Quill & Claw/Pen & Paw

Something that Made You Cry The pages of books, even digital pages comfort me, truly. With them, I can make up my mind on what I see when I digest text.   When it says "his internal organs spurted." I can define the size of that spurt and my reaction to it. The power of words is totally within reach of the reader and I've loved that.    I've noticed more and more, lately, I have a thing for crime.   I keep thinking I need to add "borderline criminologist" to my signature page on Micechat.com. I noticed this because the headlines under the topic of "Crime" on  HuffingtonPost.com keep bringing me back. Plus, the only short story I got a rush of   and a response from was about a serial killer trying to kill a homeless kid.   I am impressed, for lack of a better word, with the amount of pain the world is willing to inflict on one another without care or concern.                 I see...

You know that cliché-“The more things change, the more they stay the same?” I saw the clip below from TED (which, by the way, you MUST watch if you’re one of those creative types) and it started me thinking about several things. Now I’m pretty laid back. I taught middle school for God’s sake. Perhaps I’ve even seen the worst of humanity—bad because it’s a phase that all humans must go through. Being a teenager some how make your brain a bit wonky and, well, difficult to deal with. That’s not too out of the ordinary. I was subjected to the behaviors so much, I became immune. And now that I live in Florida, I keep hearing the same song, over and over again. The populace down here is marked by their age. So, really, is it that surprising to hear, basically, this, over and over again? It’s a great play/movie, if ever you get a chance to watch it. If you wanna, jump ahead to Paul Lynde dishing the music a good chunk inwards…. Everyone likes to think their generation wa...