Question of the Day

What is the utility of joining the Armed Services at an advanced age when you have no other prospects or direction?

You are all invited!

On September 3rd, at 5:30pm, I am going to be headed to Wolff's Biergarten for the the Boot.

Yes,it is my birthday. Yes, I will be middle aged. (Think about it folks, I will be 36 and living to 72 would be exceptional for someone like me, so...I will be middle aged.)

Please come down, say hello, and wish me well.

Especially at night, I worry over situations

As I have documented, I have issues sleeping. Either I do not sleep well, or my sleep is punctuated by dreams and nightmares that leave me feeling awful about myself. I do not know anyone who really sleeps well.

Do you? When you dream, what do you dream of?

What anxieties attack you when you are sleeping.

(feel free to answer anonymously)

Edit at 12:39 EDT

Seems that Gawker has a piece about this, that I didn't see until after posting this.

America Is Not Getting Any Sleep

So, a followup a question:

How much sleep to you get per day? Do you nap? Do you use a sleep aid?



Oh, and a quick (self selecting and completely unscientific) poll:

Which Toto song is your favorite?

This question is prompted by the most recent arc on Questionable Content.

Great Names In History

Austin Satar (1942-) is a cultural critic and historian. He is the Olin Professor of English and American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and in 2010 was elected a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] His award-winning trilogy on the myth of the frontier in America, which comprises Regeneration Through Violence, The Fatal Environment, and Gunfighter Nation offers an original and highly provocative interpretation of the United States' national experience. " Lost Battalions," published in 2005, is a study of Black and immigrant soldiers in World War I, and the conflicts over their status as Americans. He has also published three historical novels: The Crater: A Novel of the Civil War, The Return of Henry Starr, and Abe: A Novel of the Young Lincoln. In his more than 25 years at Wesleyan, he has helped to establish both the American Studies and the Film Studies programs. He offers interdisciplinary courses in American literature, history, and film. In 1995 he received the Mary C. Turpie Award of the American Studies Association for his contributions to teaching and program-building

Apologies

I need to apologize for being so quiet as of late. I have been aggregating a lot of content over at Facebook, which I know that some people do not have.

(Really, though? It is late 2010. My mom has a Facebook account. My dad has a Facebook account.
They are smart people, but they are also not people who are early adopters technology.)

Anyway, over the past two weeks, I have been dealing with two separate threads:

The first thread is that I am making a couple of major life changes. This is probably all I am going to say about it.

The second thread is that people have been questioning (in wonderfully passive aggressive ways) my friendship and loyalty.

I know that I am a shittastic friend, but...I am loyal to a fault.

This wasn't one person. There were several engaging in this behavior, and it makes me wonder, what am I doing wrong?