o far Barack Obama is in the lead, according to this NYT poll. I love this quote from the article: “I like them both,” said Ann Powers, 64, a coordinator for special education programs in Fort Dodge, Iowa. “I just think he is too inexperienced and she’s dealt with more in the last 20 years.”
     I [...]

     ow, busy week! It seems like there’s so much going on lately, it’s hard to keep up with. I’ve been writing like mad — some of it is even worth keeping. Much of it . . . is not. *sighs* I’ve started my first chapter about four times and pitched it. I hate chapter one [...]

     n the video to the right is my poem, “All My Stars Are Falling Down”, which I wrote back in, oh, 1999 or so. It’s about dwelling in pain, finding hope, and most importantly to me, going to find your own hope instead of waiting around for someone else to give it to you. It’s [...]

     ossible Sewer Zombies Sited In Eastbourne:
     It sounds like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster.
     But staff at a sewage works have called in a ghostbuster because they are being stalked by a zombie-like figure who roams the underground tunnels.
     Workers at Southern Water’s treatment plant in Eastbourne, East Sussex, said they have been scared to enter tunnels [...]

A PostSecret Valentine’s Day Card:

     esterday, I had the dubious pleasure of re-certifying in the Michigan state health code for restaurant workers. Last week, the Owners of the Restaurant Where I Work© handed the morning cashier and I the text books for the class and said, “Hey, you two have a week to learn the entirety of the Michigan state [...]

      Toast to biofuels! Apparently, they aren’t as cool as we thought they were:
     Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these “green” fuels are taken into account, two studies being published Thursday have concluded.
     The benefits of biofuels have come under increasing attack [...]

pparently, the New Life Church is giving up on Ted Haggard. You guys may remember Ted Haggard — I made some fun of him back when his little scandal broke. Well, despite the three-week crash course in heterosexuality from the New Life Church, and claims afterwards of being “completely heterosexual”, Ted Haggard has “quit” the [...]

     wo hunters were sitting in a tavern, arguing about who was the better hunter. They decided to bet a tall glass of beer each that they could kill and return with a killing first.
     One took up his hunting rifle and went out, and the other got into a fighter plane, found a lion, and killed [...]