MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: ‘Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, 5 But being too happy in thine happiness, That thou, […]
Poem of the Day: Ode to a Nightingale (John Keats) Read More »
Two simple rules that everyone should remember: 1) Never become somebody that everyone else will hate. 2) Never try to be somebody that everyone else will like.
Details here. Yikes. If you’re one of my Houston-area friends and see this, I hope you’re evacuated and safe!
Houston Under Mandatory Evacuation Order Read More »
This world has some very, very sad things in it. My God, how we have screwed it up.
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I’ve been saying for years, now, that $4/gallon gasoline is an inevitability in the United States. Between the fragility of global oil production, the popularity of gas-guzzlers and the fondness of legislators of tacking on all sorts of gas taxes, it is bound to happen. Well, it looks like it’s happening a few months earlier
$4 Gasoline – Coming Soon, to a Pump Near You Read More »