Long Time Gone

Yes, loyal readers; I'm still here, although preoccupied with other things. I can't believe the excitement going on as my graduation day approaches. I feel like I'm getting married! There's so much to say and so little time; I'm overwhelmed w/how much work I have yet to do. I know that I'm here due in large part to the indomitable spirit backing me in the form of friends and family. Things could not possibly have gone worse, but they were beside me all the way. A cruel illness and situation to be sure, but the survivors are coming out in full force. I have a lot to be grateful for.

Street Evangelist Saves 300 Souls From Enjoying Park SAN FRANSISCO—"All of you will burn in hellfire, so sayeth the Lord," said open-air preacher "Brother Sam" Hinson to a stroller-bound toddler and her picknicking parents. Deficit-Wracked Maryland Calls It Quits ANNAPOLIS, MD—Citing mounting debt and a decline in tourism dollars, the state of Maryland will shut down for good on August 31, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. told reporters Monday.

I hope the pro-gun contingent is pleased that this South Korean guy was able to so easily procure weapons to commit mass murder on the Virginia Tech campus. I'm sure that's exactly what our Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote that Amendment to the Constitution.

U.S. Ambassador to Bulungi Suspected of Making the Country Up WASHINGTON, DC-Chad Halpern, U.S. Ambassador to the West African nation of Bulungi since 1994, has been asked to return to Washington to face allegations that the country does not exist.

Other people should never be treated as gods. Note to self.

I must continue to believe in myself even when others do not, just as I must allow others to believe in me when I cannot believe in myself.