A million miles away not in spirit

Via Russ comes the terrible news that danloncaric has passed. Though I never met him in person, I always had a soft spot for the guy. His mini trip reports to Diamond Jim's were always great to read, and his knowledge of the game was excellent. I even badgered him to deposit to GamesGrid just to play KCL with us, and he was good, though it was to be expected. What set him apart was his deep love and even deeper knowledge of the blues. The guy knew everything, and saw almost everyone that... read more

WARNING: Rambling post ahead! ------------------------------ I was reading this news story about Anna Nicole Smith's impending burial today, and one of the lines of the story struck me: "Despite the choice of a Baptist church for the service, Simpson said Smith wasn't particularly religious but was 'spiritual.' He recalled her as a warm and generous person." I think that's an interesting description. While I've had an interest in religion ever since I was in high school (I went to a Jesuit high...

There are times, although being a Christian, I ask myself..."where are you God, what are you doing?" Sometimes, it seems as if God has gone on an extended vacation, you know, like in the movie Bruce Almighty. Then, I sit back and watch the cardinals early in the morning breeze flittering about from car mirror to car mirror, unaware of the goings on in the world, unafraid of what he/she is going to eat that day, unaware of the bewildering plight of our nation. Then, I sigh, and think back to the...

We’ve got our Christmas tree up. The lights are built into the branches, saves us time unraveling unneccessary wire. Gives us more time to make love in front of the fire later. We do yoga in front of the fireplace sometimes – it’s so meditative to watch the flames in the winter time. Sometimes we do it front of the glass and we look at the bare trees outside – it’s calm and easily relaxes a heavy mind during the holidays. Otherwise we do it in the living room. I like having the red rug under...

Title: as time goes by Pairing: Luke/Lorelai Word Count: 6,383 Rating: PG Spoilers: spans from a couple of years pre-series to mid-season one Summary: Five times Luke and Lorelai kissed (or wanted to) before Raincoats & Recipes. Author's Note: So, about a zillion years ago, dreamstrifer gave me the prompt 'Five times Luke almost kissed Lorelai before season four.' And I went so, so very long without even glancing at any of those prompts -- because I suck -- that when this one...

Title: This Place is Haunted Rating: R Characters/Pairing: Sam/Dean (mild), John Spoilers: To present Warnings: Incest, angst, underage, violence Disclaimer: Don't own, no profit. John had picked a medium-sized mausoleum, built with old, crumbling blackened stone. He’d broken open the old iron gate with a couple of kicks, looked around inside and said ‘This one’ll do.’ Inside there were some worn-down engravings, a bunch of dead leaves, and two stone sarcophagi against the walls on either...