"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
Walt Whitman (1819-92)
"When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break."
Akhenaton (d. c.1354 BC)
And now, the current weather, from some random person we pulled off the street:
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Hello. I'm Back. Who Are You?
I've been gone for a while, this is one major reason why. If you are looking for happy, this isn't your vid.
I've had something major wrong with me since about a year ago, and I've only mentioned this to three people on YouTube. The docs have been trying to diagnose it for nine months. Now they have. I'm not happy, but I thought I would share it.
Where There’s Smoke Four firefighters in Sacramento, Calif., have been suspended after being caught ...um... engaged in “on-duty consensual sexual misconduct,” says Chief Julius Cherry. The four, a male station captain, two male firefighters, and a female firefighter, would have one of the men act as a “lookout” while the others had sex. However, investigators say, the activities did not impair the squad’s response to emergency calls. (Sacramento Bee) ...Because most of the calls they got were to report smoke coming out of the fire station’s windows. Available in This is True: Book Collection Vol. 11