Words to learn history by ~ March 6, 2006
Some things
never change:
"Such attacks... are carried out by a small and very violent group... that, by its targeting of civilians, has created
an impact well beyond its size."
"The perpetrators can successfully (agitate) ...because the postwar political process has deepened the rift between (those)
who formed the mainstay of the ousted regime and now fear discrimination and marginalization, and (those) who ...exult ...that,
after decades of oppression and discrimination, they finally have seized the reins of power."
This scenario has played out over, and over, and over again during the thousands of years of written history and the thousands
of years of prehistory before that.
How's that old song go again?
Well I don't know why I came here tonight / I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I'll fall off my chair / And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, / here I am Stuck in the middle with you
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you / And I'm wondering what it is I should do
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face / Losing control yeah, I'm all over the place
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, / here I am Stuck in the middle with you.
Well you started off with nothing / And you're proud that you're a self-made man
And your friends they all come crawling / Slap you on the back and say
Please, please.
Try to make some sense of it all / But I can see it makes no sense at all
Is it cruel to go to sleep on the floor / Yeah I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, / here I am Stuck in the middle with you.
~ Stealers Wheel
Envious of the leisure of creativity ~ March 3, 2006
Some folks..., maybe, ...just have too much time on their hands. This site is
really... intriguing and beautiful (and a little... schizophrenic).
Anybody else see Stephen
Barnwell's work before?
"Hey, you bastards!
I'm still here!"
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"Something prickly and hard to eradicate" ~ March 2, 2006
...on course as previously: lost in the fog.
Ah, but that reminds me of another famous line from a movie:
"Hey, you bastards! I'm still here!"
...great movie. Read the book.
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Damn those French. Coming up with words like
entrepeneur and résumé.
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Lost... ~ March 1, 2006
...there are some options that require more exploration than just a casual perusal. There are too many times when our
fiction and entertainment lull us into the illusion that the adventure will wrap up nicely and with appropriate denoument.
There is a class I'm considering but it is 38 weeks long, full 8-hour days and requires the family to make significant sacrifices and spend considerable
money until such
time as I graduate.
Such attentions require that I turn away from those greater macroscopic issues over which I have no control and "tighten
the circle" as it were over those actions and conditions that I do control.
...and keep in mind the old adage: The powers that be will throw up any and all obstacles in front of a worthwhile endeavor.
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