To all those people who do not like Obama, you have a new convert.  It wasn't bad enough that he surrounded himself with the losers from Wall Street.  Or that he compounded his mistakes by watering down the health care package.  But when in the history of the United States has a President EVER nominated someone for a position in a private company?  I am, or...

As I'm sure you're all aware the United States was attacked last week by a gunman at Ft. Hood. Thirteen Americans are dead, twelve of them soldiers. The attack was carried out by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim. Obama's response to the attack has been strange at best. Several hours after the attack Obama gave a speech to a group of Indians. He opened up his speech in a light, jovial manner...

"It takes a lot of work when two people connect Thought love was a beautiful thing But it feels like a shackle around my neck Feels a lot like suffocating Hey, can someone say to me Love feels like freedom and not like slavery.." -Showbread Unbeweavable.  I noticed a status update on Facebook from an old acquaintance that shocked me.  She’s in a...

Hi folks,   Just wanted to give you a little heads-up.   November 20, every year, is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  It's the day dedicated to all the transgender folks who have been injured and died in the past because of their gender identity.  Personally, I've had a very easy transition.  I was not denied housing, I didn't lose my job or my security...

In this portion of Stillie's diary, she's going to make fun of yet another student and, most probably, real adult regular people too. She's going to talk smack about others in an attempt to make herself feel better about her life. Let's see if it works! There was this kid put out of the classroom next to me today, and I almost tripped over my feet because I was staring at him, trying to figure...

Tonight, the Commonwealth of Virginia will execute the DC Sniper by way of lethal injection. Seven years ago, I was in the middle of that mess. I was getting frantic phone calls from friends, telling me not to go home to Fredericksburg for fall break. I was picking out-of-the-way places to fill my gas tank, far away from the interstate... and I was crouching behind the trunk of my car as I...

                                 The ox never gives up In Chinese astrology, the ox is a working animal. To put it not so decorously, it's a beast of burden. People born in ox...

  The first thing that I see as I pull up the computer this morning is that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. To say that I was shocked is putting it mildly. The article indicates that he "captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future." As I have said before, I have ambivalent feelings about our president. I am, by nature, a...

So I've been here at OD for just a short time and I have discovered some things that make it hard for me to read other people's diaries. 1. black backgrounds with dark blue text 2. 4 point fonts 3. small, curly fonts 4. background pictures that conflicts with text color It's mainly the formatting choices. When I use the RANDOM button to find interesting people to bookmark and come...

It is possible an ID card may precede the microchip, though the attempt by the former Bush regime to impose an ID card is getting strong opposition in the US at present. Of course a card can be lost or stolen. The solution? A microchip in the hand. Difficult to lose, eh? It's possible that fast-moving global financial events may mean a skipping of the ID card in favour of the chip. There...