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  • Frank Herbert graduated from North Salem High School right here in Oregon's capital-they didnt even realize it until a student did some research a couple years back...
  • So, anybody ever read the oz series, or have we all just seen the movie? Thats all i knew until i recently got a roommate who loves the books and turned me onto them-dozens of books, with fascinating chareters, ranging far beyond the judy garland mo…
  • Im going to try and start cutting back-im tirred of being sick again from drinking, i go thru my most emotional phases when im drunk-gonna try and limit myself to maybe 3 beers at home (no more bars-the stale air is playing havoc with my complexion …
  • well up and down as usual-at one point last niute was in a fetal postion on th kitchen floor bawling my eyes out...drunk of course-but today got to tell acouple more friends about my situation and the more folks who hear my side the more likely some…
  • maybe i can tie in my recent situation with this...the boy ive raised as my own for 6 years was taken away by social services-since then we've been allowed no contact with each other, and ive had just one conversation with anyone in social services,…
  • again im truly glad meds and rehab work for anyone but i just feel that if i chemically alter my brain so as not to feel sad over a true tradgedy like this, im fooling myself-its like painting a sunshine on my window when it s raining out...i might…
  • leslie im so sorry for bringing this up and opening old wounds-it smacks of drama and posturing and whining for me to come on here and say such things-but i can live no other way except with complete honesty and openness-i am not a suicide freak, it…
  • nothing new this week-just more and more pain, doing almost nothing but drinking and thinking of suicide..i mean, i clean house, pay bills, mow the lawn, walk the dog, eat, take baths but its like im in a daze...just so tired and i cant bear this mu…
  • taocow has it all: beauty, brains, and a sense of humor...
  • well, it started as a mentor prgram thru the school that i just lept going and building on as the years went on, because i liked his company and i saw myself doing good for the boy-his folks didnt mind as it freed them to do their own thing and i pr…
  • im so goddamn lonely without him i dont know what to do-i spend 90% of my time alone or talking to the dog-we've grown very close...im on admin leave at work-which is a paid suspension where i have t stay home all day-its my 'work station'-while the…
  • im floating along in the river just fine, and people start throwing rocks at me...what do i do now...?
  • btw, i take shoalin kempo-a mix of karate, kung fu, judo& jui jitsu, plus whatever the teachers have studied that week...the head of our schools master robert pearlswig is one of only 96 people in america officially certified at 8th degree black…
  • whatever works for you, to each his own, and i really mean that-thats been my motto thru life, i think, do your own thing, make your own kind of music, thats how ive managd to have friends who were arayan nation and others who who black muslims, som…
  • thanx lynn, i do appreciate your concern and comments-im just not a fan of aa and never will be-so many people are pushing me to take meds, go to more counseling, etc to deal with my current problems-im not a joiner, not a meddie-i mostly just think…
  • well, more proof that what ive said before is true: dont get on the internet when you've been drinking...i know better-just like when i used to get on the phone and call friends i hadnt spoken to in years-middle of the night, folks love that...anywa…
  • i dont know any of y'alls history with booze, but the lady bottle and i are quite well acquainted, and though we've been apart 6 + years, we've recently reestablished our relationship..in times of trouble old friends can be helpful...or disastrous..…
  • thanx...this too shall pass...dont care about any of it except seeing my kid again...everything else is just ripples in the pond...
  • how do i deal with stress? theres the question of the month...the answer is not very well-just in the last couple of weeks, ive lost my kid, my job, been to a shrink and a doctor for stress and got interviwed by cops today and may face charges for m…
  • blogs are a harsh mistress-difficult to maintain-trying a couple of my own made me appreciate kyle's efforts here more...
    in Hi there Comment by Buddy1 March 2006
  • as long as you're doing something, exercise-wise, youre ahead of the game...
  • like most people, and homer simpson, i seldom pray unless my plane is going down in flames-mostly i pray to take myself out of the moment, to recognize that im not in charge, not the boss of everything... ive always liked the saying 'every prayer i…
  • im way late on offering my 2 cents, and i apologize foir that-from 16 years of working in juvy corrctions, and having raised an at risk child as my own flesh and blood for the last 6, i have a few ideas of what works-its fairly simple-be hard but fa…
  • very well done blog-well worth a look-i'll try and be a regular (and clean and constructuve) visitor. wishing you a peaceful journey
    in Hi there Comment by Buddy1 March 2006
  • yeah, grief develops the mind...or is it soul? anyway, the counselor told me im grieving, which sounds so final-but in a way, no matter what the outcome, something has ended...every new beginning is some other beginnings end (in times of trouble, so…
  • thank you both for reading and caring-i'll think on what you wrote carl, really i need to use this time to explore my buddhist / taoist being-failing miserably thus far... and i apologize for my atrocious spelling in that last post-i've been dist…
  • life is working me over these days-sorry i havent written more often and sorry when i do its this 'poor me, look how im not handling lifes trials and tribulations' sort of post... some of you know that for the last 6 years i've been raising a boy, …
  • most amazing martial artist ever-though his standing among the MA community has suffered of late (jealousy, me thinks) i believe in the end his rep will rise again and last forever. I especially love reading about his various workout routines-base …
  • yeah, stay away from those Sheboygan Buddhists-they're just trouble. welcome-great start on here-keep it up.
    in Newbie Comment by Buddy1 February 2006
  • lovin havin lil pablo around-goes with us most evrywhere, usually riding along inside one of our coats-everyone at work and the dojo is crazy about him-and hes about 3/4 housetrained now...sleeps like a log-anytime of the day, which is a must since …