Dec 09 2005
Okay, so remember that word “sterile” I used in an earlier post? Let’s examine this whole “Political correctness” thing, shall we? At the end of Spanish class last evening, Sarah recounted a story for us about how she’d been reprimanded by her supervisor for wishing a customer Merry Christmas. It turns out that “Merry Christmas” […]
Dec 08 2005
Where’ve all the good men gone And where are all the gods? Where’s the street-wise Hercules To fight the rising odds? Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need: I need a hero! I’m holding out for a hero ’til the […]
Dec 07 2005
I spent my 1st – 5th grades in Midland School, an elementary school on Broadway Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. When I was in second grade I had a classmate, Troy, an epileptic boy who was also severely retarded. I’m not sure exactly how handicapped he was, but he’d been held back a grade or […]
Nov 28 2005
Mort called. Yay! But, I think I talked her ear off … again. I’m staking my claim to innocence, though. It’s not my fault … SHE WRITES andandand LIKES BOOKS! Since I left California I’ve felt very much out of my element. I don’t consider myself anti-social (well okay, sometimes), but I have a very […]
Nov 17 2005
The message I get from conformity, from a politically correct, polite society is that as long as one hides anger, meanness, trash talking, and the bad-mouthing of other individuals, it’s acceptable. There’s no evil in it. Well intentioned people can be degraded and trashed as long as the nasty things we say about them are […]