They taught me different was wrong.

Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk it up to my anger, and never to their own fear.

Feel free to listen, feel free to stare.

Some people wear their smile like a disguise. Those people who smile a lot, watch their eyes. I know 'cause I'm like that a lot. You think everything's ok, and it is . . . 'till it's not.

I hope progressive ways of thinking will permeate the "mainstream" more and more in the coming years. Goddess knows we have endured a very long spell (thirty plus years) of regressive thinking and hyper conservativism dominating our culture and national discourse. It necessitates risk taking and rule breaking by people in all walks of life to swing that pendulum back though.

What doesn't bend, breaks.

fate is not just whose cooking smells good, but which way the wind blows