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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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Tag Archives: War
Spare the message, shoot the messenger
The closest thing that we are going to get to the Pentagon Papers incident of our generation, the leaking of over 90,000 documents by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks to three major news organizations around the world, has so far seemed to … Continue reading
The Truth-as-Reported burns down at the hands of Wikileaks
This is big. A “black eye” for how the war is being conducted, and what really is and is not being accomplished in Afghanistan doesn’t begin to come close to the 90,000 documents that Wikileaks has handed off to three … Continue reading
Waterboaring-lite: It’s still torture
While noted conservative talking head Sean Hannity has failed to take up a challenge from noted liberal talking head Keith Olbermann to be waterboarded for charity, another conservative talking head – Erich “Mancow” Muller – stepped up to the plate … Continue reading
Israel v. Gaza, and those caught in the middle
Anything I wanted to write about the current conflict is blown away by the following. The video is from Israel’s Channel 10. The man on the other end of this call is a doctor in Gaza who has called the … Continue reading
“Taking matters into our own hands”: U.S. attacks inside Syrian territory
From the “oh now what!?” files, via the BBC… US helicopter-borne troops have carried out a raid inside Syria along the Iraqi border, killing eight people including a woman, Syrian authorities say. The official Syrian news agency Sana said the … Continue reading
Battle between Georgians, Russians continue
UPDATE: Georgia claims Russian jets targeted the important BTC Pipeline (the pipeline which is mentioned in this article) [per Reuters] While the rest of the world is captivated with the Olympics in Beijing, Russia is playing for keeps on its … Continue reading
War: Russia invades Georgia
In one of the world’s long simmering hot spots, the Caucus Mountains on Russia’s southern border, things have hit a boiling point today as the nation of Georgia attacked pro-Russia rebels in a break away region of the country known … Continue reading
The Sadr Uprising Appears to be Moving Forward
Coming on the heels of passing 4,000 dead U.S. soldiers in Iraq, any vague hopes that “The Surge” is working seem to be falling apart before our eyes. What is being exposed is something very important to the American presence … Continue reading
4,000
Now official… AP via MSNBC: BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on … Continue reading
The U.S. Enters an Exclusive Club of the World’s Worst
Iran, Syria, China: three countries that probably don’t bring out the best of thoughts in Americans’ minds. Leave China out and you have your typical freedom-hating Arabs. Add China in and you have your run of the mill America-hating countries. … Continue reading