http://www.themook.net/blog2 Our dried voices, when we whisper together, are quiet and meaningless as wind in dry grass, or rats’ feet over broken glass Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:19:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ah, apathy my old friend - still with me after all these years. So 2008 is upon us, and as I muse on the years gone by I see that, still, nothing has changed. Perhaps nothing ever will, I don't know. As more and more time passes, it becomes more and ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2008/01/03/the-more-things-change/ My mother would have been 81 years old today. It's hard to believe she's already been gone for a year's worth of phone calls and cards - time really flies when you're numb. How to even put into words what she meant to me? When I was a baby, she protected ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2007/12/05/happy-birthday-mom/ Someday, my heart will explode from all the poison I eat and drink, or a merciful aneurysm will pop while I'm sleeping, or an airline toilet will fall out of the sky and squash me, and the trainwreck I've endured so long will finally be done. And my Christian friends will ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2007/09/23/someday/ I will be offline for a day, a week, who knows. I wanted to mention so those few of you who notice me in the corners of various message boards, games, or other online communities will understand my sudden absence. My mother died. Her 80th birthday was this week (biologically she was ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2006/12/14/esther-kingsley/ Greetings all and sundry, my cyberfriends (and enemies) and well-wishers, those who make their home amongst TheMook.Net pixels and bytes, and those who are just passing through in a blink - Hello. As some of you noticed, if my overflowing email Inbox is any indication, I was offline against my will ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2006/10/05/cant-keep-a-good-mook-down/ I just wasn't prepared for how much it would suck. Things are at critical 'round these parts - I haven't found any work, all the bills are heading to collection, the car is going to get repo-ed ... you know, pretty much the usual you would expect to happen to someone ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2006/05/18/i-knew-today-would-suck/ Well it's been a blogless month or so since last I poked my head in here. External circumstances have not changed at all - I am still what they call "in between jobs", still for the most part rudderless, and still trying to somehow backhand my soul into waking up ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2006/03/19/rebirth-vs-self-delusion/ So I got fired last week. It kind of took me by surprise, as I've never been fired from a job before - I don't recommend it to anyone, it sucks and makes you feel stupid. Three years ago, when I was moving back here to Massachusetts from Georgia, this company ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2006/02/08/the-sound-of-one-shoe-dropping/ This question has been my enemy now for the last 12 years (no, that's not a typo - TWELVE YEARS); it comes, it goes, but I can never get rid of it completely. And since right now, at this moment, I'm in the throes of one of my frequent bouts ... http://www.themook.net/blog2/2005/12/11/whats-the-point/