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When did we forget our dreams?
The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us.
And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of some day easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve tempering my life to better fit someone's expectations. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up.
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I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor — even president, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero — that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth, and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go, in my endless ride into the setting sun.
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When do we mature to talk about “dirty” things?
This story starts and finishes easy enough, with some kid from some college asking a dumb question of the President that he should have already known the answer to. For this we reach back to a town hall discussion held … Continue reading
Alexander the Great can still cause wars? (QH: 28 July 2009)
In today’s edition: Alexander the Great, the UK continuing to go off the privacy deep end, albinos being hunted for magic, and a birther followup… —– Starting off with a non-Iran international story today, the Washington Post is reporting on … Continue reading
Take Advantage of the Phelps Story: Pot is not the End of Man
Michael Phelps, the celebrated American athlete from his amazing performance in the 2008 Olympic Games, has made headlines within the past few days on a picture that has surfaced of him taking a hit out of a bong – and … Continue reading
Maybe if you just stop being Muslim, you’ll get to fly unbothered again
A hat-tip to the Washington Post for this latest head-smacking example of the uglier side of our brave new world… Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport … Continue reading
Then they came for the activists and dissenters, and I said nothing as I was neither…
Between Hurricane Gustav’s slamming into Louisiana, John McCain’s rather inexplicable Vice President choice, and Obama’s thunderous speech last Thursday night, it’s understandable if other smaller stories fall through the cracks and don’t get the attention they deserve. I just always … Continue reading
To See Rights Fade For A Cause You Can’t Be On The Wrong Side Of…
TechDirt stole my thunder, but I shall opine nevertheless. It’s quite sad how little attention this is getting outside the corners of the internet where tech-savvy people gather, but perhaps the media thinks those are the only people who would … Continue reading
We torture our own citizens. We torture our own vets. We torture our own.
I try, lord do I ever try to keep optimistic on this country and its future. I keep telling myself we are living in a bad dream that makes up the first decade of the 21st century, a bad dream … Continue reading
You can take our freedom, just make sure I get my fucking vacation!
The Dog Days of Summer have come to the nation’s capital. The politicians have fled town – and who could blame them? I know of a dozen better places to spend my time than in the middle of a former … Continue reading
The Revolution will be blogged, then you’ll be fired
Hard to notice because we are living through it, and hard to notice for my generation because we barely remember a time before it, we are currently living through the greatest revolution for mass communication since the invention of the … Continue reading
They really can hear me now
One thing I dislike in the political discourse is the tendency for some who are really dedicated to their cause, even if it is an incorrect one, to jump out on a ledge and begin to allege things that are … Continue reading