I have to admit, I couldn’t put this article down.. Very interesting, informative, and troublesome..
An excellent article from TIME magazine: Why the US is still fighting the Civil War
I have to admit, I couldn’t put this article down.. Very interesting, informative, and troublesome..
This not only makes me sick to my stomach but it makes me fear that the Republic, as we knew it, is now dead. This reminds me of concentration-type slave training….

So just in case life isn’t scary enough for you, try this one: Yellowstone Supervolcano Bigger Than Thought
There was some news lately about an Applebees making a pretty big mistake: They served alcohol to an underage kid .. How young? A toddler! They gave liquor to a child, mistaking a margariti for juice.. And now the staff is going to be trained all over again.. According to a report on Reuters tonight: The company that owns the Applebee’s restaurant chain said on Monday it was immediately retraining its workers nationwide after a server at a suburban Detroit location accidentally served alcohol to a toddler..
Learning to fly? I’m just waiting for a baby to crawl.. Goodnight all.
Japanese nuclear agency “provisionally” raises the threat level from a stricken power plant from 5 to 7, the most severe category.
I Netflixed-up the best of Wrestlemania tonight with my wife and newborn son, forgot about real life for a bit, and felt like a kid all over again. Thanks Erin. Now back to reality.. (After a few minutes humming Hulk Hogan’s ‘Real American’)
Modern world:
Ban salt! Ban Happy Meals! Stop eating fat!
The modern world:
Radiation isn’t that bad for you. Don’t worry about that kind of stuff…

Welcome to the new world order, Boston version, where thermal cameras invade privacy and see a bit too much..
A friend of mine today told me that his professor, only his in 40s, died suddenly over the weekend.. The person had kids, a wife.. a life. A great job, a great background in education, and according to my friend, was an influential member of the faculty at the University he worked for.
Weird how quickly your events of life can change.
This is the exact type of story that makes me want to change my whole life.
Having a son has really altered the course of my very existence. Everything I do and think now involves him.. I am second to him. But in the same way, I want to be happier and have a better life for myself, but in a way that only can make his life better too..
I don’t know if it makes sense or not… but I used to ‘hate’ jobs I’ve had. Now I find the need for them. But I am extremely displeased with them now… less in a selfish way and more in a way that I really am not doing what I want to be doing. But isn’t this, in the end, how all people feel one day or another?
And what makes me nervous as, illustrated by your professor’s mishap, we don’t have very long to try to get to a point in which we actually do what we want to do….. and that makes me sad.

Comfort Food: Meet the woman from Florida diagnosed with Pica.. Just don’t sit on her couch, you may ruin her meal..