January 2012
11 posts
"Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled...
“SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT … If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 yrs. hard labor. If you cross the Afghanistan border illegally, you get shot. Two Americans just got eight years… for crossing the Iranian border. If you cross the U.S. Border illegally you get a job, a drivers license, food stamps, a place to live, health care, housing & child benefits,...
So This Little Boy Just Died
And you guys don’t need to know who he was.
But I’ve been thinking about his friends a lot, since I heard.
And I hope they never get angry.
You know, because how it really works, is you’re in shock. Then you’re sad. And then you’re angry.
And it’s not like I don’t think these kids have a right to be angry. I don’t want them to be angry,...
Now here's something inspirational
Many many moons ago, when I worked at a liquor store in Woburn, this guy came in who I had never seen before, and haven’t seen since.
This was unusual, because most of my customers were regulars, and I knew them all on a first name basis. But that fact is not terribly important.
But this guy was buying a lottery ticket. And probably alcohol, but I only remember the lottery ticket. And...
I'm going to rant now
You don’t get to tell me you love me. You just don’t. I have absolutely no room in my life for you to love me. You have no right to demand anything from me.
And here’s why.
Five years ago I would have dropped everything I was doing and followed you anywhere. And you took advantage of that.
You came in and out of my life like it was nothing, and every single time you...
“You should date an illiterate girl.
Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in...”
– Charles Warnke (via sixteeth)