October 2011
10 posts
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via gnostix1)
Will this be the week?
I keep on telling myself I’m over the hump of crazy, ridiculous, stressful events, and then something else comes through the shoot.
First it was being done with my committee meeting in August. Then surviving a wedding in a hurricane whilst throwing and planning about 10 orientation events for 6000 people. (This combination almost killed me.) Then it was making it through my conference...
Topeka Decriminalizes Domestic Violence
Three arms of government, all ostensibly representing the same people, have been at an impasse over who should be responsible for — and pay for — prosecuting people accused of misdemeanor cases of domestic violence.
City leaders had blamed the Shawnee County district attorney for handing off such cases to the city without warning. The district attorney, in turn, said he was forced to not...
What Is Wrong With Morning People? →
Who actually likes going for a six a.m. run? Who hears that alarm clock go off and think, “Screw getting an extra hour of sleep! I’m gonna go outside in the freezing rain and wear my poor, poor knees down repeatedly against the unforgiving pavement! YES!” I refuse to accept that this an actual human impulse for some. It’s just too absurd, too cruel, too masochistic. Maybe that’s it. Maybe...
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