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Fulcrum Ruminations: November 2005

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Saturday, November 19, 2005. Un Bee. Leave. A. Bull. A splendid example of why politicians are all idiots. In a transparently political move, the Republicans in Congress introduced a bill for the immediate pull-out of troops from Iraq. Obviously done to force the hands of the Democrats, and in a twisted sort of way understandable as a political gambit, this shameful display nevertheless equates to a stab in the back to our deployed forces. Troop-withdrawal bill is put up, but still . . . And now this hor...

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Fulcrum Ruminations: Motivations and Cogitations

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Saturday, January 03, 2015. Hiya blogosphere. Been a long time, innit? Almost two years since the last entry. This effort has pretty much gone off the rails. After the death of my wife and the Persephone affair, it's just not seemed important. Other projects were consuming my writing time. Short stories. Journaling. Working on my novels. After six years of irregular effort. And the one major novel I've concentrated on is up over 10,000 words, which is barely a tenth of the way finished. Trey Garrison - P...

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Fulcrum Ruminations: Faith II

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Sunday, September 02, 2012. In a way that's good. Keeps me busy, stops me from dwelling too much on the loss I've endured. It still hits me all the time. Walking out of work, going grocery shopping, and biggest of all, going to bed at night. Alone. She makes me feel . . . good. Symmetry rules the universe, gentle reader. Nothing is taken away without something being given back. There is no pain without relief. The night ends with the sunrise. I think I've seen the dawn. Posted by Lanz at 7:06 PM. Best da...

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Fulcrum Ruminations: August 2005

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Saturday, August 27, 2005. A Fulcrum so Black . . . My online friend Generik. Has posted a link in his blog to a website with brutally explicit photos. This is one of the ways in which people of this particular mindset demonstrate that they don't really understand war. In order for a soldier to overcome the very human tendency against murder, he has to dehumanize his enemy. It's all right to kill them. Because they're not real people. Not by the standards of a placid "think of the children" society where...

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Fulcrum Ruminations: May 2005

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Tuesday, May 31, 2005. Orson Scott Card Speaks. Here's something I came across on Wordforge. Originally Posted by Orson Scott Card. The Riots of the Faithful. So Newsweek prints an uncorroborated allegation about American interrogators flushing Qurans down the toilet in order to get fanatical Muslim prisoners to talk, and there's rioting and death all over the Muslim world. There are several lessons to be learned from this incident, some trivial, some quite important. Though we need to restore a reasonab...

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Fulcrum Ruminations: Year of Hell

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Saturday, January 19, 2013. One year ago today, almost to the minute, I got the word that my dear wife had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. I was in New York at the time. It's not been a great year since then. Grief, mourning, unexpected bursts of tears. A seemingly unending stream of details to address, things that needed to be done. To be blunt, my life has sucked. Thanks for standing by me. Posted by Lanz at 11:59 AM. Links to this post:. Virginia, United States. Nah I'd rather remain mysterious.

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Fulcrum Ruminations: September 2005

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Monday, September 19, 2005. I wasn't going to post for a couple days . . . getting married plays all sorts of havoc with your internet time . . . but I got this in email and it's worth a read. I haven't checked the authenticity. If it's a fake, I'm sure someone will let me know. Oh, and don't pay too much attention to the paens to Bush. I was more taken with the contrasting views on Canadian vs American disaster response capabilities. A bit more objectivity than we get from our own press and politicians.

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Fulcrum Ruminations: I Don't Care

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Thursday, October 13, 2011. Don't Ask Don't Tell has now joined many other forms of official discrimination on the ash heap of history. About time. Nonsense like that never serves a useful purpose, it simply reveals the ignorance of humanity. For people to be sorted into these little boxes, so that they know their place . . . er, I mean, can be tracked for signs of possible discriminatory practices. But don't bother me with it. Because I Don't Care. I have friends who fall into all of these groups, you s...

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Fulcrum Ruminations: Faith

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Sometimes life just up and punches you in the gut, leaving you gasping and crying on the floor with nothing to do but endure. The only medicine for it is time. Time flows like a river, and it carries you away from the pain. You'll always feel it, but it gets smaller and easier to deal with as the distance increases. Some of you who read my blog have no faith. You, my friends, live in a cold and empty place. You deride and belittle those of us who see the connection to s...A Dec...