tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:24:30 +0000childhoodkissingersolutionpirate baynewsmoviesbooksheavenend of timesdeathCount Dreadmelancholyhow toKony 2012Blog DueltorrentsBoulderartorgan donationhellJera ArtTwilightAppleviral videotransplant12 stepstravelliveriphonePelosigirlsman nipplesracquetballmy tiny wangfamilyjonas brothersemocraigslistAfricafilthphoto de la semaineromanceexercisehippypsychedeliafatherreviewsred hotpeaceconsumerismChristmasnew apartmentbulimiaGYOPjay-zphilosophyschoolobamathree-ferTom Pettyshort storyoddLoveprostitutiontransgressive artballsnail clippingsbloggingnukespovertyLSDunitymemoirbikesPETAabsolute fearanimalsmediaPSAweedcontestsMaggieAl GoreproseNAMBLAgovernment bullshitBlog of NoteWhole FoodsyoutubetumblrhipstersevolutionToddlers and Tiarashepatitis csurgerycreativityembarrassment2012social networkingcigarrettescommunistspresentsinternetkardashianship hopjeragunsLady GaGasandwichesNPRopen letterisohuntunderwearrecoverybad actingwomennew enlightenmentLongmontislampersonalphotographyragephotoshoppoliticsculturegymtoiletsnicotinealtar boyguest blogmusickaganArmageddonspiritualityfashionpophypnotic staterihannaworld peaceadulterybeyoncefoodsmokingscarvesanarchyworld hungerpoetryreligionnihilismStar WarsidiotshatsfilmfearJera Photoswritinghealthfree speechdonate lifefictiondrugsAmerican ImperialismmoralityIn Review: Stuff and Thingshttp://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Charles)Blogger133125charlesemersonhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-4618624475398606926Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:51:00 +00002013-04-22T23:51:40.216-06:00Not That. Not Here. Please! Hello wonderful people. I’ve next to no time to write.  This doesn’t bother me much, as I’ve next to nothing to write lately.  Work is a constant.  It has a numbing effect, after a time.  The numbing is not unwelcome. They gave me a company phone and a raise.  Soon the five guys that I manage will become fifteen or twenty.  Soon after that, they will become even more numerous.  I’m not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/OhRQA54Eouk/not-that-not-here-please.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/OhRQA54Eouk" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/not-that-not-here-please.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-6243425695352583027Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:12:00 +00002013-03-21T08:12:38.076-06:00Returning Again and AgainHello, friends.I shut this blog down for an interval.  There were certain people related to (but not directly a part of) certain State apparati from whom I preferred to keep my inner musings and postulations secret.  I have since been extricated from contact with said people, and find myself willing again to share the contents of this blog. I did delete the post previous to this one in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/NU_WVDdOg9M/returning-again-and-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/NU_WVDdOg9M" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/returning-again-and-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-1584383201506490479Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:27:00 +00002012-06-27T16:27:37.506-06:00prosememoirracquetballjerapeacehealthphilosophyLovegymgirlscigarrettesexercisehypnotic stateAbout Going to the Gym, or, the Extradimensional Nature of GodHello, sexy!  Here's what I've written.  Tell me what you think (and if you notice any really blatant misspellings.  I'm a terrible proofreader.) ----- A Game with God I smoke one cigarette and listen to loud music on the car stereo when I'm on the way to the gym.  The loud music makes me feel like I'm someone else, if it is the right music, and the cigarette is used to balance out the healthyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/_sJdnePHRnY/about-going-to-gym-or-extradimensional.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/_sJdnePHRnY" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/about-going-to-gym-or-extradimensional.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7619476187540424144Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:22:00 +00002012-06-26T17:22:39.782-06:00artculturetransgressive artinternetfilmanarchymoralityfree speechfilthyoutubeJohn Waters is a Filthy Old ManHola, compañeros magníficos! So, I've been spending a bit more time on the "YouTubes" than I ever did in the past.  For a long time, I thought of YouTube as a one-stop-shop for people who wanted to see videos of humans inadvertently hurting themselves, humans purposely hurting others, cats acting funny, or surly unicorns venturing in search of magical caves.  I didn't realize until more recentlyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/sHznMGjA9UU/john-waters-is-filthy-old-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/sHznMGjA9UU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/john-waters-is-filthy-old-man.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5889614127663954574Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:21:00 +00002012-06-25T13:21:48.254-06:00PSAbeyoncepopcultureadulteryjay-zmusicopen letterhip hoprihannaAn Open Letter to Beyonce KnowlesHello beautiful humans (and extra-terrestrial intelligences, if you are receiving this transmission.) Frequent readers will know that I'm really kind of all over the place with the sorts of topics I cover here.  Over a long enough span of time, I could really be found writing about pretty much anything, from inadvertent extra-lavatorial bowel movements to the case for Christ having been an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/tpkAz5LAqs0/open-letter-to-beyonce-knowles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/tpkAz5LAqs0" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/open-letter-to-beyonce-knowles.