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According to the Scriptures Radio with Doug and Dave
In this episode Doug and Dave discuss whether Revelation is strictly chronological or if it contains a lot of overlap.
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Concerning the discussion of word meaning I disagree with Dave. The first rule of philosophy is to define your terms, otherwise, you cannot have an intelligent discussion or arrive at any truth. Everything becomes relative. Second the laws of hermeneutics demands word definition, word usage, etc.
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Doug and group,
Re: "overlap," yes. To me it seems "folded."
For just a bit, think about what it's like to walk around a table with laptops where a group is working on a project, for instance an emergency operations center for a disaster response. Let's say there are 8 stations on one side and 8 on the other side. As we look on each, we see the situation analyzed. Those at the head of the table are working on somewhat different areas than those at the foot. In this scene, a few things become obvious.
a. the sequence of where you walk and look is not the same as that of events being dealt with at each station on the displays.
b. Some stations may be dealing with planning. Others with logistics. And certainly there's command and control.
c. In any case, each station needs to keep up with what's happening as events have occurred and what happens as a result. Even those planning for different contingencies.
Back to the end times, especially the Revelation. John's walk about the Heavenly Throne room is much more immersive than what we experience on our current computers. Before he enters the Throne Room proper, there's an entry area. When he leaves there's an exit.
Some see the arrangement as "telescoping," others as "parenthetical." The descriptions include some observations about the Throne Room itself.
By chapter:
1 (2-3 (4-5 (6-7 (8-9 (10 (11 (12a – 12b) 13) 14) 15-16) 17-18) 19-20) 21) 22
…..01__22….. (intro and closing focused on The Lamb)
02-03__21….. (letters to the churches__New Jerusalem)
04-05__19-20 (Throne area, cp. mercy seat in tabernacle)
06-07__17-18 (footstool area, cp. ark in tabernacle)
08-09__15-16 (trumpets__seals, cp. censer)
….10……14…. (cp. lampstand and table of shewbread)
….11___13….. (cp. laver)
..12a___12b… (cp. altar)
It's surprising to find that chapter 12 is folded. Events or phrases in the first half are repeated in the latter.
Very similar to the situation with the trumpets and vials.
The images of the Throne in chp. 4 & 5 and chp. 20 are likewise notable.
If we were to take 7 candles in a circle (think of Zechariah) and start the end time events by lighting all of them,, then we might conclude that the end is when they all burn to the bottom. Think of them though more like red-lights and intersections that cycle over and over. If we walk around the outside of those candles and describe what's happening at each, that may be more like what's happening in the Revelation.
I think of it as the testimony of multiple witnesses, showing John glimpses of what will happen as directed by the Almighty to complete the "overcoming" of evil, exercising those who are saved out of it in the process. And of course completing the Father's will for us.
Folks that are more sequential (auditory) than spatial (visual) may have some difficulty getting that it's easier to grasp like walking around a room than reading a procedure. But we were told that those who read and hear would be blessed. The repetition of phrases (especially in the KJV) very much helps highlight the links between the first half and the last half of the Revelation.
The funny thing is that I have no problem with the start of Revelation 12 (and others "starts") being the start of the end time, whereas the end of Revelation 6 (and the other "one time only" events) being the end of the the end times. It helps to decouple John's "walk" with his view at each point.
And like a court case, it really helps to see things from different angles.
Somethings can't be described well without a map. Others need a 3D or even a 4D dynamic model. The folded model (where the Revelation is folded in the middle of Rev. 12) is the simplest I've found to suggest an overlap.
Hope this is a blessing!
I have been thinking more about chronology in the book of Revelation. I have never believed there was a strict chronology. There are parentheses ect…
I think that J Vernon McGee advocates for the seals, trumpets, and bowls happening in parallel for some of the same reasons you do and I have never ruled that possibility out.
However, I have trouble with Rev 8:1. After the 7th sealed is opened, there is silence in heaven. Then the trumpet judgements begin. This seems, at least on the surface, to suggest a chronology. The trumpets come out of the last seal.
Another verse is Rev 16:2. It appears that the first bowl judgement does not happen until after many have received the mark of the beast. Maybe the "mark of the beast" will be a part of the entire 7 year period. I always assumed (maybe incorrectly), that this was part of the 2nd half of the 70th week.
Dr. Fruchtembaum always teaches that there are three great earthquakes in Revelation (Rev 6; Rev 11; and Rev 16). Are these all the same?
It is interesting that the earthquake in Rev 6 seems to suggest that every mountain and island was moved out its place…
The earthquake in Rev 16 uses different language…the islands fled away and the mountains were not found.. this earthquake is unlike any that had ever occurred. The language here seems to suggest a more severe earthquake than the one in Rev 6?
I do admit the language in Rev 6 sounds like it is at the end… but it also is not as strong as the language in Rev 16… I need to think on this some more…
These are just food for thought. I find the discussion fascinating. I look forward to more discussion on this topic.
Hi Peter, You are right that the language in Rev 6 and 16 is not 100% identical. However, let's think about the implications for a moment. If every island and every mountain moves out of its place, that is a caclysmic – extinction level event. We are looking at the entire globe being rocked everywhere. When every island and mountain on the entire face of the planet moves it will be the end of everything. How many would die at that time? Notice also that the end of the seals (Rev 8:5) and beginning of the trumpets you have "noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake." We say the same thing in Rev 11 and 16. I submit that the three earthquakes mentioned are in fact one and the same. We see talk of an earthquake in Isaiah 2 and 24 as well and they are one and the same event. We will continue the study this next episode. Blessings,
Hi Doug,
Thanks for your reply…
One other quick comment… In Revelation 6:15 they are hiding themselves in caves and rocks in the mountains after the earthquake…
I do not see how that is possible if the mountains are not found Rev 16:20?
