Donne with Death's blog

In July, Nebraska passed a law that would allow parents to drop off their unwanted infants at a safe and secure location like a hospital or police station, no questions asked. Since then, the state has accepted 21 kids, three of them from out of state. Not one of them has been an infant.  Read More »

“You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. You were to bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness.”

Obi-Wan Kenobi was sadly mistaken when he yelled in anguish to his fallen brother. Not because Anakin was not the Chosen One, but because of a universal misunderstanding of the Force. The Force is neither light nor dark, but a natural balance between the two. Anakin Skywalker was not the Chosen One because of the level of midichlorians flowing through his blood, but because he was the Force’s physical manifestation of that balance.  Read More »

Before I can effectively end my self-imposed solitude and once again educate the masses, I must first define what I mean by convergence. I define it as the consolidation of power over several desired media. For example, Time Warner Cable now offers services in internet connections, phone connections, and cable television, all of which used to be run by several different companies.  Read More »

It was while I was driving home from work, rocking out to the Beatles. All of the sudden, a painful bright light shown in my eyes like a slap to the face. My vision cleared, and it was then that I realized that it really was a slap to the face. An abnormally small newspaper had taken that very opportunity to fly through my open window and try to ram its pages up my nose.  Read More »

Nothing scares the hell out of me more than the idea of being trapped in
lockstep living. I can't stand knowing that my major may lead me to a life of
repetitive boredom. I quit my old job in childcare to work in a garden and now I've
gone and changed both my major and desired college. I thought I wanted a degree  Read More »

Did you know you can get 5 points just for rating a post? You did? Then why the hell don't you rate?  Read More »

I go to community college, so I have the extreme pleasure of having only to pay $20/unit. At 18 units a semester, that's only $720 every year. Isn't beautiful? But I can only bask in this awesomeness for another semester and a half, because next year I go to a "real" college.  Read More »

Yesterday, I saw the greatest movie of our generation: Shoot 'Em Up. It
had no character development, corny dialogue, and absolutely no
plot, "thin as tissue paper" as one critic called it. But not once did
that bother me.  Read More »