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-627368464189772251Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:16:00 +00002012-06-14T19:16:40.598-06:00proseromancejerapeacepoetryLoveWatching the OneRomance cannot be said to be synonymous with love.  This much should be quite clear to the average American.  Recall hot fumbling evenings in strange beds with strange people, heart pounding exhilaration at what feels preposterous and euphoric at once, giving yourself to the one you don't know, and will never know.  Frequently, the smell of alcohol emanates from the bed and congress is stymied byhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/pdyE_2kWsAs/watching-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/pdyE_2kWsAs" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/watching-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8732812238305476864Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:43:00 +00002012-06-14T10:52:07.509-06:00psychedeliapersonalpeacedrugsphilosophyLSDhippyLoveThoughts on Acid (Not "Thoughts, on Acid")Greetings wonderful sentients. I'm going to write, but first I'd like to direct your attention to the right side of the main page, where I have updated the "currently reading" and "currently listening to" items for the first time in months.  I've read and listened to much in between this moment and the preceding update, but I have again chosen to treat my blog as a bastard step-child with a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/I58j89hTE6A/thoughts-on-acid-not-thoughts-on-acid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/I58j89hTE6A" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/thoughts-on-acid-not-thoughts-on-acid.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5844886995069188929Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:14:00 +00002012-06-07T15:14:28.011-06:00hepatitis cdeathliverorgan donationsurgeryfearfamilytransplantfatherdonate lifeLoveA BirthdayThere's a gentleman I know whom I refer to as "father."  People call him Chuck if they've met him in the last quarter century.  Many of the people who made his acquaintance before then call him "Waldo."  The nickname Waldo is derived from his last name, "Emerson," in reference to the great transcendentalist thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Oddly enough, my Chuck isn't a big fan of Ralph.  Chuck's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/9jQuBDFzfoM/birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/9jQuBDFzfoM" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/birthday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-1475817379456630267Tue, 22 May 2012 23:42:00 +00002012-05-22T17:42:43.785-06:00childhoodheavenaltar boynihilismreligionhellabsolute fearend of timesArmageddonWhen I Was A Kid Pondering the AntiChrist....Hello beautiful people. I had to write something before my brain exploded.  Here it is. ----- When I was a young lad, I didn't feel as though I had many contemporaries at the Church we went to.  I felt rather like I was pretending to be someone I wasn't on early Sunday mornings after the long drive down to Denver.  I suspected that my mother, father and sister felt similarly, and I wondered if http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/7MiAHq7eDbA/when-i-was-kid-pondering-antichrist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/7MiAHq7eDbA" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/when-i-was-kid-pondering-antichrist.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8638453947872004205Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:13:00 +00002012-03-30T23:08:44.038-06:00reviewsworld hungerAfricamoviesviral videoKony 2012American ImperialismLoveworld peaceconsumerismReally White Dude Saves World (Almost)Hello lovely people. I promised more blogging action, so here we are!  Buckle up! Some of you may recognize this: A PR poster for the "Kony 2012" movement. Forgive me for disagreeing. If you don't recognize this, you can familiarize yourself with this Wikipedia article, or you can watch the "Kony 2012" video, which went viral not too long ago and got about 4000 billion majillion views http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/M95pESPk5fo/really-white-dude-saves-world-almost.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/M95pESPk5fo" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/really-white-dude-saves-world-almost.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-94875647896274589Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:12:00 +00002012-03-27T15:12:49.150-06:00new enlightenmentcultureman nipplesinternetbooksevolutionbloggingmoralitymelancholyLoveBack Again and Still CrazyHello wonderful humans. I've been away again.  I'm consistently the least consistent blogger in the world, I think.  My blog continues to get hits everyday, usually for my post about man nipples.  But I've been away from all things online and social recently.  I've been through a dark couple of months. I'm not sure what to do now.  