Have you ever felt that the Liars were always winning? That being Honorable was to your disadvantage? If I withhold my vengeance, And greater ills befall; Can it be said That I'm to blame? Was virtue served at all? If I deal retribution, And say I serve the King, Is my defence What might have been From evils unfelt sting? Venom hath its' vile work wrought, The wicked rule the night. And I ...
A couple years ago I began a short story about dragons-then a popular series of books about dragons hit the market. Sigh...I didn't like the idea of looking like a "me-too" author, so I set the whole thing aside. Here is the opening scene. There is a great deal more to the story, though it is yet unfinished. What do you think? Is it salvageable? I suffer from a common authors shortcoming; I'm to impressed with my own work to see the problems. At any rate, I hope the read isn't ...
A few years ago I was/am a member of a Pakistan-centric site. I was there mostly for the intellectual workout, like going to the gym. What got annoying was not the anti-American bias, so much as the unreasoning aspect of it, and the hypocrisy of those pointing fingers. I'm getting really tired of teaching U.S. history to those who cannot see past their own preconcieved ideas and cherished prejudices. That America came to be at all is a miracle. Political compromise was required to ...
There's a unique feeling when you're alone on the road. You look in your rearview mirror; Nothing. You strain your eyes forward; no movement breaks the shimmering mirage thar warps the horizon. Something inside you changes. Deep in your gut the faintest tickle of unease stirs. The hairs on the back of your neck are primed to rise up at any stimulus at all. you're alone, more alone, somehow, behind the wheel, than if you were afoot. You switch off the radio. Something about the music ...
How many people prepare for the hard times? I do. I always have. I think I understand why: I was raised that way. I absorbed the idea that part of being a man was being ready. If a blizzard moved in for a few days, if the power went down for several days, if you lost your income for months, you were supposed to be able to eat and feed and protect youself and your own, as well as being ready to reach out to those who were in over their heads. I remember clearly (I was a teenager) ...
Today I asked for some snow and received some. It has been snowing steadily since mid-afternoon after a mere teasing of scattered flurries since this morning. It's beautiful outside this evening. The snow resembles the silky softness of a dusting of powdered sugar on an as yet untouched cake. I feel safe and warm in my cocoon and am enjoying the pleasure of my own solitude and being. It's during quiet and deeply reflective moments such as these that I feel most alive. Ironic: snow covers, muffles, ...
(I love debating things with people who have the background and interest to hold my attention. That's one reason I decided to hang our here for a while. Sad to say, some people don't know what they don't know. Be thankful if you aren't related to anybody like that.) I find myself surrounded by morons. Everything they say is infantile and foolish, but my mind is so mired in the bog that I can't elucidate why they are all so stupid, or what it is that they are wrong about. I ...
(I wrote this when I was at the lowest point of my depression, just before I started my long road back from the edge.) I'm keeping the door shut, not that it matters. I haven't bothered to lock it. Why should I? The fog cannot unlock doors; it doesn't need to. No. The fog creeps 'round the edges, through the keyhole, and under the sill. No matter what skills I possess, I cannot stop the fog completely. By great and exhausting attention I can keep almost all of it out, ...
Why is it that it is bad to be accused of behaving irrationally, but you get in trouble if you try to rationalize behavior? Just a thought...
Hello; I've found that Blog's are used by different people for widely varying reasons. My reasons are simple. 1. I tend toward depression, and writing helps me keep it at bay, especially if I think someone might read it. 2. I'm an Arrogant Egotist. I'm constantly impressing myself with how clever I am. (Hey, there are LOTS of us, I'm just one of the few that will admit it!) 3. I just feel like some of you will feel the ...
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