Folks

People may rape each other, and fuck the earth with oil spills, be racist, hate truth, love lies, kill things for no reason, and generally engage in acts of savagery and barbarism, but when you meet them, get to know their lovers, have a drink or two, find out what they fear and desire and are desperate not to be, you can't help but like them.

That's how I feel anyway.

The need to feel

Is it this bitter wind,
That blows in from the south,
That strips our skin and flesh,
Eats our hearts, livers, lungs
Or is it only sensation?

Do worms feast upon us, as we writhe?
Or is it just us, pretending we feel them?
Is there truth to pain,
Or do we make our own?

Is it joy that brings sunshine to us?
Or does the sun rise first?
And if the sun rises first,
Why feel joy at all?

Is it loneliness that shakes us?
Or is just that we need people to work?
And if we aren't really lonely,
Why do we shake?

Do we lust because we like to?
Or do we lust because not to means death?
Are we driven by desire?
or are we driven by species wide desire for preservation?

Are we greatest of apes,
Gods of our world?
Or are we wooden puppets, dancing on string?

Invest In Science

"Sarah Palin has repeatedly stated that she wishes to see creationism taught in our schools. I believe that every Christian (and indeed every American) should be opposed to this. What science has taught us does not invalidate religious faith, and to those evangelical Christians who believe otherwise, I would respectfully say that you are placing too much faith in the power of science. Not that science isn’t powerful: We now know, thanks to rational thought and the testing of hypotheses, that evolution was the driving force behind the breathtaking diversity of life in the world. And we know that the earth has existed far longer than we have. Science has given so much to the experience of being a creature on this planet. But it does not render our spiritual lives irrelevant.

The anti-intellecutalism that has become the hallmark of religious conservatism in contemporary Christianity (and many other religions) will only set us back–not only economically and politically but also spiritually. We must invest in science; we must teach our children the scientific method; we must share with them the myriad discoveries that the scientific method has brought us. And we must do all of these things in classrooms that are in the business of teaching children how to learn, and not in the business of teaching that faith in God is incompatible with the intellectual rigor and creative innovation that have been the glory of our nation’s past. Christianity loses in that bargain, and so, too, does America."

- John Green

The King in the North

Not long, not long my father said
Not long shall you be ours
The Raven King knows all too well
Which are the fairest flowers

The priest was all too worldly
Though he prayed and rang his bell
The Raven King three candles lit
The priest said it was well

Her arms were all too feeble
Though she claimed to love me so
The Raven King stretched out his hand
She sighed and let me go

This land is all too shallow
It is painted on the sky
And trembles like the wind-shook rain
When the Raven King goes by

For always and for always
I pray remember me
Upon the moors, beneath the stars
With the King's wild company

- Song of the King in the North

Armpit Hair

So it's been raised times over the last couple of days among my friends. Seems to be a hot topic among us for some reason.

Apparently (stress on the apparently) some women are choosing not to shave some of their hair off their bodies. Such as legs and armpits.

I'm going to say it once,

I straight do not give a shit. I'd be a pretty crappy libertarian if I wanted to make women shave themselves. But personally, I feel a lot of women do feel more confident if they get rid of 'unsightly' body hair, put on make up, and all that flim-flam.

When I want to feel confident, I put on a fitted suit jacket. Maybe it's the same thing. If it is, go for it. If you don't want to, don't.