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I’ve seen and heard one too many ads attacking Liberal leader JustinTrudeau. Instead of trying to frighten voters with Justins plan to legalize marijuana, why not talk about your own plans to decriminalize it? I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen a whole lot of ads attacking the Conservatives. Just trying to level…
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The ongoing expressions of faith (specifically Christian) on Facebook have caught my eye again. This poem is for all those who feel obliged to tell me how great their God is. I Believe…. That’s all you need to know. There’s scads of Gods and Goddesses, Enough to go around. But when the real work needs…
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So….. I haven’t posted for a while. Somewhere along the line, I ran out of things to say. I was thinking about this the other day and decided it was time to start writing again. With nothing else to talk about, I decided to return to poetry. I find that when I write in verse,…
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There’s a story on Gawker about a man in San Antonio Texas who accidentally shot his girlfriend…. In the chest… With a shotgun. (She is apparently in stable condition now). So far, so tragic. Given that it was an accident and involved a shotgun you might be thinking hunting accident. Sadly, that was not the…
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Cue the wrathful Christians. Certain large Christian groups have already announced the end of their affiliation with the BSA. They are cutting funding, and actively encouraging to pull their children out of the Scouts. Apparently these people haven’t got a single clue what a Christian is supposed to be. Christians aren’t dosed to judge, they’re…
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U. S. President Barak Obama has announced an end to the “War on Terror” begun by his predecessor, then President George W. Bush. I have commented elsewhere on this blog about the futility, indeed idiocy, of a war on a concept. Finally, there is someone in the Whitehouse with enough brains to realize it. Well…
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I have passes to the advance screening of Star Trek: Into Darkness tonight… in 3D! I am incredibly excited for this… so I lost the tickets. Last night I tore my house apart… repeatedly. Still no passes. I was incredibly angry with myself. I called me all sorts of unpleasant names and stressed myself to…
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After writing 30 poems in 30 days, I gave myself some celebratory time off. Then I ran across this and had to speak up about it. Apparently Merida, the main character in the recent Pixar movie “BRAVE” is about to be inducted into the Disney Princess club. So far so good. Her father’s a king,…
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A poem about a dragon, a boy, and how not eating visiting adolescents can actually make a dragon’s life easier… also, real heroes don’t steal dragon treasure. Enjoy! The Dragon And The Boy The dragon sleeps upon his hoard Beneath a mountain old. While every town breeds heroes who Would seize the dragon’s gold. So…
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