I'm going to do what seems to be the next most sensible http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/W87DmLeQKIM/back-again-and-still-crazy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/W87DmLeQKIM" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/back-again-and-still-crazy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7704911575775094902Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:44:00 +00002011-12-21T11:44:51.988-07:00presentsweedpeacephilosophyschoolreligionfamilymoralityChristmasLoveThe Problem of Evil; or, Bing Crosby Puffed Chron' <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/tYeO9AKR1cw/problem-of-evil-or-bing-crosby-puffed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/tYeO9AKR1cw" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/problem-of-evil-or-bing-crosby-puffed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7867791842857023023Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:33:00 +00002011-12-06T21:16:24.539-07:00artcreativityphotographytumblrpeacephotoshopiphoneGYOPwritingLovePhoto Dump Hello all you beautiful people! Sorry I haven't written here in a bit.  I have been completely enthralled with tumblr as far as blogging goes.  You can visit my tumblr here and see what I have been up to.  There are philosophical writings, some poetry, and some animated pictures and stuff I made there.  The tone of that blog has been generally more serious and more revolutionary than my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/dPNspyuurK4/photo-dump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/dPNspyuurK4" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/photo-dump.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-4645078995424823832Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:11:00 +00002011-11-14T19:13:42.451-07:00Guest Blog, Writing and DonationsHello beautiful, beautiful people! A brief update today.  I'll have something cooking for you soon though.  Promise. Guest Blog Let me start off this blog post by referring you to The Tsaritsa's blog.  Click here to see my recent guest blog there.  It's a video blog, which is unfortunate for you all, 'cause that means you have to hear my weird voice and look at my weird face.  Well, I guess http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/hbrIoXO2nQg/guest-blog-writing-and-donations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/hbrIoXO2nQg" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-blog-writing-and-donations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-983057982712518003Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:46:00 +00002011-11-05T21:14:26.850-06:00Fasting, Love and A Girl From IndiaHELLO BEAUTIFUL PERSONS! I say "persons" because I was talking to a friend the other day about the nature of language and how it can be restricting in so many ways.  My friend is taking a feminist studies class, and they have been discussing the propensity of English to impose masculinity onto our species with words like "MANkind" and "huMAN" and the like.  I find this concept to be fascinating.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/hpThRIDmjlE/fasting-love-and-girl-from-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/hpThRIDmjlE" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fasting-love-and-girl-from-india.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-661667565711375798Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:10:00 +00002011-11-02T01:10:30.097-06:00A Short FictionHi guys! :-) I had to write a piece of fiction for a class.  It's due tomorrow.  I'll give it to you all tonight.  Take it with a grain of salt.  It was written in haste and the subject matter is dark, but the flesh of the story hides things that are very meaningful to me.  Also, I copy/pasted this and some of the paragraph formatting looks a little screwy for some reason but it shouldn't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/vmtiyQuqoUM/short-fiction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/vmtiyQuqoUM" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/short-fiction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5384889060289307303Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:14:00 +00002011-10-26T01:14:38.065-06:00unityculturepeacenukeskardashianssolutioninternetkissingerevolutionLoveNukes and LoveHello beautiful wonderful humans! :-) I love you. Yes, you.  Specifically.  You reading this.  Unequivocally and without pretense and without judgment I love you.  No matter what you've done in that past.  No matter what I think you might think about what I have done in the past. I love you and assert it bluntly and frequently in this manner for my own sake, more than for yours.  I love you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/sydTjPq60cs/nukes-and-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/sydTjPq60cs" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/nukes-and-love.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8172270953897091762Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:23:00 +00002011-10-15T23:06:32.701-06:00Lady GaGaembarrassmentBlog of Notescarvesunderwearfashionballsnail clippingshatsworld peacebikesLet's Talk About Sex, BabyHA! Gotcha. We're not talkin' about sex today.  I totally just took advantage of your baser natural instincts.  :-)  Please forgive me, I mean no harm.  I love you.  Yes... YOU. You are thinking, maybe, "Charles means that he loves the followers of his blog, or his friends, or his family, but not me, because I am none of those things..." ...or "not me, because Charles doesn't believe in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/5XR9yEJamZU/lets-talk-about-sexy-baby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/5XR9yEJamZU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/lets-talk-about-sexy-baby.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7137029503709389823Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:19:00 +00002011-10-06T23:19:24.747-06:00Judgment CallHello beautiful people! (Yes, that means you.) To anyone wondering where I've been for the last few days, I opted to go on a kind of "radio silence" on the interwebs for a period of time.  