting to weed out all facets in my

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BOW = Book of the WeekI came across this book, recently, which was given to me on my confirmation by my good friends father. Turns out, he is also the author of said book. I recently re-found this book and figured, with its subtitle: Simple Advice on the Art of Enjoying Yourself, that it was perhaps the most appropriate first book of the week.Richard D. Carson has also authored Taming Your

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Today is the day. May 1. I have been thinking about this a lot over the past week and a half. The run-up to the day has been relatively easy. I have made attempts, in the past, to do what I am doing now. Though, not on the scale I am planning for this effort.Much of my thinking has centered on the ground rules I have been implementing. While some of the rules are good "guidelines", one of

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Tonight, while talking to a couple of my co-workers over drinks, I realized that when I set out the groundrules for my little upcoming misadventure, that I was doing that for those that might be observing, either now or in the future.I think one of the important things to note, ground rules and all, is that this experience is for myself and for no one else. So there may be those that disagree,

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Reading my posts of late, I have noticed exactly how little 'comedy' there is. This is disheartening because, if you know me, (a phrase perhaps overused this week), I am a funny motherfucker. Funny "ha-ha" and funny "queer". My humor is a healthy heaping of cheese, folded into high comedy, with a dash of blue, sprinkled liberally with sarcasm and finished with a fart joke. I love to laugh.

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Why have I always censored myself (in word and action) based on how that word or action might be looked upon at some point in the future. You know, when my life gets started. With each passing half-decade, I learn that I was so naive in the previous half-decade. And I am realizing now, how naive I still am.

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1) Unnecessary possessions/services will be purged.This is going to be the biggest challenge, at the beginning. I have to define what is "necessary" and what is not. My most current rationalization is that music, being so very important to me, should preclude me from dumping my Napster-To-Go account. I have 8 more days to debate this point with myself. Blockbuster.com, on the other hand, is

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At approximately 11:11 GMT (05:11 CST), the winter solstice will have occurred. Predictions abound for a multitude of scenarios. Most predictions, easily accessible on the interweb, can easily be discounted because they are proffered by nutjobs. Sifting through it all to come up with any type of credible and substantial information is, however, fun. And harrowing.Let me explain. Persons far

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There is something that is in severe conflict in my life. I don't know exactly what the nature is, where it comes from or how best to resolve it. I do know, however, that I have many, many distractions in my day to day life that help deaden the pain and give me a false sense of calm and contentment.For what I am about to attempt, I have received many varied reviews. Captain Happy says I'm

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For those of you that know me, you know that I have been on a fantastic roller coaster ride of a debilitating depression for over a year now. My depression has manifested itself in a way that I had never experienced before. Usually episodic over 3 to 4 periods in a year, this depression has come off as almost manic, in nature. I am up for two to three weeks and then down for at least as long.

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Ok...haven't really had too many opportunities over the past month and a half to get on here. Was working two jobs, (raking in the duckets...only not so much) and, well, the blog wasn't really a priority.That being said, I'm watching the Senate committee hearings with questioning of Ambassador Crocker and Gen. Petraeus. It struck me that, with the seeming disappearance of President Bush from

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Indeed. A question for the ages. What the fuck would Jack do? Well, thanks to Rob Reiner and Mr. Nicholson, himself, we now know with a certainty!

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So, apparently I'm winning a Guitar Hero 3 for my wii. Unless some fucker snakes it at the last second.

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...I love the end of the previous post being right above my "I Am Inspired" post about Sen. Barack Obama.

