It's fascinating reading various religious viewpoints in FYM, but sometimes it seems like people see others who are different from them as being less significant in the grand scheme of things. I am not very religious, but I believe in God and have my own personal faith in things. Does this make me less of a person than others? No! Yet it seems like not everyone would think that.

One person stated that he couldn't see a person believing in God but not in someone being possessed by...

...to the wolf with the red roses?"


Yeah, that's right. I rediscovered Bat Out Of Hell in my CD collection tonight.

It brings me back to the summer of 1984. I was 13 years old. I grew up in an apartment building in Hampton, New Hampshire with only my mother, and one of the residents owned a restaurant down at the beach. I inquired about getting a job and scored one as a dishwasher. Hardly glamorous, yes, but to a wide-eyed new teen, it was a dream come...

I find it very alarming what has occurred there recently. What started as simple, lighthearted threads turned very ugly - I had to keep checking to see if I was mistakenly in Free Your Mind.

Things were just not handled very well, by people on all sides. Sarcastic comments which were not well-thought out turned personal, and then it just snowballed from there with some overreactive rhetoric that I found too strong and unwarranted. Very distressing. Why do people have to act like this?...

for me not getting as much sleep as I used to.

Someone remind me next time.

I posted this in the 5/28 show review thread, but I wanted it in my journal as well.


"Come on now love, don't you look back..."

There was certainly no looking back Saturday night. You just knew good things were in store when Bono stopped the SUV he was riding in before entering the Fleet Center, not to sign autographs, but to pop out briefly to let us know that there would be some new things tonight. Of course, it's Bono saying that, but it...

I will have seen Springsteen, the new Star Wars movie, and U2.

Does it really get any better than that?!

This past Friday, I went to work hoping that I would get lucky and grab a Bruce Springsteen ticket online, thinking that there might be a drop. I have only been at my job for two weeks, and it seems like there is a fairly strict Internet policy there, so just to be safe, I usually only go on during lunch (unless I'm doing something work-related). On Friday, I said to hell with it. If I could get a ticket for the show that night, I'd take the chance.

I must have checked every five...

It's a strange feeling having to go to work again after not having to do so for a long, long time. And it doesn't help that the first few days are so boring. You get to read all these different policies and procedures and so forth, but you're not really doing any work yet. It makes the days go very slow.

But once things get going, this will be a good position for me. It will certainly help in my career development, and the pay isn't all that bad. I also get up to three weeks' vacation,...

I live in a typical small town. The other day, I had to go to the post office. There are a few different ways to get there. I go through town and up a street that ends at the street the post office is on, with the post office directly across the way.

Now they have parking spaces on both sides of the street. Usually I would take a left and get a spot right in front, but there were none available. There were, however, plenty of spots on the near side going the other way, and one of...

doing something else right now.

I got laid off from my last job on December 8. Last week I was offered a new job that is still in my field and pays more, so naturally I took it. I had already declined one offer from someone else previously.

I start a week from today, on May 9. That's five months between jobs. It is going to be very hard going back to work. The weird thing is, while I should be excited, I'm not. It's more money, advancement in my career, etc. but I just find myself not thrilled about working again....

It seems that since the tour began, we've had a lot of new members. Now don't get me wrong - for the most part, it's been cool. But have you noticed how many jerks have been coming on this board lately? It seems we are being read the riot act for whatever reason. Either we are not good enough for some people, or we are too stupid for others.

I mean, people can be having an engaging, intelligent conversation (even if it's a disagreement), and then some idiot posts something that is...

are really, really hot.

Just thought you should know...