I called it "cocooning."  I needed to consider some things about what has been going on in my life.  I've received some relatively cruel, if not incredibly ambiguous, criticism from a few folks about the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/bLbt2Yu4oXc/judgment-call.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/bLbt2Yu4oXc" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/judgment-call.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-8804184583341692585Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:22:00 +00002011-09-30T20:22:50.756-06:00Birthday Blog! Plus More Blog Contesting!Hi everyone! Good to see your beautiful faces here!  Oh wait... I can't see your beautiful faces at all.... Hmmm..... Anywho, here ARE some beautiful faces wishing a happy birthday (which is today) to a friend and online acquaintance of mine.  This video was hard to make... but I wanted to try to do something nice for Tazer 'cause she is such a rad bitch and she keeps me laughin' on the ol' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/yXMLhsP0_TY/birthday-blog-plus-more-blog-contesting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/yXMLhsP0_TY" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/birthday-blog-plus-more-blog-contesting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-7001592861505297531Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:46:00 +00002011-09-20T17:46:41.827-06:00This IS What I Meant to Say...This blog is only about the audio files (really one long file chopped into smaller tracks) at the bottom.  If you need any help getting the files and listening to them in the way that you would like to, please e-mail me or Tweet me.  E-mail = alkalibloo@gmail.com Twitter = @alkalibloo.  I can walk you through anything you need, even if we have to do it by phone.  I really want this to be heard. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/ar1QIc0pxvU/this-is-what-i-meant-to-say.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/ar1QIc0pxvU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-is-what-i-meant-to-say.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-114599395011856382Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:40:00 +00002011-09-14T22:40:21.553-06:00Here I Am... See?(I didn't have my normal proofreader... if anyone notices a typo... give me a private heads up?) Hi! Apologies for the space between this blog post and the last one.  Rest assured that this time it wasn't because I was out drinking my face off or generally being depressed and suicidal, as I used to do between blogs in the past secretly without telling you guys.  I have just been so overwhelmedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/kIWop5XAGP8/here-i-am-see.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/kIWop5XAGP8" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/here-i-am-see.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5064703255260199763Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:39:00 +00002011-08-31T00:39:57.008-06:00LoveWhole Lotta Love♫ Hello boys and girls! ♪ So I realize I haven't been writing an incredible amount since I started blogging again... I have avoided that with pictures and videos. I'm going to just use words in this post, to even things out. I'm not sure what I want to talk about. I know that the primary nature of the blog here used to be a humorous one, but I have felt less invested in humor of late, as you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/1E3LJ_f2HCU/whole-lotta-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)18<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/1E3LJ_f2HCU" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/whole-lotta-love.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-5665480684431400509Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:14:00 +00002011-08-26T08:14:16.573-06:00Photos of Earth W/ HumansI want you all to know me as much as you care to.  I want to seem human to you, because I am, indeed, very human, despite the fact that you can't hear me right now as I am whispering these words in your inner monologue... I want to appear disarmed.  I want this because I believe that humans go about harming each other frequently over PERCEIVED threat that is non-existence in others.  I want to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/qfYu1p48HCQ/photos-of-earth-w-humans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)12<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/qfYu1p48HCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/photos-of-earth-w-humans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-639425104864128811.post-565165699513975676Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:33:00 +00002011-08-21T10:33:13.798-06:00Open Mic Night, 'Aight?!?Ok.  First off: Alexandra, I owe you big time for being so late with this.  So decide my fate.  I'm sorry. Second: This video blog was tricky because I have never read poetry aloud before (at least not enough times to feel at all comfortable with it).  So I am a little nervous showing you guys.  Since I didn't shit my pants or break down crying in the middle of reading either of these (there arehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/charlesemerson/~3/kFh7XaWK5Ls/open-mic-night-aight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Charles)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/charlesemerson/~4/kFh7XaWK5Ls" height="1" width="1"/>http://arealgoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/open-mic-night-aight.html