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Confessions of a Wannabe Writer
I want to write a novel. I want to write a novel so bad it hurts. Not hurts, exactly-more like aches , or haunts . You get the picture. So write it, you say. Quit your moanin' and complainin', procrastinatin' and delayin' . . . least, that's what I'd say. I'd give you my take-no-prisoners speech. Writers write! Non-writers don't. So be like Nike and Just Do It . . . or shut the hell up. But I can't write it (even though I... (posted by John 2 years 107 days ago.)
I want to write a novel. I want to write a novel so bad it hurts. Not hurts, exactly-more like aches , or haunts . You get the picture. So write it, you say. Quit your moanin' and complainin', procrastinatin' and delayin' . . . least, that's what I'd say. I'd give you my take-no-prisoners speech. Writers write! Non-writers don't. So be like Nike and Just Do It . . . or shut the hell up. But I can't write it (even though I... (posted by John 2 years 107 days ago.)
Weapons of Mass Instruction Insightful, but . . .
Okay, class: quick pop quiz. Compulsory education is: a) Responsible for "dumbing down" the population. b) A tool used by the ruling class to control the labor force. c) Responsible for society's every conceivable malaise, from economic woes to diabetes. d) The best way to get a "good" job. e) All of the above. If you answered "all of the above", you... (posted by John 2 years 112 days ago.)
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Okay, class: quick pop quiz. Compulsory education is: a) Responsible for "dumbing down" the population. b) A tool used by the ruling class to control the labor force. c) Responsible for society's every conceivable malaise, from economic woes to diabetes. d) The best way to get a "good" job. e) All of the above. If you answered "all of the above", you... (posted by John 2 years 112 days ago.)
Legal Grass isn't Greener: UN Against Decriminalization
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says the success of international controls on illicit drugs has created a monster: a criminal market that actually offsets the benefits of drug control. In a paper prepared for this week's Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, the Executive Director of UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, says while controls have limited the number of people taking illicit... (posted by John 2 years 275 days ago.)
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says the success of international controls on illicit drugs has created a monster: a criminal market that actually offsets the benefits of drug control. In a paper prepared for this week's Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, the Executive Director of UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, says while controls have limited the number of people taking illicit... (posted by John 2 years 275 days ago.)
Money's Worth Movies
You work hard all week, it's Saturday night, and all you want to do is relax and watch a good movie without paying ten bucks for a box of popcorn. Seems simple, but it's not. More times than I care to remember, I've wandered the aisles at Blockbuster only to be faced with a series of disgusting slasher movies, puerile "comedies", empty-headed "chic flicks" and action films that defy belief. As a community service therefore, I've... (posted by John 2 years 276 days ago.)
You work hard all week, it's Saturday night, and all you want to do is relax and watch a good movie without paying ten bucks for a box of popcorn. Seems simple, but it's not. More times than I care to remember, I've wandered the aisles at Blockbuster only to be faced with a series of disgusting slasher movies, puerile "comedies", empty-headed "chic flicks" and action films that defy belief. As a community service therefore, I've... (posted by John 2 years 276 days ago.)
AIG Bloodsuckers Ease Middle-Class Guilt
I've been married 24 years, and during those two-plus decades I've traveled twice with my wife to the Bahamas, once on our honeymoon and again the following year. Fast-forward another ten vacation-less years. I left a job that was threatening a pay cutback, breathed life into my own company, pulled the plug on its life-support during the 90's recession then rewarded myself after finishing Teachers' College... (posted by John 2 years 276 days ago.)
I've been married 24 years, and during those two-plus decades I've traveled twice with my wife to the Bahamas, once on our honeymoon and again the following year. Fast-forward another ten vacation-less years. I left a job that was threatening a pay cutback, breathed life into my own company, pulled the plug on its life-support during the 90's recession then rewarded myself after finishing Teachers' College... (posted by John 2 years 276 days ago.)
Love's Not Like Clockwork . . . or Reality TV
I don't know if it's a man thing or not, but I suffer from what I'll call a certain antipathy to ceremony-the idea that I have to think, feel, or act a certain way because of a "special" time, place or occasion. I loathe the fuss of birthday parties ( Surprise! ), detest the countdown to the "spontaneous" celebration of January 1 st ( Happy New Year! ) and absolutely reject the... (posted by John 2 years 279 days ago.)
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I don't know if it's a man thing or not, but I suffer from what I'll call a certain antipathy to ceremony-the idea that I have to think, feel, or act a certain way because of a "special" time, place or occasion. I loathe the fuss of birthday parties ( Surprise! ), detest the countdown to the "spontaneous" celebration of January 1 st ( Happy New Year! ) and absolutely reject the... (posted by John 2 years 279 days ago.)
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