I'M GLAD TO BE ALIVE

The only thing you have to do to get more clicks is to use my nickname, "feenix", in the titles of as many of your posts as you can. That has always worked for glennb, so I am confident that it will work for you, too. Sign in to see full entry.

Don't mind me, folks, I'm just having a little fun here. Anyway, here goes: Ol' Skool Kool Speaks My namez Ol' Skool Kool I'm too wize ta be a fool My mindz my greatest tool 'n my creedz the Golden Rule I been aroun' the world Seen the Seven Seas the redwood trees the Aborigines 'n the Pyrenees... Sign in to see full entry.

It is quite simple, actually. To be really popular in today's world, one must only do five things: (1) Always be politcally correct. (2) Always follow the crowd. (3) Do not stand for anything. (4) Be highly skilled at flip-flopping. (5) Be an expert ass-kisser. Sign in to see full entry.

... but I can damn sure please myself. The point is through my writing and blogging I am not trying to please anybody else. I am only out to please myself. Sign in to see full entry.

I joined Blogit back in 2003 and if I remember correctly, it was called the Blogging Network at that time. Anyway, before I go on I must say that I am definitely one of the worst bloggers on Blogit. Yes, I am one of the worst because I have a track record that includes such displays of “bad... Sign in to see full entry.

No, no, no, folks. I am not proud to be an American, not in the least. So far as that goes, I am not proud of being anything. In fact, I am working as hard as I can to erase such words as "proud" and "pride" from my vocabulary. Way back in the day, in another life, I was proud of a whole lot of... Sign in to see full entry.

Oh, so you are deeply opposed to the US military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. You believe that wars should never happen. In your opinion, all we have to do is give peace a chance. Well, if the foregoing is, in fact, the ways in which you see things, my response to you is grow the hell up. No... Sign in to see full entry.

When I returned to Blogit after a two-and-a-half year absence from the network, this person was one of the first to leave a comment on my initial posting, and because that comment consisted of nothing but kindness, compassion and sincerity, it gave me (and I was very unsteady at the time) a huge... Sign in to see full entry.

Shortly after I woke up this morning, that question came to mind. I am wondering because even though I have received numerous blessings and have much to be grateful for, I am a deeply troubled and tortured person who can hardly ever drop to my knees and thank Jesus for looking over me and to ask Him... Sign in to see full entry.

Uh oh, I have to be very careful. I have been real chatty today -- you know, leaving comments all over the place. If I keep this up, I just might start going after a couple of my old adversaries around here, all over again. Therefore, I'm going to go off the air for a while, so I can pray for the... Sign in to see full entry.