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I think that my mirror makes me look thinner than I actually am. This is good, because I don’t get depressed and upset that I am getting chubby. This is also bad, because I do not get motivated to lose … Continue reading
Rising Water, Heavy Footfalls
I want to do something self-destructive to escape. It always seems to make things ultimately worse though, because I never actually escape. It’s going to take something drastic.
It’s good to have goals…
In this modern time of blaming our health woes on the fast food industry and requesting 1/2lb angus burgers without a bun to so that we don’t have to excercise because we consumed all those pesky carbohydrates, I have chosen … Continue reading
another year older, but many years wiser
to everyone i know and care about: i apologize that i have such difficulty keeping up with you, but i can barely keep up with myself any more. i hope that you can understand and can forgive me.
“It’s never to late to start planning for the future.”
Yesterday, on the drive to Follansbee, we passed a graveyard. It was just a large rectangular tract of land in the middle of a valley, with nothing else around except for a river that runs through the valley. I started … Continue reading
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Selected “Fragments” by Michael Maynard Slingerland
I decided to peruse my bookshelf last night while unable to sleep, and I found an old book of poetry that I had purchased long ago from a Kanawha County Libraries book sale. I decided to read through it, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Depressive, Excerpts, Literature, Manic, Notes
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Not that it really even changes anything, but sometimes a “well, you never know” becomes a “well, what do you know”. I guess it makes me feel ever-so-slightly better, and maybe it will help me get some sleep.
Some thoughts on being square
Sydney Smith (1771–1845), a witty parson, writes the following in his Sketches of Moral Philosophy: If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes—some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong—and … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Excerpts, Notes, Social Commentary
Tagged Creative Writing, Excerpts, Literature, Notes, Social Commentary, Square
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Required Reading
The following transcriptions were taken from two of the books that my class was required to read for Geology 103 with the illustrious Dick Smosna. The passages really stood out to me as I read them, and so I wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Evolution, Excerpts, Literature, Natural Selection, Notes, School
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I have a love-hate relationship with McDonalds.
There’s plenty of backstory that goes hand-in-hand with this entry, but here are the pertinant details: Cheap (and sometimes tasty) food VS. Terribly unhealthy food So this week McDonalds has offered me two great deals: (1) a McHero (three burger … Continue reading →