<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402</id><updated>2024-11-05T18:58:27.985-08:00</updated><category term="Musing"/><category term="Snippet"/><category term="Metaphor"/><category term="Betrayal"/><category term="Dialogue"/><category term="Empath"/><category term="Adonis"/><category term="Alliteration"/><category term="Allusions"/><category term="Arriving"/><category term="Bracing"/><category term="Bromance"/><category term="Change"/><category term="Cliches"/><category term="Coming out"/><category term="Crush"/><category term="Dread"/><category term="Dream"/><category term="Experience"/><category term="Forgetting"/><category term="Fortune"/><category term="Gay"/><category term="Heroes"/><category term="Leaving"/><category term="Life"/><category term="Love"/><category term="Meta"/><category term="Mixed Metaphor"/><category term="Obstacles"/><category term="Parallelism"/><category term="Porn"/><category term="Progress"/><category term="Prostitution"/><category term="Repetition"/><category term="Secrets"/><category term="Short Work"/><category term="Story"/><category term="Tale"/><category term="Thoughts"/><category term="Travel"/><title type='text'>Musings and Snippets</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-7945109998283217087</id><published>2010-07-23T12:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T12:20:56.355-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fortune"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Porn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Prostitution"/><title type='text'>Porn, Fortune, and Prostitution</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Porn is how we unattractives can see hot people naked; fortune and prostitution how we can fuck them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/7945109998283217087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/porn-fortune-and-prostitution.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/7945109998283217087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/7945109998283217087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/porn-fortune-and-prostitution.html' title='Porn, Fortune, and Prostitution'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-6483491329240076046</id><published>2010-07-23T12:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T12:19:24.750-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Empath"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Metaphor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><title type='text'>A Cure</title><content type='html'>People like to be told that they are sick, but, above all else, they love to hear that you have a cure.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/6483491329240076046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/cure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6483491329240076046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6483491329240076046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/cure.html' title='A Cure'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-6590143396610059691</id><published>2010-07-23T12:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T12:21:35.558-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Betrayal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Empath"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Metaphor"/><title type='text'>30 pieces of silver</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:webdings;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Because to him I may be worth more than 30 pieces of silver, but I still have a price.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/6590143396610059691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/30-pieces-of-silver.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6590143396610059691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6590143396610059691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/30-pieces-of-silver.html' title='30 pieces of silver'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-6539079756408941664</id><published>2010-07-23T12:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T12:22:48.146-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cliches"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Metaphor"/><title type='text'>Love cliches</title><content type='html'>&lt;ul style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;I would create hyperboles about my love .&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;I love you in so many cliched ways.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;My love is like a hackneyed simile; my passion a trite metaphor.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/6539079756408941664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/love-cliches.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6539079756408941664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6539079756408941664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/love-cliches.html' title='Love cliches'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-4203328947833665935</id><published>2010-07-23T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T12:09:24.562-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Alliteration"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dread"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snippet"/><title type='text'>Alliterated Dread</title><content type='html'>That lasting, longing feeling I so loathe to sense fills me with torment again.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/4203328947833665935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/alliterated-dread.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/4203328947833665935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/4203328947833665935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/alliterated-dread.html' title='Alliterated Dread'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-8547499498595436028</id><published>2010-07-23T12:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T12:03:01.321-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bromance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dialogue"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snippet"/><title type='text'>Higher level of Bromance</title><content type='html'>Excuse me, but how many kids do you have?  And in between those kids, you didn&#39;t have sex, right?  Yes?  You whore! You Sodomite!  Reproduction is the only moral reasons for sex!  Go back to Gomorrah. Our relationship being a sin?!  We&#39;ve never slept together!  The bible doesn&#39;t say anything about our relationship.  We&#39;re just friends.  I haven&#39;t &quot;laid&quot; with him as with a woman. It&#39;s more like we&#39;ve reached a higher level of bromance than ever before.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/8547499498595436028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/higher-level-of-bromance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/8547499498595436028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/8547499498595436028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/higher-level-of-bromance.html' title='Higher level of Bromance'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-1069697442775465354</id><published>2010-07-23T11:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T12:00:51.968-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Meta"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Metaphor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Progress"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snippet"/><title type='text'>Dead metaphor</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;It was a dead metaphor about wheels and progress in an industrial cake pollution.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/1069697442775465354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/dead-metaphor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1069697442775465354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1069697442775465354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/dead-metaphor.html' title='Dead metaphor'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-5909684136079545951</id><published>2010-07-16T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T11:56:10.339-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Allusions"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Betrayal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Parallelism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Repetition"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snippet"/><title type='text'>Of betrayal</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times new roman;&quot;&gt;He was my Brutus, my Judas, my god; I was his Caesar, his Jesus, his Job.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/5909684136079545951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/of-betrayal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/5909684136079545951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/5909684136079545951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/of-betrayal.html' title='Of betrayal'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-4020640970776151403</id><published>2010-06-24T09:44:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T09:47:37.578-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bracing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Change"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><title type='text'>Braced</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;&quot; &gt;Everything braced for a moment that never happened; everyone braced themselves for a moment that never came.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/4020640970776151403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/braced.