Tag: writing
member name: Rick McGirr
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March 31, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
Alone forever?
Standing on the dock
My voice echoes in black sky
And travels to stars
Dogs within two miles
Can hear my cry in the night
The sky hears nothing . . . more
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May 18, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
I have been inspired by Berf, to write at length about my attitudes towards gay people. What started as a simple comment to Berf's article, turned into an expose of my feelings and how I came . . . more
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August 30, 2006 11:59 AM EDT --
Thanks for creating this group. I'm in need of some advice or info that will help me enter the post-50 portion of life with more grace and less pain.
It's appropriate that I title . . . more
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November 19, 2006 10:59 AM EST --
Ow? Are you hurt? Oh.
I thought you were hurt.
Yeah, that was funny.
I didn't mean to laugh at your pain, no.
No, I just thought you said, "Ow"
Before anything happened. . . . more
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August 29, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Hi, all. This is a delusional diatribe, a set of rambling ruminations, an overtly over-generalized overview, a plaintive, pontificating plethora of thoughts about my generation of . . . more
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December 10, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
How do we ensure...
that we are not dragged into another unjust war?
that the anti-establishment clause of the constitution is upheld?
that all religious groups will be treated equally?
that . . . more
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September 26, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
This article is in response to a question posed on August 17th by Troy Stouffer, who publishes regularly on Gather under the moniker, Cacoethes Scribendi. In an article dated Mr. Stouffer asked, . . . more
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October 04, 2006 02:03 PM EDT --
Why No Push To Remove Bush?
Lately, we see more and more cracks in the moralistic, patriotic façade of the policy makers. We also see people in the media one by one start to realize . . . more
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April 12, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
I hope you'll take the time to fill yourselves in on the real meaning behind the hot-button quotes with which the Fox network and other fascist media in this country have tried to make it . . . more
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February 14, 2007 11:28 AM EST --
My Soul Knows
That in this world, my love, have ever been,
The pairs that make you say, “A perfect match!”
When holding such examples to the rest
And to our love, which still defies . . . more
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September 11, 2006 07:37 PM EDT --
I'm not budging
No appeals to fear
Will sway my dogged determination
To seek what is right...
Beliefs
I believe
Give me space
Time for one cleansing load of air...
The game . . . more
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September 27, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
"Persnickety" is a word that has been coming up in conversation more often. I accused the drummer in my band of being persnickety because he is always attending to detail, sometimes to . . . more
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July 04, 2006 01:23 PM EDT --
Some random musings in honor of the 4th of July, 2006…
Can yesterday fulfill?
Can tomorrow sanctify?
If time is a dimension
What is I?
People who favor a strong military have . . . more
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June 03, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
Well, now that I’ve succeeded in solving the mystery of the Ultimate Question, I have a new problem!
“I can’t believe it,” you say. “What can possibly be the . . . more
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September 29, 2006 10:28 AM EDT --
Hello, Whatchamacallits! I'm sure you word-hobbyists will love these two books.
I was amazed when my mom referred to an aide at her home, whom she didn't care for, as a "flibberty-gibbet"! . . . more
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March 29, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
A series of haiku, pondering our state and our fate...
Alone forever?
Standing on the dock
My voice echoes in black sky
And travels to stars
Dogs within . . . more
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January 15, 2008 11:07 AM EST --
Chech out Bill Moyers' interview with two think tank members, one on the left, one on the right, both with credentials enough. What's remarkable is that the representative of the right wing . . . more
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November 29, 2006 11:37 AM EST --
Global warming? Doesn't bother me. Racially motivated police killings? Everyday news. Starvation on a planetary scale? I'll try to remember to donate online. . . . more
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May 12, 2006 01:09 PM EDT --
WHAT
"So I had the whole place to myself," I said. She reacted as if I had called her a failure. Even though this was a little corner cafe, the waitress, also the owner, . . . more
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September 28, 2006 12:58 PM EDT --
Gather 'round the campfire, folks, and sing this tune together, to the tune of "Home On The Range"...
Oh give me a home where the skeptical roam
Where it's good to ask questions all . . . more
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