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I am the 5th child of 5 (and a half), with divorced parents since I was 4. I never felt victimized, scarred or, when around friends whose parents were still married, awkward because of this fact. It was just how it was.I have, since the age I acquired a sense of self, known that I felt something towards other boys that I didn't feel towards girls. It really came out when next-door-neighbor

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Barack Obama has been lighting up the campaign trail. He has energized blocks of voters that have remained traditionally reticent. I have, on more than one occasion, gotten upset with whichever pundit happened to mention it at the time. "Don't tie your wagon to the youth vote", I would yell at the T.V. "They will only disappoint you in the end."Then Caroline Kennedy weighed in with her

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I was surprised to come across Caroline Kennedy's Op-Ed (below) in the New York Times. Not because of who she came out to endorse, but that she endorsed anyone at all. She has remained apolitical, favoring working for foundations and helming the 'Profiles In Courage' award that is given out annually. January 27, 2008OP-ED CONTRIBUTORA President Like My FatherBy CAROLINE KENNEDYOVER the years,

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...you've got catchy turn-of-phrase."I've had a really, REALLY great couple of days. So, let us re-cap:It all started last Saturday. (begin flashback fade away). I rolled into work, as the on-call, in a surprisingly good mood. Even despite being called in. Work was the most enjoyable experience I had had in some time. The customers weren't insufferable pricks. J.T. (initials), General

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LASAGNA CAT

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Mitt Romney Defends Himself Against Allegations Of Tolerance

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Special thanks to the heads up on this one from Captain Happy. He's got a friend in Pennsylvania. So, at least the license plates don't lie for him.Anyway. This one just made me chuckle when I saw it so I searched the interweb to show it off on here. I mean, seriously....look at these fucking peppers. I mean, there's six of them, just looking like they are fucking floating there. Seriously,

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Watching Keith Olbermann tonight, I heard a term that I have seen and/or heard over the past couple of weeks. It has to do with statistical analysis. A Keith Number is, to quote from its Wikipedia entry, "...a Keith number or repfigit number (short for repetitive Fibonacci-like digit) is an integer N>9 that appears as a term in a linear recurrence relation with initial terms based on its own

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With 48 minutes left until the Democratic Candidates Debate in Nevada, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of NBC News and their decision to NOT invite Dennis Kucinich. It's not too much to expect the suppression of views from the current administration, but is it really the place of our media to judge whether a candidate should be allowed to participate in a debate that will help decide who

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I have wireless internet finally. I don't have to plug into the DSL or steal my neighbors signal through my bedroom window. Maybe Captain Happy will be pleased that I am writing again. Later tonight???? The Resolution Entry!

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...no pun intended. Oh, and mom's???? If you ever find your son doing something like what you are about to witness, you do not get to act MORTIFIED when he comes out to you on his 14th birthday. Are we cool on that??? Good. Now push play and enjoy.

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....because you might run into something like this.

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Report: Nation�s Wealthy Cruelly Deprived Of True Meaning Of Christmas

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It was pointed out to me, by Captain Happy, that my blog wasn't exactly the entertaining read I had once promised it would be.I really haven't had too much to write about, though. Couple of reasons for that I think. First, not a whole lot going on. Work. Play. Sleep. Rinse. Repeat. Second, (and this is actually good news), I am now into my "december" depression. I have re-started the

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I have been wanting to write for a good couple of weeks. I had a problem, though. I had started seeing someone, who, through my myspace, learned of this blog. I wasn't really able to come on and write honestly. So I opted not to write at all.I was intending to have the talk with him about how I would hope he would never get upset over anything he would read on here. I never got that

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Special thanks to Countdown with Keith Olbermann for covering this story tonight. (You can also read about it here.) In short, the picture above is of the 2007 United States Women's Champion Bridge Team, taken last month in Shanghai, China. The USBF (link here) has, on their website, detailed minutes of the board meetings where conditions and punishments were determined.Olbermann had a lot of

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I LOVE THE ONION!!!!!Messages From Our Troops To The Families They Can Barely RememberP.S. Captain Happy and D-Stain....recognize the girl in the Ford commercial???