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/4020640970776151403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/4020640970776151403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/braced.html' title='Braced'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-6079880480773799503</id><published>2010-06-24T09:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T11:59:48.723-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mixed Metaphor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Thoughts"/><title type='text'>Avalanche of thoughts...</title><content type='html'>That train of thought ran into an abyss and what followed was an avalanche of thoughts.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/6079880480773799503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/avalanche-of-thoughts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6079880480773799503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/6079880480773799503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/avalanche-of-thoughts.html' title='Avalanche of thoughts...'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-1116961146773779191</id><published>2010-06-24T09:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T09:48:58.314-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Coming out"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dialogue"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Snippet"/><title type='text'>You came out at the worst possible moment...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:webdings;&quot;&gt;-Now that you&#39;ve told me you&#39;re gay, everything just seems more phallic in your hands...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:webdings;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-What?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:webdings;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Look, just refrain from eating bananas or drinking water in front of me...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:webdings;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Dude, I don&#39;t picture myself guzzling cum when I&#39;m taking sips from a bottle.  What the fuck?&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/1116961146773779191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/you-came-out-at-worst-possible-moment.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1116961146773779191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1116961146773779191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/you-came-out-at-worst-possible-moment.html' title='You came out at the worst possible moment...'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-554951050962008304</id><published>2010-06-18T12:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T12:28:28.477-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obstacles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Short Work"/><title type='text'>They Blare</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why not bravely cross the line that everyone has crossed before?  Unless you cross some new lines for originality...but that would be hipster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well there are real obstacles.  Yes.  Some are the dull hum of the alarm clock that slowly rises at times so no other sound could be heard.  But that sound always drops to the lowest, imperceivable hum.  You forget you have burdens or obstacles.  With a puffed up chest and cock-of-the-walk attitude you go out there.  It&#39;s a dream you&#39;re in at the time.  A new surreal reality.  Lucidity slowly cracks and life/reality cave-in to form one reality.  You drive your flashy convertible at crazy speeds through the most dangerous areas.  You hit ramps and hills to make your car fly.  But, just as you&#39;re about to pull off a jump in the style of Thelma and Louise, the ravine seems larger.  Just as you begin to hesitate – to wonder if you should make the jump – you hear it.  It is, again, a low hum.  You change radio stations but it only gets louder.  Just as you near the ravine – it turns to blaring.  Suddenly you see the depth of the ravine – and as if in some ACME production – run back the way you came – the convertible has vanished and the poof of vanishing smoke becomes your walkway back to the other side.  Once you touch foot on the other side – you&#39;re back – dejected.  Your obstacles blaring in your mind; your arms and shoulder heavy with the thoughts .  The scenarios play out in your head and each one is a throbbing vessel.  Each one weights down heavier.  And you slump back into your comfortable life easing the throbbing and the blaring of the alarm.  Again, the alarm is no more than a hum.  And as you lick your wounds, you wonder why you are still there on that couch – and what it is that holds you back.  It couldn&#39;t be that hum.  That imperceivable hum...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/554951050962008304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/they-blare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/554951050962008304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/554951050962008304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/they-blare.html' title='They Blare'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-8505602921483745134</id><published>2010-06-18T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T12:19:46.360-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Adonis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Crush"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><title type='text'>Smile</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;I smile— the thought leaves me.  Adonis fades; I stay away.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/8505602921483745134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/smile.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/8505602921483745134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/8505602921483745134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/smile.html' title='Smile'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-2779753840124990801</id><published>2010-06-18T12:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T12:18:35.516-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Experience"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Travel"/><title type='text'>The Same Experience</title><content type='html'>It was all the same experience: the same first person point-of-view experience of all the all too similar environments.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/2779753840124990801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/same-experience.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/2779753840124990801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/2779753840124990801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/same-experience.html' title='The Same Experience'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-1019182703565515263</id><published>2010-06-18T12:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T12:15:06.914-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Arriving"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dream"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Forgetting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leaving"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><title type='text'>When I Arrived</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: webdings;font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;When I arrived, it was as if I’d awoken from a dream.  Suddenly, images of the place were harder to recall and the memories seemed to fade.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/1019182703565515263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/when-i-arrived.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1019182703565515263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1019182703565515263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/when-i-arrived.html' title='When I Arrived'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-1923889586270681610</id><published>2010-06-18T12:05:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T12:17:11.777-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Heroes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Story"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tale"/><title type='text'>A Tale</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:lucida grande;&quot;&gt;Between two great events, there is always a story.  That a hero showered occasionally, shot the shit and took afternoon naps before making a heroic decision— that is a fascinating tale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/1923889586270681610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/tale.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1923889586270681610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1923889586270681610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/tale.html' title='A Tale'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220083189313672402.post-1935405000089473843</id><published>2010-06-18T12:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T12:09:19.757-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Musing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Secrets"/><title type='text'>Secrets</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: lucida grande;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;When you hold secrets, there’s nowhere you feel at home in the world.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/feeds/1935405000089473843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/secrets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1935405000089473843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2220083189313672402/posts/default/1935405000089473843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musingsand.blogspot.com/2010/06/secrets.html' title='Secrets'/><author><name>Drinkability</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15919361939565043035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>