Barack Obama is tearing me apart!
It's not so damn simple for me as it is for others... Obama is neither the Savior Saint* nor the Devil. Yet many seem to want it to be that way. One side would have Obama hailed as a visionary,...
View ArticleIn Defense of Jane's Hamster
Let me be clear-the hamster did not chew (or poo) on a photograph of President Barack Obama with malicious intent. It just discovered the photo within reach of its tiny paws through the bars of its...
View ArticleI can't own a gun.
Has nothing to do with the law, I've got a clean record. I can afford a gun, so that is not it. I've been to shooting ranges on several occasions and apparently I'm a decent shot. I have friends who...
View ArticleAtheism To Faith
I assume, since it is okay to share one's personal journey from faith to atheism, that it's okay to describe the reverse?I was an atheist at one point in my life. I had reached a point where I...
View ArticleMurder-Suicide: Why?
You’ve all heard this story before: man comes home, shoots and kills wife/girlfriend, shoots and kills her kids and then shoots and kills himself. Happens all the damn time, all over the damn country....
View ArticleSick of Guns Rant
I'm fucking sick of guns.I keep hearing bullshit from pro-gun fans about how if the laws regarding firearms were relaxed more people would carry guns and therefore we would all be safer because an...
View ArticleWhy Do Unions Have Such Negative Images?
Living in Texas and Colorado, I have had limited experience with unions. Almost every job I have ever had has been non-union and the one job I had that was union, I did not join (that was when I was...
View ArticleApology and Commentary on Depression
Earlier today, in a diary that made its way to the rec list, I said something that was very stupid and selfish.It was one of those moments in life where I regretted hitting post the moment I did. That...
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I Need Help With My Dog.
No politics here. I need help with my dog.This is him: Buzz. He came with that name when my ex-wife and I adopted him in spring of 2001. All we knew about him was that he was about a year and half old...
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I Need Help With My Dog Part II - THANK YOU!
Yesterday I posted a diary about my dog Buzz and the sudden destructive behaviors and running away he was doing. I awoke this morning and was very happy to find over a hundred comments and suggestions...
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Need Help With My Dog Part III
I have a vet appointment in three hours. I think this is goodbye for my Buzz. I am putting him to sleep.I don't know what else to do. Physically he is perfectly healthy. But something is wrong,...
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Need Help With My Dog Part IV: Long Goodbye
Well, I took my dog to the vet last night and spent almost an hour and a half talking with her about what was going on, my options, treatments, medications, behavior specialists and then dementia.Buzz...
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Need Help With My Dog Part V: The End
Today I took Buzz to the vet and he crossed the Rainbow Bridge.Buzz at the vet about two weeks ago. The band around his leg is where he was shaved by the emergency vet for the IV.There are lots of...
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Okaciyap (We Help) Food Pantry
So it's a Friday night and I am wondering what to do... I know, how about I try to raise funds for the new food pantry on the Cheyenne River Reservation!Why? Because:This is how Georgia Little Shield,...
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Psst! Wanna do something good today?
Ever been hungry for more than a day? Had to choose between food and medication? Or food and rent?Care to help some folks in that situation make their lives a little better, a little more bearable?Of...
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I've never had to go hungry in my life...
I take it for granted... when I am hungry I go get food from the kitchen, from the store, from a restaurant. Oh, I've had to make choices... there were times when it was peanut butter or ramen noodles...
View Article$250 to donate; who should I give it to?
I've not put money into the elections so far but today I have $250 to donate and I'm doing it in $50 increments. $50 goes to Obama, $50 goes to Elizabeth Warren. That leaves $150 to be divided among...
View ArticleDallas Area Kossacks Meetup March 21st!
Dallas Kossocks are having a meet up this Friday, March 21st at 7PM. The location is Cafe Brazil in Richardson. For your GPS the address is: 2071 N. Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080.Come on...
View ArticleDallas Area Kossacks Meet Up Tomorrow Night!
Dallas Kossocks are having a meet up this Friday, March 21st at 7PM. The location is Cafe Brazil in Richardson. For your GPS the address is: 2071 N. Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080.Come on...
View ArticleA brief history of my fight against depression
I’ve been asked about my depression so I wrote this up. Basically it is about depression, how I have tried to alleviate it, what has worked and what hasn’t. And it includes a solicitation for...
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