The Woodlands Biotch

for years i saw the opening stanza, and yet had never tracked down the full text by max ehrmann before now. i’m glad i did. it speaks to me… see for yourself:
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be [...]

and when, at just a little past 4 pm, i recieved an email that no one else in the world was expecting or would ever think to see coming arrived, the first thing that popped into my mind in regards to it’s original intended recipient was: maybe, just maybe, you should have thought to worry [...]

rarely do i get nostalgic for the days of my youth. but as an avid reader of the cheezburger, the hotdog, the lolparazzi, graphjam and all things lolz, i felt the need to come up with at least one thing i could wax nostalgic about and get people to vote for.
i came up with three.
and [...]

you may have noticed a large uptick in signal lights around the woodlands. they started installing them months ago and you would think that would help.
help, what - exactly?
well, help the flippin’ idiots that, once a signal light starts flashing red instead of going through the cycles, instantly forget how to drive.
i swear. [...]

so here’s the thing; yeah, i missed a few days. not that i wasn’t around. i was. seriously! i just didn’t post. (duh)
but here’s the thing - what the #$%@ is with you people?? well, not you people, but all the freakin’ republicans around here? holy bejeezus. this is a moment in freakin’ h-i-s-t-o-r-y, people. [...]