January 2012
2 posts
“Hope is..
Folding paper cranes
Even when your hands get cramped; And your eyes...”
– Elizabeth Barrette
July 2011
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June 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
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“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth...”
– Frank A. Clark (writer)
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
3 posts
If I should have a daughter...
If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B, because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, “Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.” And she’s going to learn...
February 2011
3 posts
October 2010
1 post
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The Egg
You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.
And that’s when you met me.
“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”
“You died,” I...
July 2010
2 posts
June 2010
3 posts
May 2010
1 post
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March 2010
2 posts
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It...
February 2010
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Secret Weapon
by a million miles, my heart’s tied by string trying to materialise and it’s you I visualise I’m missing you starcrossed- it’s true so I tell you I miss you, little scared - anxious to kiss you, with distance from bliss with you we’re waiting in the shadows your face beammed through the sky building up an arsenal to move more than by and by so be my secret weapon,...
January 2010
2 posts
“The first rule of any game: You can only get smarter by playing a smarter...”
– from the film, Revolver
December 2009
2 posts
All I Want For Christmas by Patti Austin
Free download
I really don’t want much for Christmas Maybe just peace and while you’re listening It couldn’t hurt and might be nice If what the season brings could last beyond one silent night I really don’t want much for Christmas No, hunger’s high upon my wish list No fancy toys, please give instead A roof above each homeless child’s head It’s all so grand and jolly We deck the...
November 2009
9 posts
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alexcornell:
“Forever Young” Cover by Alex...
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October 2009
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September 2009
9 posts
eighteen days can seem like a lifetime
“Most people find a way to put the breaks on progress. and thats what mostly stop...”
– Skyler Jett
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“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work....”
– Dale Carnegie
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August 2009
7 posts
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“The heart may freeze or it can burn. The pain will ease if I can learn. There is...”
– Another Day — Rent
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