Monthly Archives: October 2007

The Lights Will Stay On

I go to sleep, before
the devil wakes
and I wake up, before
the angels take

It’s been dark here lately and often depres­sing.
I’m sure it’s evi­dent to ever­yone there are a mul­ti­tude of things which bother me.
all my worldly desi­res
all my yards­ticks of fear
all my sec­rets untold
all my moti­ves unc­lear
Today it was a debate full of pan­de­ring poli­ti­cians,

Domestic Violence — Following “The Burning Bed”.

Domes­tic Vio­lence is something I have very little expe­rience with, but I do know Octo­ber is Domes­tic Vio­lence Awa­re­ness Month. We hear much less about domes­tic vio­lence because it is not as pro­fi­ta­ble as Breast Can­cer. Yet there is some indi­ca­tion that 960,000 inci­dents of vio­lence against a current or for­mer spouse, boy­friend, or girl­friend

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.

“The most wild, yet most homely narra­tive which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor soli­cit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very sen­ses reject their own evi­dence. Yet, mad am I not —and very surely do I not dream”.
From The Black Cat, by Edgar Allen

Thursday’s Timely Tidbits.

No key­word title here.
Will ever­yone please shut  —  up about their Goo­gle page rank change. No one cares, it’s a large yaw­ner.
Talk about mis­lea­ding head­li­nes or tit­les. This anno­yed me.
Two Women Sai­lors Killed; Sexual Assault at Naval Aca­demy Again
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Family Secu­rity Mat­ters relea­sed it’s list of the ten most dan­ge­rous orga­ni­za­tions in Ame­rica.
10. Think­Pro­gress
9. Mus­lim Stu­dent Asso­cia­tion
8.