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If you let down one friend, say, who is moving from your ex-college town to the thriving metropolis in which you live, then an apology is appropriate, right? If you let down another friend only a few days later, say, who is at the hospital with his wife having their first child, maybe you should send up a gift or flowers or something. But when you let down a third friend, whom you have known

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Always a bridesmaid? Thank Christ not. What would I do with another ugly taffeta dress (brown this time, as you might have noticed)? Laura and I go back to our freshman year at Ole Miss. She was two doors down from me. As I remember, her roomate, whom we lovingly called satan, was a cutter. I'm talking O.G. goth. Had it not been for satan (that and my roomate, Kayla, always staying at her

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This song will, for eternity, (or, at the very least, for my next 50 years) represent my weekend in Veracruz with my Mexico classmates. A great weekend, by ALL standards.

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I have to admit, the times are few and very far between that George W. Bush and I agree on anything. Tonight, however, we both decided that Kirby's Steakhouse (www.kirbyssteakhouse.com) or (http://www.myspace.com/kirbyssteakhouse) needed to fuck off. George provided the sign language and I sent my missive of total "demoralization" via new manager, Jeremy. Would have been OK because I like

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...take from it what you will.

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I have never been addicted to a television show. Not in the darkest days of my "late nineties/early oughts" 'West Wing' compulsion, did I ever jones for the next episode. In fact, I don't own my own television. Since I left for school in 2003, I have not had a television. This was done, mainly, so that I could focus on my studies. A noble thought, I know. It just made me come up with new and

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I have not been neglecting my blog, of late. I haven't even run out of ideas to write about. But I have run woefully short of time. The Wire is one of those shows that slipped right past my radar (add to The Sopranos, The Shield, and Dharma and Greg). I have been, for the past few days, watching the entire first season. This is for the purpose of catching up so that I can then sit and watch

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This was her first birthday since it happened. I wanted it to be as special as we could make it. I let her choose where we were going. She was very sure she wanted to go to Los Angeles, more specifically Hollywood, more specifically the Galactic Studios Theme Park. She's my princess and the only reason I have held onto any shred of sanity. She gets everything she wants this year.I don't know

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San Francisco residents who logged on to Google on Saturday were met with a black version of the popular search engine home page. Read more at Search Engine Journal, a site I found using my new favorite web gem, StumbleUpon.Google changed their look to support the City of San Francisco with their "Lights Out San Francisco" energy conservation initiative. While google has no plans to expand

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THE OFFICIAL GOD FAQQuestion: “Is there a God?”Answer: “No.”---------------------------------------------------------In the quite unlikely event that you were to discover any omissions or inaccuracies on this page, they may be reported to the international headquarters of The Official God FAQ, at aod@400monkeys.com, where they will be thoroughly investigated, submitted to rigorous scientific

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With Halloween just 10 short days away, you better get to Hackensack!

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Just a happy song, pretty much! I was introduced to this song by a certain someone that means very much to me, even though we don't see each other so much, anymore. She told me that this was my ringtone on her phone because we both (the song and me) made her happy. The painting accompanying this entry, incidentally, is also called "Mr. Blue Sky". I located it at deviantart.com by using the

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The title of this entry was taken from a conversation had over a year ago with my HUMORGIRL at one of our favorite lesbians birthday party.Well, holy shit. Watch this!Oh, and Humorgirl? I couldn't find them in a metallic silver Nike 90 Soccer cleat.POSTSCRIPT: There is like a 15 second Toyota commercial. Suffer through it and if really pisses you off that much, then buy a Nissan.

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Ok, so apparently a couple of Australian behavioral scientists have devised an easy test to judge genius. Click HERE to take a stab at it. Only 2% of the total population is able, in each picture, to locate the red dot. Can you?

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I work with easily the smartest man I have ever met. He is, afterall, the creator of the 'Baby Rumpster' moniker. A name that never took off with any great popularity, but seemed funny anyway. That would explain how it stuck in my mind when I was naming this blog.Whilst opening the Kirb today, he served up a nice volley as he was passing by. Simply, he said, "Where are Lurch and Captain Happy?".

