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    Sci-fi Genre Deep Dive 10

    By Myr

    Top Read Sci-Fi Stories Since Deep Dive 9 Top 1 Most Read Science Fiction - AI Consciousness Explores sentient AI and post-human ethics, often questioning identity, consciousness, and morality. The Construct by Topher Lydon Complete Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic concerned with the end of civilization, either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civiliz
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reflections on america

Time is dithering into the abyss, silly season is drawing to a close. Right on track with the death of this most wonderful quad-annual event, both Candidates have eschewed what really matters in an effort to smear their opponent. One ignores the issues and attacks, the other ignores the issues and counter attacks.   The sad irony is that they promised us change, they promised us reform, but at the end of the day its business as usual on the road to Washington.   America is still willing to p
shadowgod

shadowgod

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Beyond the Night

Well, I heard this song, and I have fallen in love with it, so I decided to share it.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESoHaRkJSo
Tiger

Tiger

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A labor of love

Wow, it's been around two months since I've been online long enough to log on to GA. That's a friggin record for me. Anyway, I took a self imposed sabbatical for a lot of reasons, most of them stemming from my own need to figure out what I want to do with myself. Not in terms of GA, but in terms of life in general. Looking back on the last few months, it's easy to see that I was spinning out of control. I was ranting and raving at the people I love at home, and even a few people I was fond of
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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Shadows of the past

I don't want to get into specifics, but when I was about 8 years old, I did something that I am ashamed of. I know that it is an age when our understanding is not the same as it is when we reach a mature age, but I was reminded of it yesterday. I was left wondering if it caused long-term effects that I was unable to foresee at the time. I probably knew it was not something I should have done, but I was at an age where impulses won the day. Now I am left wondering. We all do things we're not prou
Tiger

Tiger

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Chesterville, OH

So, I didn't write an entry when I was in Troutville, VA, after delivering in Salem. I didn't write an entry in Fort Chiswell, VA, after picking up a load of processed turkeys in Newberry, SC. I didn't write an entry after in Mifflinville, PA, after delivering said turkey stuff to Bethlehem, PA.   So, why am I doing it here, when I need to be getting down the road? I've got approximately 450 miles to drive today to be set up to deliver this load tomorrow morning, unless they let me drop it ton
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Punk Kid - Part Two

Well, I haven't heard back from Danielle's mom yet, and I'm really not sure I want to because I'm pretty certain that she's so far gone that nothing even my great words *insert proper amount of humility here* can repair. That said... Tony did get a reply.   Dear Tony,   I realize that it has been several days since I received your letter and it is only now that I am taking the time to respond. I have read your words carefully and realize that you are very passionate about your beliefs. I ha
viv

viv

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Don't ask...

Years ago when I first started to paid with real money (not the monopoly money I had been getting), I discovered that I owed Uncle Sam $1100 on tax day.   My boss was being a raging bitch.   Three printers and the main router decided to go tits up all at once.   My order for laser printer toner cartridges came back, again, because it wasn't formatted properly.   I had 10 minutes to deal with my bank to get the money for Uncle Sam. It took 40 minutes. Bankers are like that.   About 3:30
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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More on politics

The current state of our political system is dire. When you look at the two parties, you see little belief in working towards the common good of this country. This is far removed from the vision of our forefathers. There is lack of pragmatism. Yes, I said the p word. When creating a bill that is for the greater good for this country, our legislators tend to nit pick. Instead of thinking about what is best for the people, they decide that it's not worth while to compromise. Take for example the r
Tiger

Tiger

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Hurricane, WV

I did the AA Highway in Kentucky today (too many "y's"). When I first received the load dispatch, I figured I be going Highway 35 across Ohio, but the computer fooled me and I was sent to AA (ha-ha). Well, it was kind of scary thinking this highway actually might have been named in honor of that wonderful non-organization.   When I turned off I-275 there was a little sign that said "John Y Brown Jr AA Highway." My immediate thought was, "Okay, he's a pretentious sot who paid a lot of money to
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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A newly registered Democrat!

I decided to make it official. I was already planning to register as I had not yet registered to vote in Kansas. Since Kansas is way too conservative and needs more Democrats, I registered to vote and officially joined the Democratic Party. Before, I was not affiliated with a political party at all. If someone would have told me even two years ago that I would now be a Democrat, I would have said, "No way, not ever!" However, my views have changed over time, and I am now more liberal than ever.
Tiger

Tiger

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Letter to the editor.... err, Mom?

