and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14, and the words are a quote from Christ). ...
Your distraught 18 year-old son is finding your gun and killing himself because his girlfriend broke up with him. You are killing your own child because they sneak back into your house while playing hookie and you think they’re a home invader. You are killing your eleven year-old nephew...
Because of the circumstances of the lockdown in Shanghai, which I’ll write more about later, I was so anxious to just leave. I knew at the time, and still understand, that having that perspective meant I was postponing my grief in some ways. I didn’t say goodbye to Shanghai in th...
One year, a mother told me during our parent conference that her daughter was really enjoying my class, and the mother was happy about this because the girl had some problems the previous year during third grade. I told the mother this shocked me because she was such a spectacular kid, ve...
” because what in the allistic fuck was that response? It was a simple yes or no question and they managed not to answer it at all. I kinda wondered if the real answer was “we forgot that poly people exist when we were making the event, but we want your $35 entry fee, so ...
The paranoid Daniel feared that his wife was behaving unbecoming a wife with his neighbor Richardson, and even shot him in the thigh at one point-Richardson recovered. Meanwhile, Abby had moved to Indiana, where a divorce on the grounds of abuse and drunkeness could be obtained. To obtain ...
I’ve also become a little bit paranoid. The computer system of the dairy company where I work had been hacked, big time. We didn’t get anything done for 5 days. The first thing that came to my mind was a Cyber Attack. Good thing we managed to ship out our products to Taiwan and...
I also have a “Be Prepared” mentality. Call it paranoid if you want. Call it a “can’t-turn-down-a-good-deal” mental illness. I like to get things before I might need them, even if I never end up needing them. And then I *keep* them. I am a hoarder. To me it’s jus...
while our Top Cop still thinks the real enemy is the anti-Fascists I’m with you in Dayton because even insane people are guaranteed their Second Amendment rights I’m with you on the shores of the Rio Grande face down next to our beautiful baby girl I’m with you in El Paso where ...
A couple weeks ago, I got an email from my landlord requesting updated readings. I knew to expect this because I’d already learned about the concept ofcold and warm rent. What’s warm rent? In the US, your rent and utilities are separate. Here, they’re separate too, but the account...