Stumbled across an interesting article on the web tonight. It’s a translated copy of a recent letter Osama Bin Laden wrote entitled “Letter to the American people”. While I can’t say I agree with everything he has to say, mainly the religious elements, there’s a lot of it (especially the latter parts) that I feel the American public stands to be better educated about. The fact that this didn’t show up in the mainstream news is rather disturbing and to me shows you where their priorities lie.
Welcome To Shared Stuff
Hi, and welcome to Shared Stuff! This is a new section of the website where I put up random interesting tidbits of whatever I find in my daily travels. Perhaps it will be an interesting link to a webpage, or a thought, or something of someone else’s that struck my fancy. Hopefully you the visitor will find this of value, but if not, I’ve amused myself and in the end hasn’t that been the whole purpose of this website? :)
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Was wondering if anyone is getting popup ads when the visit this site. Been hearing from a person or two that they are getting some and they are rather ugly ones at that.
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A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
You called me last night
And I didn’t know what was up
But you didn’t sound all right
So we talked of things we did
Since we last conversed
And future happenenings we wanted
You told me what was wrong
And we talked about handling it
As well as what you could do to get along
And I just wanted to say
Thanks for thinking of me
When you needed someome to call yesterday
No One Holds Me Back But Me
I know it’s a lie
But I just can’t break free
This one idea
Has so shaped my reality
It holds me back
At everything I do
I wish I could see
What I need to do to break through
It’s a notion that I’ve had
For as long as I’ve been breathing
The idea of feeling a certain way
That lets you know you are something
That when you obtain that goal
You’ll know because you’ll feel a way
That says I am this or I am that
Something I still believe today
Is it simply a perception
Or a lack of confidence
An outcome from my raising
A chink in my self-confidence
A character flaw I’d love to correct
But alas no effort I direct
To fix this problem of mine
Perhaps today I’ll make the time
Awakening To The Thought Of You
I never noticed it before
But it started last Saturday night
Just when I least expected it
I saw a spark in you
Maybe I saw a side
I hadn’t seen before
Or something just clicked
But whatever it was
I’m glad for it
Sitting there last night
Talking with you was a delight
I didn’t want to go
And when I’ll see you again I don’t know
Irony Is The Spice Of Life
Here’s a nice little poem about the heart, sorta. It’s kinda about how I asked one of my friends out once upon a time, and how now that friend is looking for someone in the same way I looked for her you could say. Just kinda seemed ironically amusing I guess, anyway, poem time!
It happened a while ago
And though I didn’t at the time
I kind of remember it fondly now
How I looked for someone who
I thought would complement and complete me
I thought I found that in you
But it apparnetly wasn’t to be
And it doesn’t make me angry
Just had to know I guess
To prevent some later stress
And now I see you’re looking for someone
The same way it was for me
And I’d like to think
That maybe someday
You might think of me that way
Up, Down And All Around
Here’s a new poem about a friend of mine who I haven’t been as close to of late as I’d like. She’s been having a really hard time the last couple of years, and it seems like our friendship isn’t as close as it used to be. It’s kind of distressing to me to not to be able to help as I once might have been able to, especially since it seems this friend is on a course to self-destruction. Anyway, here it is…
I try to get a gauge for how you’re doing
But you won’t let me in
We used to be really good friends
But now that relationship seems really thin
I see you slowly going down
Like a sinking ship run aground
I want to understand why
But those feelings you hide
I know you’ve had it rough
And it hasn’t helped at all
You know your problems
And what to do
But still you take the fall
If you aren’t strong enough
To do what you know
You need to do
Then look to me
For getting you
On you feet again
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun?
So it’s been a while since I last posted. A lot has gone in in the last month or so. Comings and goings, people coming back in and out of life, all of these fun things.
I’ve spent a good bit of time with Gimp lately, and it’s been a blast to spend some time with him again. It’s also nice to be able to have a friend to reassure you of certain things that sometimes others can’t do. It’s been a big moral booster. It also makes me wish I had spent more time with him in the past, that I hadn’t let our friendship go so lax after rooming together. But all in all I’m glad that he’s understanding. You rock Gimp!
Layoffs really suck. Lots of people where I work got laid off recently, including some good friends and it’s just not the same anymore. It kinda makes me wonder about my future there, and what I want to do. I’ve never really had career goals, I’ve just been lucky to get where I am and lived it day to day. It’s been an extremely rewarding experience and I’ve learned a lot. But still it makes me begin to think of what I want out of a career or life in general for that matter. And I can’t say I’ve really had any goals of my own, just obsticles I know I’ve had to complete somehow to get to a job. Now I’ve got to think of what I want to do, and what exactly I want out of this life.
UnixPunx Benefit Show
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a part of the UnixPunx crew. Basically we’re a bunch of punks who are into Unix or Unix like operating systems. You can get more info here. We’re having a benefit show this Sunday, April 14th. The info is on that site link above, so check it out and help us support the cause!