Sometimes I wonder, okay that's a lie... I wonder a LOT, how some people got to be parents... and I don't mean HOW, I get that part... I mean why, I guess. If you don't want to be a parent, don't have kids... seems simple enough to me, right? And, (I can't believe I just started a sentence with 'and') if you do have kids, for goodness sake, f**king take care of them and be responsible! That said... you know, I think anyway, that Tony's girlfriend Danielle came to stay with us for the summer beca
viv

viv

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Breaking silence...

A lot has happened in the last couple weeks, but mainly haven't felt up to updating the blog.   Right now - I'm doing good. But two weeks ago, I started having slight fevers and my spleen was getting more and more uncomfortable. At night, the only way I could comfortably get sleep was frequently by going out to the couch and sleeping in a sitting position (which thankfully I can do all the time on planes so wasn't a weird experience). When I lay flat, the weight of the spleen and size ju
Trebs

Trebs

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Am I being insensitive?

The last thing I ever want to do is come off as abrasive. I think most of us feel that way. I seldom tell people what really bothers me, because I don't like people to think that I'm putting them down. However, there comes the moment when I've had enough, and then I tell the person what I think. Sometimes they take it the wrong way and walk off. Alternatively, they become disheartened. How do you tell someone that you don't like what they're doing without causing such reactions? Is that always p
Tiger

Tiger

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I'm GOING to Have a Good Day, Damn It

I'm sick of this shit. I've managed to slip up and let myself regress back to my old self. I've slid back into that idiotic frame of mind where I let other people influence how happy I am, where I depend on other people. I need to get back to being self-sufficient, independent of any needs that require other people's cooperation. Today's gonna be the turnaround. I need to make up my lost ground and gain a little more.   First, I'm getting back to my diet/exercise. I'm not gonna let oth
Razor

Razor

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Second star to the right

What if Peter Pan woke up one morning and realized he was a man?   I am a man, yet I don't feel like a man. Which leads me to another question. Is there ever a moment when we are supposed to feel like a man?   Will I ever? Will I ever look in the mirror and know that I am a man? At this moment I don't think so. I've not once had that feeling in the last 10 years. I don't see it happening in the next ten, or the ten after that. I'd like to be a man though, free to decide my own future. Free t
shadowgod

shadowgod

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Morris, IL

I stopped at the T/A expecting to get two of my tires replaced, but they don
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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It dont matter...

It don't matter to the sun If you go, or if you stay. You know the sun is gonna rise, gonna rise, shine down on another day.   There'll still be a tomorrow, even if you choose to leave. Cause it don't matter to the sun, oh babe, but it matters to me.   It ain't gonna stop the world If you walk out that door This ol world will just keep turnin round turnin round like it did the day before.   You see, to them it makes no difference, they'll just keep on keep'n time. Cause it ain't
shadowgod

shadowgod

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Fargo, ND

The last time I was here I had to find a clinic for a blood draw and protime test. This time it was an overnight plus a shower in a few. I suppose Fargo is a nice place, but it is North Dakota and everyone has heard all the horrible stories about the Siberia of America. By the way, winter is just around the corner. Coming across Montana the day before yesterday, there was fresh snow on some of the higher peaks. It won't be too many more weeks before that snow works its way down to the valleys.
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Miles City, MT

Time off was kind of nice, other than getting home late and then having to get up early the next morning. Sunday we (me, the wife, our son, and Bonita) drove over the mountains with Mother's ashes. Our original intent was to take them up to Stormy Mountain and disperse them probably no more than an hour up the mountain. She wanted her ashes scattered on Stormy Mountain and I figured on is a relative term and all things being equal she's been damned lucky I didn't flush her down the toilet.   A
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Hopefully fixed

Yesterday's blog entry was a rant about the financial problem. It's been fixed now I think.
Tiger

Tiger

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Screwed over again

Here's a thought. Life is just some f**ked up scheme to screw me over. Every time I think I'm getting ahead something happens just to knock me back down. For instance, I started my classes in August, thinking that it would all be fine, but now my finances are all f**ked up. It's just coming to a point where I'm about ready to give up on ever attaining my education, because I'm obviously not meant to have one, despite my above average intelligence and my dedication to making it happen. What did I
Tiger

Tiger

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Give Sharon some Oxygen!

OK, I just finished writing this massively long story (Chronicles of an Academic Predator). Poor Sharon, just when she thought she could rest, I started working on a sequel. So those of you who know her, please send her some e-oxygen.
Mark Arbour

Mark Arbour

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