Search For Change It wasn’t long before they found her. She had been hiding among the tall trees on the other side of town and she offered no resistance when they reached for her. They hauled her out, one on each side of her. Iron hands gripped her arms, bills floating dreamily from her pockets and now untucked shirt. Nearby, the baby wailed, and she strained to catch a glimpse of one of the officers trying to soothe him while at the same time checking him for signs of harm. It wasn’t s...

Sometimes I don't know why I even bother reading some of the articles here at JoeUser. I know it's going to piss me off before even reading the damned blog, but like a sucker for punishment, I go ahead and do it anyway. You know, I'm pretty much like that in life as well. I remain friends with people who, while I care for deeply, seem to annoy me deeply as well. Not enough to toss the friendship, but just enough to not to want to spend too much time with them, every single day. Some...

I'm not going to kid myself by trying to think that I'm some great athelete. I play b-ball once a week in the winters, two - three times a week in the summer and that's mostly it. Yeah, once in awhile I start up on weight training for a couple of weeks, but I find that to be pretty boring stuff. I swim daily in the summer, but it's not as aerobically-intense (considering I'm a big fan of the run in, get wet, run back out and tan- style swimmer.) So, a couple of days ago, I started running....

My CrapComputer is just that... a piece of shit. It's a P1 16 M waste of electronic hardware in today's age of technology. I get booted often from other websites... this old thing just can't handle a whole lot of graphics. And forget about downloading things from the Net... it just won't do it. Now, there are many things on my lists of Must Haves... I must have a new car, I must have a washer/dryer instead of lugging all our laundry over the the laundromat or my parents' place. Neither ...

The Urban-Faery recently posted an interesting article concerning The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler. The celebration of vaginas is not pornographic, not lesbian, and certainly not worth over 80 related posts that literally has nothing to do with The Vagina Monologues at all. Instead, Urban-Faery's blog spiralled down into inanity simply because of one other's particular and uninformed comments. Even admitting that he hadn't even read the play (just a review) he continued to ...

Yes, I am a person with habits. Nothing too weird, or unmentionable, but habits nonetheless. Whenever I find a stray hair elastic or barrette around the house, instead of putting it away, I either pocket it, or worse, put it in my hair. Not necessarily properly either. One more than one ocassion, I have walked out of the house with a lone ponytail coming from the top of my head. Likewise, I have had cheap, plastic barrettes holding back my hair and no one even bothers to point it out. I g...

I've decided to change my links around a bit. The blogs that I've taken off my list, I still read regularly, but if referrals is a good way to let other people know who else is out there... I'll do my part. There are a lot of interesting blogs out there, so I think I am going to be switching it up on a more regular basis. The only problem that I do have with this, is that I have a hell of a time with the Create Custom Links section. I can regularly add links, but I can't create a new Headi...

I don't know why I can't fall asleep. I've always been this way... at least, I remember suffering from insomnia since I was about 10. It comes and it goes and 'suffering' isn't really the word now; just a part of life. My head just whirs with random thoughts, brief musical melodies, and audio blurbs of movies and tv shows watched in the past. They say that writers are often afflicted with this problem... yeah, I consider myself to be one, even though I don't make a whole lot of money at i...

JeremyG posted about the problems of Joeuser ratings, primarily questioning the validity of those who are in the top 10 and whether they deserve to be or not. Issues about content, a specific circle of responders and referrals were mentioned. I must admit that there are people in the Top Ten that I don't read... it's just not my kind of thing. When reading some of my responses, I pretty much know who is reading my stuff regularly and I think that's great. However, I don't often venture out of...

I actually wasn't partying, but I did go out Tuesday night and on Wednesday I just came to the realization that I'm not a kid anymore. I need sleep. I need recovery time. I'm just bored by the whole bar thing. I need to get a different life. I was stupidly thinking that I was back in my teens, and could go out for 2 nights in a row. No deal. I was at home, Wednesday night by 11pm. Decided to catch a movie instead and call it a night. I'm not Superman, you know. My girl went away for a cou...

Take a look at Mack's blog... I'm too lazy to go back and link it up, but it was entitled "Fed Up". You do the work. I guess I'm feeling a little "Worn Out" by this evening's (morning's?) line up of articles, and just want to write about something that doesn't have to do with politics, rights, freedoms, etc. It's funny how unsuspecting bloggers can be a part of your life. For instance, today, I thought about Dharmagrrl, and what she's been posting about lately. She's been in my tho...

My daughter is supposed to go away for a couple of days. She's supposed to stay with her grandparents for one evening then go out of town another evening to visit more relatives. And I know that I shouldn't apologize, but I was looking forward to it. Tuesday, I was going to go to play basketball with my Chicks With Balls team, and then out for a couple of pints to rehash the moves of the night. Then I was going to meet my greatest friend Mike, who is back in town for a couple of weeks. He's ...

I've just spent the past hour or so organizing a blog regarding gay marriage. I've been frustrated because my ShitComputer can't handle life in the fast lane of the demands put out by JoeUser's system. Not that I'm bitching about JoeUser, but half the time my ShitComputer punks out and I have to restart all over again. I've been a little apprehensive posting the aforementioned blog, only because I realize how my views seem to conflict with a lot of other people in our little community. I k...

There have been numerous blogs concerning same-sex marriage both for and against it. I have read these articles with great interest and sorrow. It is saddening to see the stances that some people have against it, and for the reasons that they provide to defend their position. Now, I am addressing this issue from a Canadian perspective. It is Canadian law that affects me, and I feel that I cannot wholly assert my opinion of what happens in the United States because it is not ...

Let me start out by saying that I once heard someone say (repeatedly) that people who purchase lottery tickets are simply paying a Stupidity Tax, and I am not entirely disinclined to agree. But, I would just shrug it off and walk to the cornerstore and get my ticket while picking up a pack of rolling papers for him. (Yeah, I think he was paying a Stupidity Tax as well, but he had all kinds of arguements to back that up.) I digress. So, of course I picked up a lotto ticket for tonight's 5 ...