Mixed Moss

What do you fear, My Lady? A cage. To live behind bars until use and old-age accept them, and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.

 Inspired by a post entitled “Labor Day in February: When Our Work Matters” by parke on his blog, Tales by the Fire.
 A couple of years back there was a billboard advertising a mini-van and the tagline was, “What idiot coined the phrase ‘Stay-at-home Mom’?â€? And this, in my experience is true on many levels. Do […]

Everybody likes freedom. Or if not, then the US was founded by some pretty confused people (which I suppose, considering that slavery was still extant some eighty or ninety years later, is arguable).
My buddy Steve posted on the “Uncharted” section of his blog a simple question: “Do you think there is one person we are […]

Everybody likes freedom. Or if not, then the US was founded by some pretty confused people (which I suppose, considering that slavery was still extant some eighty or ninety years later, is arguable).
My buddy Steve posted on the “Uncharted” section of his blog a simple question: “Do you think there is one person […]

Colorado biathletes are inseparable
By ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Sports Writer
CESANA, Italy (AP) — About the only difference between biathletes Lanny and Tracy Barnes is their bib numbers.
The 23-year-old identical twins from Durango, Colo., have shooting and skiing styles that are nearly indistinguishable to the casual observer — and often to their coaches, as well.
And, […]

I know a secret. And it’s a nice one.
Don’t worry, I’ll tell you all soon.

Source: The Globe and Mail
02/20/2006
BLAGOVESHCHENSK, RUSSIA — The four days of terror in Blagoveshchensk
should have been unforgettable. A small army of police and
special-forces soldiers swept through this central Russian town from Dec. 10 to Dec.
14, 2004, arresting and beating hundreds of people.
One man remembers standing with his head against a wall for four hours
in the […]

Yesterday’s “Funniest Blog Quote of the Day” award goes to Phil, for the following quote from the post Ask Me About Shoes on his blog Phil’s Phworld:
“It’s that unique blend of trendyness and facist overtones which makes the fashion industry what it is, I feel.”
Check out his blog at the left under “I Wonder as […]

The other day my mom came down to where I work and took me out to lunch. She had never seen the street the office is on before; and it has been a few years since she’d driven through Over-the-Rhine, so I knew it was going to come as a shock to her.
Why is it […]

To love without fear. Why is this simple thing so hard? I don’t think of myself as a coward; I don’t think of myself as weak. So why do I have so much trouble finding the strength to face the truth; the courage to wear my heart on my sleeve? I’m not talking about just […]