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(Special thanks to the Cole Family, whom I found on the world wide interweb, for this picture, http://www.thecolefamily.com)We can add to the above: 5) remove all pot, paraphernalia, and other offending illegal narcotics from the house. This rule was arrived at, for those who remember the infamous "fuck you" situation, quite civilly. I have found the upside to having a mom who will let the "F"

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The Author, sitting naked and, now high, at his mothers computer in her office which is in his old (and current) room, debated on whether to pleasure himself, (via any combination of erotic chat, pornographic still image or overly graphic video clips), or to log in to his blogger account and author this very post. Fortunately for you, and, (though it is only a reprieve), that all-cotton hand

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I was fortunate enough, on two different occasions, to be privy to an identical conversation. Both involved the attractive (and young) star of the NBC hit TV show, 'Heroes', to your left. A little backstory on her character. She is one of several people who have a trait that lends herself to heroicism. Her trait? She can regenerate back to her original form after seemingly any type of

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Oh, happy day. Do a search for "The Original Baby Rumpster" and tell me what you see! That's right, bitches. In just a few blog entries, I'm #1. Don't you forget it.

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Recently, I made a decision, for reasons we won't delve into, in this post, to withdraw from school for this semester. Call it a mental breakdown. Call it ennui. Whatever you call it, I'm not thrilled with the decision. But it had to happen. So, alas I bid goodbye to my fair university.What does this do for my graduation date? I'd rather not think about that right now. For those that have

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Ok, so I was following the directions in the Blogger Help section, trying to get a photo that I could put up on my profile. But, as Rob can attest, I suck at the internet.Anyway, up above, you can see me haggling over the price of a small Mexican child. I think it was a win-win, actually. I paid $5 bucks, which allowed his family to move into a dry cardboard box. I got a reprieve from doing

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Congratulations to the once and future President, Al Gore, on receiving the 2007 Nobel Prize. He has proven that when you can't speak truth to power, you have to share that truth with the masses.As a political junkie, I have to say that I really, REALLY like the idea of the draft Gore movement. We have discussions about grassroots movements, but they have been cliched since the Howard Dean

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I'm quickly approaching my two-year anniversary with Kirby's. Anyone who knows me knows that this is an accomplishment. I usually like a restaurant for a year or maybe a little more. This restaurant though,...it's too easy. You go in, make your money, do a ridiculously small amount of sidework and live to tell another day. That is, until lately. My goal for any shift, regardless of day of

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Unbelievable...simply unbelievable. The Yankees loss (I have been to several Yankess Spring Trainings in Fort Lauderdale. I'm a real fan) was easier to see coming. They had been outplayed in the series and the loss was almost a foregone conclusion in the 9th.The Cowboys/Bills game was a completely different matter. This was payback for two HUMILIATING defeats at the hands of the Cowboys in

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Use Of 'N-Word' May End Porn Star's Career

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While I was driving home from meeting my pusher-man (insert gay joke pretty much anywhere) the skies opened up and clearly made driving a concept, rather than what we were actually doing. Needless to say, I found myself with a considerable amount of time on my hands and a light fog on the brain. And I realized something that really should be made abundantly clear to all. We do way too much to

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Kudos to SNL for not only creating the genre, but improving on it. The speed that they wrote and aired this piece is amazing and,( it may be my political science major speaking here), it betters their first attempt.

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When I write, I make a point to change the names to protect the innocent. Bliss, (whom I still contend wins the Grand Prize for being the most inappropriately named person, ever. Really! I'm not even shitting you. She's an idiot.), is guilty and so her name gets published. More about her later.I haven't written yet about my work. Waiting tables, once upon a time, was a job that I took pride

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Came across this. Enjoy!

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FORT WORTH -- A store cashier struck a deaf customer in the head with a crowbar after he mistook the man's silence for rudeness and disrespect, police said.I heard about this today from my friends dad. What the hell is wrong with people?

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You and I are 1/6,000,000,000 of the current humanity that remains alive on this spinning rock hurtling through space. Earth is one of over 100,000,000 planets in an ever expanding universe. And we, as humans, in only the last few million years have had to create a reason for our being here. I realized last night, my mind racing as my head hit the pillow, that we had to create a God, a

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