Monday, May 30th, 2011
Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. I would like to take a moment to remember our fallen soldiers. When I say “our” fallen soldiers, I don’t just mean U.S. soldiers, I mean all of our fallen soldiers, on all sides of past conflicts around the world. Memorial Day began to honor and mourn both [...]
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Saturday, May 28th, 2011
I have an idea for a TV show. Like Glee, it would be about a group of geeky, outsider kids at a small town high school. But instead of being members of a glee club performing musical numbers, the kids would all play a Dungeons & Dragons-type role-playing game together. The “real world” scenes would [...]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
palace palace bursting mist crystal laughs palace smiles drunken palace smiles drunken emerald snows crimson eyes dancing
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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
I beat myself up a lot (both privately and in public) for not being more creative on a regular basis. But I just posted my 141st self-portrait of the year. 141 days in a row of photographs. I haven’t missed a single day. Ease up on yourself, boyo. You’re doing better than you think you [...]
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
I’ve had a lot of thoughts in my head since the announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden. I’ve posted a few things on Twitter and voiced my thoughts to a few close people, but for the most part, I’ve kept fairly quiet. After reading Michael Moore’s “Some Final Thoughts on the Death of [...]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
i’ll see you in hell or maybe in heaven or maybe there’s no afterlife at all but it makes no difference to me because I have too much to do today to worry about tomorrow have i shown enough love? have i shared enough joy? have i danced with my friends? have i sung songs [...]
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Sunday, May 1st, 2011
It’s been almost two months since Bill Blackbeard died, but most people–including me–only found out the other day. Honestly, I didn’t even know he was still alive, but when I read of his death, my eyes filled with tears. Bill Blackbeard had a huge impact on my life, almost incalculable. That impact was caused mostly [...]
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