April 2007

On childhood beliefs.

April 26, 2007

A friend sent me a link to a website called Iusedtobelieve.com, which features a collection of the amusing things people believed when they were children—e.g., thunder is God bowling, it’s rude to breathe as you pass a cemetery, Bloody Mary can be summoned from a mirror at midnight. My favorite thus far is from a person [...]

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“Nothing happened to me… I happened.”

April 17, 2007

“…I think you can provide some insight and advance this study.” “And what possible reason could I have to do that?” “Curiosity.” “About what?” “About why you’re here. About what happened to you.” “Nothing happened to me, Officer Starling. I happened. You can’t reduce me to a set of influences. You’ve given up good and evil [...]

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Poor, poor Klara.

April 10, 2007

SPOILER ALERT: The following paragraph gives away important plot points from an early-1990s television program—not that that many people would be in a rush to figure out which show, track down copies of said show, watch it, and then have it ruined by having read this. Nonetheless, I feel compelled to give any such people [...]

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It is good to be remembered.

April 2, 2007

As I drove home along I-95 a few weeks ago, a small white car was getting a little too close to the ‘Rolla for my taste. I glanced over and saw that there were three or four young punks in said car, having a good ol’ time, waving their arms around while driving like maniacs [...]

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