April 9, 2004

A unique montage of pictures featuring the faces of Americans who've died in Iraq since the war began has been posted on Michael Moore's Website. Make sure you click on the Faces of the Fallen link, too.

"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."
--Frank Lloyd Wright

April 8, 2004

Amanda Booker was so desperate to have her husband murdered that she allegedly offered a hit man her wedding ring as payment. Fortunately for her spouse, the hit man was an undercover detective.

The 23-year-old Missouri wife and mother has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.

He dreads the day she first pops the question. He's come to expect it. She'll lean up against him, place her hand on his chest and look deep into his eyes. Then she'll lay it on him.

"Baby, will you hold my purse?"

--Written by Lisa Stone in The New York Times

April 5, 2004

A new Jaded Writings column has been posted. This week, I wondered if there was any goodness left in humanity.

Kelly Renee Steed - 4/6/65
Michael Twist - 4/6/72
Sheila Ann Manuel-Coggins - 4/6/74

April 4, 2004

Two people were arrested and 11 students suspended after a shoving match escalated into a melee last Thursday at Woodlawn High School in Woodlawn Md. The confrontation occurred at an assembly meant to teach the students about ... wait for it ... anger management.

"When it comes to practicing good ethics, saying no to a vice is not good enough. A quality life is never achieved by focusing on the elimination of what is wrong. True success requires you to focus your mental, emotional and spiritual energies on pursuing that which is right and good. Trying to become virtuous merely by excluding vice is as unrealistic as trying to cultivate roses simply by eliminating weeds."
--Gary Ryan Blair

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