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• Worthless perfection.

  2009 Oct 28

  ::From a journal of mine.:: I foolishly imagine that my perfections give me worth. But no. It is my imperfections. I would say to a friend that I love him in spite of his perfections, for he is a perfectionist. The human version of wrestling down perfection is an ugly thing. What seems perfect in our lives — control, [...]

• Halloween costume.

  2009 Oct 30

  This Saturday I am officially attending what my friend and I decided to call a “Lame Ass Party.” That’s its official title. Candy handed out to kids? Check. A couple of scary movies? Check. A blanket to hide behind during the scary parts of these movies? Check. Festive food and drinks? Check. Thanks to FoodNetwork.com, we have some [...]

• Get used to disappointment.

  2009 Oct 31

  I’ve been noticing a few admissions of guilt over on Facebook on what I think is a growing problem in this country: adults getting into the Halloween candy about a week before Halloween. About all I’ll admit to is the fact that the “mix” bag I had seems to lack Snickers bars. In order to allay my growing unease [...]

• Write this month.

  2009 Nov 01

  Today is the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which participants are challenged to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. There aren’t too many other qualifications, including any that say you have to actually write a good novel. I participated and completed the challenge a few years back. It boiled [...]

• Over Dakota searching.

  2009 Nov 03

  The scene earlier today, from the air over western North Dakota, on a real CAP SAR. “The Highway Patrol along with three civil air patrol planes are also searched from the air but were called off after dark.” UPDATE: I’m sad to say that the three girls (and their dog) weren’t found alive. Just by taking a [...]