I GOT SOCKS ON!!!       

 Here were the objects of infinite desire... Short-sheeted by the winds of time... carried in backpacks, man-purses... gathering dust in a bookcase... secret treasures buried in plain sight...   well, i'm sorry you forgot something called what? relationships? your little, personal abu-gahraib your own private guantanamo, anthropology.   meanwhile the helicopter rotors...

          I had an entry all written up about what's been going on in my life the past few days, but then I found this link, and I erased everything I wrote because this is more important.  Hepatits B is a disease that is transmitted through sharing dirty needles and having unprotected sex with infected persons.  Infants in America are routinely given the...

Whether a wedding reception incorporates a banquet at a catering hall, sandwiches in the backyard, or fried chicken in the church basement, it’s preceded by a ceremony. For much of human history, the ceremony varied only according to the specific religion. Now it’s the rare couple that doesn’t write its own vows, and the rare bride that doesn’t insist on an adorable...

The cold in your bones swells the warmth in your smile you can't feel your legs there are none beneath you so you climb upon stones feel the cold in your throat the steel in your lungs bits and pieces to sharpen your breath if your heart could bury me and the cold in my bones the steel in my lungs the mold of my heart it feels so old when I'm...

Name one person who has made a difference in your life. I wonder why, when asked this question, everyone always assumes that the only difference that really counts is when someone did something extraordinarily good for you that changed your life or way of thinking or whatever? I hate being asked this question. I can't think of any one  that has made a "good" difference that the...

I have to say that although I don't write as much as I think, I have to add that lately I have been on facebook, I was shocked that some of my family members were on there, how they popped up, who knows, I suppose is a technology thang with computers, I was so happy to see members that I knew from years ago. I have to say that today was an important day for me and it went well, as much as I did...

  It is Sarah’s thirty-fifth birthday today. Rachid took the day off to spend it with her however she wants. There was talk of dinner out and a movie which would require me to baby sit with Noah and Elizabeth. Now she is thinking about putting Rachid to work stringing electric wire for a goat pasture instead. She has a list of other jobs for him to do around their house, like...

Hello All, First of all, I'm proud to announce some exciting new features that will coming out in Hopin' Diary version Eight Point Oh! Over the years, I realize that I've made minor missteps here and there, and perhaps the Hopin' Diary site isn't as friendly as it could be. In version Eight Point Oh!, I aim to fix those design errors! (I'm skipping the number seven because my beloved dog...

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