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Fringe on Fringe

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 18, 2009 ⋅ One comment

An exploration on choice/action and the creation of alternate universes, as applies to the FOX show Fringe.

Life Smack – A Story Of Life and Excitement

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 11, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

Counting up the exciting moments in my life is easily accomplished on one or two hands, though I don’t expect a satisfactory agreement on what “exciting” entails. However, I do experience the occasional event in which the daily grind, which everyone experiences–even soldiers, is interrupted by the smacking sound of life hitting you upside your [...]

Engineering Desire

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 20, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

The fruit section in Ralphs is getting to be kind of confusing. There’s about fifteen hybrid fruits that combine the best or worst characteristics from plums, nectarines, tangerines, peaches, and cherries. At some point you have to wonder just what a pleacharine is supposed to taste like, because you have no frame of reference for [...]

Inmates Running The Asylum

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I was reading about Danvers State Hospital, which prompted a few thoughts. Who sinks their money into a mental hospital real estate deal, anyway? What makes someone think, Yeah, building a giant mental ward is the way to make the big bucks. I’ll just sit back and watch the profits roll in. Granted, that assumes [...]

I Dream Of Beheading

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 28, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Note to self: Drink less Coke at 11:30 at night. Not the caffeine factor. It’s been playing hell with my dreams. Last night, I dreamt, in Technicolor, that I was camping with some friends and then a crazy islander ran up with a look in his eye that meant business, and proceeded to cut off [...]

Right As Rain

By jelewis8 ⋅ January 25, 2006 ⋅ 6 comments

There is nothing in the world so withering as that lurching feeling you get just before expelling the contents of your stomach into whatever handy receptacle there is nearby. My own bout with what is either a virulent strain of the stomach flu or a severe case of Chinese food regret has laid me up [...]

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