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23:10 Sep 26 2011
Times Read: 555

I hate it when people send me messages asking if I'll friend them. I don't even add my friends as friends on here.



If we're friends, we talk, however infrequently. We connect. I don't need to add you to the Digital Database of Pals to validate that connection.



If I've never spoken a word to you, I'm not going to add you. It's as simple as that. Clicking on that little button does not make us buddies.

23:48 Sep 25 2011
Times Read: 564

For some reason or another, I am an avid fan of Dear Abby and similar advice columns. I read them frequently, and there is typically an abundance of questions involving in-laws.



I was thinking about this the other day after reading about a particularly tense issue written in to Margot or Abby or Prudence ( I can't remember which), and I realized how lucky I am in regards to Daire's parents.



Daire and I live in their home while we both attend college. Crowley, our great dane, is also a resident. While some parents might resent their son, his girlfriend, and their giant dog living with them, Daire's parents have welcomed us with open arms, asking for little in return.



They have never once made me feel like anything less than family.



Daire's mom works near where I catch my train to college, and so she drives me into Dublin almost every morning. We chat along the way, and when we part ways, she always gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek. On weekends, we'll often just sit and talk about philosophy or cooking or current events, and it's as natural as anything.



When my father and grandfather came to Ireland this past summer, it felt like a reunion more than a first-time meeting. My family and Daire's got drunk and jolly and danced to Irish pub music. There was a lot of talk about the future, and none of it involved an undertone of dread or doubt. My family was welcomed into the Lynch-family fold without any hesitation.



I'm just truly feeling fortunate after hearing so many nightmare stories of the conflict that arise between couples and their in-laws.

21:31 Sep 18 2011
Times Read: 570

A user ruined my perfect portfolio score by rating it a 1, just 'cuz. Went to her profile, and she doesn't even exist anymore.



Goddamn VR troll....

20:33 Sep 13 2011
Times Read: 580


“Interesting...If u cross North Korea border illegally, U get 12 yrs hard labor. If U cross Afghanistan border illegally, U get shot. 2 Americans just got 8 yrs 4 crossing Iranian border. If u cross U.S. border illegally u get a job, driver's license, food stamps, place to live, health care, housing & child benefits, education, & tax free business for 7 yrs. No wonder we r a country in debt! Re-post if you agree.”







This has got to be the most erroneous, ridiculous piece of trash circulating Facebook at the moment.







For a start, I am unsure what I am supposed to infer from this segment...



....Because last time I checked, North Korea was impoverished and oppressed, Afghanistan was war-torn and dangerous, and Iran was a corrupt theocratic state. Surely this blurb is not implying that these are better places to inhabit than America?



Or maybe it's meant to state that we should start shooting our immigrants. I don't know guys, what do you think? (Keep out of this, Arizona!)



Furthermore, I'm pretty sure illegal immigrants don't get such a fantastic welcome package when they cross the border. What most of them get is a swift boot up the ass sending them right back in the direction they came from.



Those who make it across without a hitch, well, guess what? Why don't we explore the cushy jobs they're supposedly entitled to? If you do your research, something that the morons who wrote and circulated this clearly failed to do, I think you'll find that illegal immigrants do not get such common luxuries as a minimum wage, reasonable work hours, medical benefits, or guaranteed job safety. And far from stealing jobs away from Americans, they do the dirty, inglorious jobs most of us would never deign to consider. Do you want to pick produce or clean hotel rooms for a living? Me neither.



And as for the supposed abundance of benefits received by the federal government....I've some news for you. The only illegal immigrants who receive these benefits are those who obtain fake social security numbers. Do you know what else illegal immigrants use these fake social security numbers for? Yes, that's right - paying taxes! It's true. A lot of illegal immigrants pay taxes.



And addressing the tax-free business proposal stated at the end of this blurb....It's an absolute myth. There is not a shred of truth to it at all.







Lastly, let us examine the two chief reasons America is in debt.



1. A complete lack of federal regulation in regard to banks and the spending habits of major corporations, leading to abuse of power, atrocious financial misconduct on every level, and the eventual collapse of the world economy.



2. A grossly disproportionate priority placed on military spending.







I think if people did their research instead of letting their indigance run away without them, maybe we could actually move towards a viable solution to our illegal immigration problem. Spouting propaganda, and even worse, sincerely believing in it, benefits no one. All it does it fuel racism.

September 11th, 2001
15:56 Sep 11 2011
Times Read: 587

This day ten years ago, I was 13, and my dad was driving me to middle school with the radio on. I didn't exactly know what the World Trade Center was, but I understood that something dire had happened.



That weekend we went to the International Fountain in Seattle. It was filled with flowers and candles and handwritten notes. I felt something that I'd never felt before, a new kind of sadness; I grew up a fraction faster that night.



Rest in Peace to all the innocents who died that day, and all the innocents who have died since, as a result of that day.

Nothing Better
20:05 Sep 03 2011
Times Read: 602

I don't think there's anything better in the world than making eye contact with a random baby and getting it smile at you.