The Death of my Grandfather…whom I barely knew.

On the 22nd of March 2010, my grandfather, Jackie Mills, passed away. He was 88 years old and his life was anything but boring. I barely knew him, knowing as a child that I had met him once as a baby. When I was 10 or 11, him and his wife at the time (He [...]

The Olympics, Our Flag, Our Anthem, Where’s the Love?

The Olympics. The greatest sports event on earth and we are only blessed with seeing our Champions every 4 years. When the Olympics are on, I never want them to end and when they are over, I’m sad I have to wait 2 more years to see another round of great Olympians. I have not [...]

Fighting Villains, One Dream at a Time.

Dear Superhero, I wanted to be close to you Beyond the world of words and real things I wanted to be close to you In your dreams Sleep with me. They said that we’d meet in a dream Touch, we closed our eyes And then we departed Through space and time Quiet times I think [...]

Bullet Proof Heart

Let me introduce Ballistic Rose…… Designer: Tobias Wong (sadly, his site hasn’t been updated in 846 Days!) Found via Generate.com The Ballistic Rose is : Made of black heavy-weight ballistic grade nylon, this “bulletproof” bloom will protect your heart and love in times of conflict. I guess we all need a little heart protection. I wonder if [...]

Yelling on Mother’s Day

I’m tired, my eyes are still burning, I’m grumpy and I could really use a cup of coffee. But that will have to wait. First, I need to pick up all the toys strewn about because I just stepped on one and now I’m pissed. My foot hurts and I really want to sit down [...]