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Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:49:36 -0800

Praise the Lord and pass the Meth!
Another succinct sobsister gem.

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Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:52:28 -0800

"Fern Hill"

Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs
About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green,
The night above the dingle starry,
Time let me hail and climb
Golden in the heydays of his eyes,
And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns
And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves
Trail with daisies and barley
Down the rivers of the windfall light.

And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,
In the sun that is young once only,
Time let me play and be
Golden in the mercy of his means,
And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves
Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold,
And the sabbath rang slowly
In the pebbles of the holy streams.

All the sun long it was running, it was lovely, the hay
Fields high as the house, the tunes from the chimneys, it was air
And playing, lovely and watery
And fire green as grass.
And nightly under the simple stars
As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm away,
All the moon long I heard, blessed among stables, the nightjars
Flying with the ricks, and the horses
Flashing into the dark.

And then to awake, and the farm, like a wanderer white
With the dew, come back, the cock on his shoulder: it was all
Shining, it was Adam and maiden,
The sky gathered again
And the sun grew round that very day.
So it must have been after the birth of the simple light
In the first, spinning place, the spellbound horses walking warm
Out of the whinnying green stable
On to the fields of praise.

And honoured among foxes and pheasants by the gay house
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
In the sun born over and over,
I ran my heedless ways,
My wishes raced through the house high hay
And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows
In all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs
Before the children green and golden
Follow him out of grace.

Nothing I cared, in the lamb white days, that time would take me
Up to the swallow thronged loft by the shadow of my hand,
In the moon that is always rising,
Nor that riding to sleep
I should hear him fly with the high fields
And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

-- Dylan Thomas

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Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:16:57 -0800

WOMAN'S PERFECT BREAKFAST

She's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.
Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.
Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.

(thanks to terrec for the above)

*****
I humbly submit,

MAN'S PERFECT BREAKFAST

He's sitting under a giant umbrella on a sugar-fine sandy beach in the Bahamas -- watching gentle waves roll in with his beautiful SO.
His daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
His son is on the cover of a Wheaties box.
And his wife -- bless her -- sitting in her robe and slippers, in their old kitchen, is holding a cup of coffee and glaring at a picture of him on the back of a milk carton. ;)

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Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:34:30 -0800

Oh Very Young
cat stevens

Oh Very Young, what will you leave us this time
You're only dancin' on this earth for a short while
And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
They will vanish away like your dads best jeans
Denim blue, faded up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will
(You know they never will)
And the patches make the goodbye harder still.

Oh Very Young what will you leave us this time
There'll never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see a better day
Will you carry the words of love with you
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will
(You know you never will)
And the goodbye makes the journey harder still.

Will you carry the words of love with you
Will you ride, oh,oooooooooooooh

Oh Very Young, what will you leave us this time
You're only dancin' on this earth for a short while
Oh Very Young, what will you leave us this time

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Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:41:54 -0800

Dang. I just realized I'm all out of angst.

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Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:12:45 -0800

In case you are worried that poorly-designed, badly-drawn, amateurishly-colored tattoos will be gone before you get yours, have no fear.

Judging from this One-Wing-Significantly-Longer-Than-The-Other-Giant-Headed-Badly-Bruised-Bald-Eagle-
Fighting-A-Lumpy-Green-Giant-Toothed-Snake-While-Clutching-A-Crystal-Dagger-Jammed-
In-The-Mysterious-Giant-Coin-Slot-On-The-Back-Of-Some-White-Bald-Guy's-Neck-All-Executed-In-Stunning-
Faux-Crayola, there are plenty enough ugly tattoos to meet all current and future demand. (if not, there is always the trusty indian princess gnome tattoo to fall back on)

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Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:24:14 -0800

Pondering the wisdom of the Bible:

"Exodus 21:20-21

20 When a slave-owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished.
21 But if the slave survives for a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner's property."

'Colossians 3:22-24

22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched and in order to please them, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
23 Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters,
24 since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ."

The Christian god has no objection to people owning other people and affirms the "slave" is the owner's property. Moreover, he thinks the institution of slavery is important enough to instruct us on how we should properly conduct it. If we dissolve the separation between Church and State, does that mean we can or should have slaves again? If your god is OK with the practice of owning slaves, and your code and practice of moral behavior flows from your god, that makes the practice of slavery morally acceptable for you, right?

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Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:43:41 -0800

You Can't Support Both
I still see cars sporting "W" stickers and those yellow ribbon magnets that say "I support our troops."

You can't support both.

You either support Bush's failed presidency or you support the troops. You can't support the troops and support the man who is responsible for abusing their loyalty and sacrifice by sending them to die for a lie and who refuses to bring them home because he can't face admitting he failed them and that he made the nation he sent them to invade worse than it was under one of the world's worst dictators. So our troops continue to die in order for Bush to continue pretending things are going to be the way he said they would.

Choose one or the other: support our troops or support Bush--you can't do both.

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Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:38:51 -0800

Happy Share Your Meal With a Turkey Day!

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Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:52:02 -0800