...that is misguided because it goes against the principle of truth. I wrote this in my conclusion 17 Lessons from 17 Years : offending others is good, because it means you’re pushing them toward their fears. The only way to conquer fear is to move toward it. This is unimportant, though. It would be creepy if Steve’s book was entirely perfect, and it is not important to quantify truth anyway. Don’t...

So I'm laying here in my bed when I start hearing this girl and guy yelling outside my window. OH, FUCK YOU!!! FUCK YOU!!! It was really unexpected because I'm just laying here doing my linear...-like it is now--was just racing. Because of my dad, I don't do well with confrontations or fighting in the least. It terrifies me. Watching them argue like that just didn't work too well for me

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/ddos-attack-str.html The Secret Service is now investigating the denial-of-service attack on NOonprop8.com , an attack that began Wednesday afternoon and...from forming families if they want to.  If you don't like it, don't marry someone of your gender! And, to this effect, I direct you to  zen_shooter 's latest journal entry on the subject

Hello folks! It's been a while since my last entry and finally, I found the time to write again. Hmmm... about my university-life: I wanted to wait some days before I say something about my new subject...umbrella Rero, wearing a super awesome wig. It suits you so damn well! XD Oldschool cosplay.. who remembers Hikari? ^___^ Toru Tanabe was there (again), too. Aaaaaaw he is so cool and loveable

...everything that went wrong. I don't want this to happen with him, I pray and I pray that this is really it for me, this is where I am supposed to be and who I am supposed to be with. I have this fear that if I hope about something, it'll go wrong (as has done in the past). So I'm dismissing any future with Nick simply because if I want it, it won't happen. Do I push him away as well? Does my...

...preferably before he sends out press releases like this one: http://newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1959 Which is about our upcoming Medievalism, Colonialism, Nationalism symposium here at... Fradenburg, Thomas Prendergast...and more) and me. Hi, guys, I'm a third-year grad student. It'll be fun, though. Really it will. Once I'm done with my paper, for good or not-so-good, and can relax

This woman from my church is missing . There's a man in custody, a man named Ken, who was stalking her and whom she had a restraining order against. He was last seen walking out of a field, toward...to go out and help look for her as soon as our church gets the go-ahead to "form a task force" for searching. I also have my NaNoWriMo idea. I think it's going to be about the abduction of a pastor.

Coates articulates a far better response to '08 cynicism than I could.

I've ranted about marriage many times before, but I think people get a little confused as to what I mean when I talk about marriage. There are two parts to marriage, the legal contract and the religious...marriage in general.  summer_jackel  has written a very good journal entry about legal marriage with respect to the fight against homosexual discrimination.  I recommend everyone read it

"The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them...him through a door. There was an explosion, he looked at his friends, shrugged, and said "guess it's the other door," and they went on safely. Yeah. That's it. I need a frog. Problem solved.