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Archive for October, 2007

what to do when you’re about to die

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I’m kinda drunk, so I’ll be brief.
I was sitting with my wife, watching some TV. Some of the hot chicks on there asked that question:
What would you do, right now, if you knew that you were going to die?
Well, that’s a good question. Because I’m going to die.
Not today or tomorrow, I hope. But eventually.
Birth [...]

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violent past

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

I almost killed a man with my hands.
Not today. Not recently. Hell, it wasn’t even this century.
It’s really just a distant memory.
Well, it was. Until recently.
I started at the end. Let me backtrack a bit…
I grew up with violence. I wasn’t beaten to an abnormal extent or anything. Neither of my parents were abusive. But [...]

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bureacracy is stupid

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

How’s that for a working title?
Do I even need to write anything else?
Well I’m going to anyway.
Let’s start with what a bureaucracy is shall we?
bu·reau·cra·cy
Pronunciation: byu-’rä-kr&-sE, by&-, by&r-’ä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cies
Etymology: French bureaucratie, from bureau + -cratie -cracy
1 a : a body of nonelective government officials b : an administrative policy-making group
2 : government characterized by specialization of [...]

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