September 2009
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Full Steam - David Gray
All our lives We’ve dreamed about it Just to find that it was never real This sure ain’t no great Valhalla Coming closer each turn of the wheel Forlorn, adrift on seas of beige In this our Golden Age
Even in our darkest hour Never thought that it could get so bad Bullied, suckered, pimped and patronised Every day your tawdry little lives So loose your head and step within The silence...
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“The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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It's too dull to pause.
To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire— It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. — Edgar Lee Masters
I toured around the newly remodeled Wal-Mart on 41 this afternoon, admiring the redesign. I wanted to buy an exercise ball but lamented at the cost. Until I saw that the cheapest one was...
Watchjakeandamir:
Hebrew
beyond incredible.
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Big boy.
Suffice it to say, this dog is strong. He weighs sixty pounds and is much shorter than Judah, who is quite a bit larger in overall size, yet has none of the muscle mass that Israel does. He is a gentle giant…when he wants to be. And most of the time he’s slamming his head into walls, barreling through any obstacles, and more than once I’ve stubbed my toes on his hocks when...
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Gentle from the Night
She didn’t like him, but as one doesn’t always like oneself, she could carry both her dislike and her love within her heart. - Meagan McKinney, “Gentle From The Night”
I reached into the box full of romance novels, the many volumes hidden beneath piles of yarn in my front room. In my head I swore, “Whatever book I pull out, I will read and finish!” I have...
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“I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate...”
– Charlotte Bronte, “Jane Eyre”
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“One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers...”
– Steven Deitz
Taking Back the A-Hole
dearoldlove:
I’d take you back in a heartbeat, asshole.
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