I guess I can imagine a lesser earthquake with everything moving/shifting… but not complete destruction like it describes in Rev 16:20.
I am not intending to be argumentative
Hi Peter,
That is a great observation. I think that Isa 2 gives us insight:
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days [That] the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. (Isa 2:2)
Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (Isa 2:3)
Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty. (Isa 2:10)
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isa 2:11)
For the day of the LORD of hosts [Shall come] upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up– And it shall be brought low– (Isa 2:12)
Upon all the cedars of Lebanon [that are] high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; (Isa 2:13)
Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills [that are] lifted up; (Isa 2:14)
Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; (Isa 2:15)
Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops. (Isa 2:16)
The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, (Isa 2:17)
But the idols He shall utterly abolish. (Isa 2:18)
They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. (Isa 2:19)
In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, [each] for himself to worship, To the moles and bats, (Isa 2:20)
To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily. (Isa 2:21)
We see that Isa 2 is parallel to Rev 6 where the men go into the caves of the rocks…yet we also see that all the mountains will be humbled in that day. It could be that there will be a removal of the upper part of the mountains but not the bases. I see the caves of the rocks not as mere caves but underground bases which are of course under mountains but also deep in the earth.
Thanks for the follow up!
Thanks Doug,
The phrase that gives me the most trouble in Rev 6 is "Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up,…" What is that?
One other thought I was considering the other day concerning the "day of the Lord" since we are talking about Isaiah…
Isa13:6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. Isa13:7 Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt, Isa13:8 And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.
"They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth"
When I compared this with Mat 24:8 and how the birth pang signs Jesus mentions in Mat 24:7 seam to parallel some of the seals, I had the thought that the "day of the Lord" may embrace the entire period (Rev 6-19). The judgements increase in intensity and get closier and closer together.
I am not sure if this is the right way to look at it.. but there could possibly be more than one earthquake, increasing in intensity each time?
The severity seems to increase from the seals, to the trumpets, to the vials…
Hi Peter, I am writing a lot about the heavens receding as a scroll. That is when the veil between heaven and earth comes down. See Isa 25:7, 34:4, 64:1, 2 Pet 3:10, Rev 6:14. These are all the same event and when it happens it is pretty much the end of the show.
Thanks, looking forward to more of your new book…
After reading the verses you list, I am wondering how you would explain the phrase "the elements will melt with fervent heat" Is this explained in the video?
I talk a lot about this in my new video: The Angelic Domain and the Fall of Satan. You can also read about it here: http://www.douglashamp.com/the-angelic-domain-created-before-genesis-11-or-after/
Excellent show (though I've listened only to half of it, so far). I myself have been wrestling with the chronology of Revelation: it's so much easier to piece together if one sets aside a strict sequence.
I was interested to hear that the Greek word which is translated as "then" can also be translated as "and". It certainly helps to know that! (Also, I'd read somewhere that the Greek used in Revelation is very rough and ready when compared with the other New Testament writings — is this right?)
Your idea that Heaven and Earth are renewed at the start of the Millennium is unusual and interesting — my ears always prick up when you talk about it! Prophecy buffs seem often to follow a given chronology, and to be wary of questioning it. Good for you for breaking the mould, Doug! A question I often ponder myself is whether Gog makes only a single appearance — i.e. I wonder whether Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 20:7-9 might actually describe a single event.
On lighter matters…
Around 09:40 I think I can hear Dave opening his donuts. He starts eating 'em at 09:55. …But my favourite Dave eating-segment was from 18:15 to 18:33 — I listened to it repeatedly until I was giggling so much that my stomach began to hurt.
God bless you both!
Hi Paul, Just to be clear, the word "then" Gr. tote does not mean "and" it just means "then". My point is the Gr word "kai" means "and" and there is no justification to translate it as "then" when there is a separate word for that. I would argue that it is sloppy translation.
We will be speaking more about the chronology of Revelation because there are a lot of things that can be put into a much clearer light if we don't insist that every chapter's contents must follow the previous.
P.S. I will let Dave know! Thanks!
Hi Doug!
Thanks for the clarification: the way I think of Revelation is that John was given the privilege of experiencing the Heavenly realm, where time does not have the same meaning it does here. We should therefore be careful about holding too rigidly to the sequence in which the events are recounted.
With respect to the heavens receding like a scroll, I think that this points to God's unveiling of the higher dimensions during Judgement — it is a final breakdown of the barrier between our 4-dimensional world and the 4+n-dimensional world in which the heavenly host live and move.
And please don't stop Dave eating his donuts — as I say, that segment from 18:15 to 18:33 was the funniest thing I'd heard all week.
God bless!
Hello Doug and Dave,
I greatly enjoyed your discussion on the chronology in Revelation. I enjoy it the most when you guys discuss and expound the scriptures, allthough I appreaciate all your discussions. Both of you made good points to consider.
I am greatly looking forward to a more in depth discussion of Rev 20 and Doug's view on how Rev 21-22 gives more detail on the events of Revelation 20.
Hi Peter, I love expounding the Scriptures the best as well! My new book Edge of Eternity will deal with the chronology of Revelation – I will also be dealing with this as I teach through Revelation. Blessings, Doug
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Deviant Art
Death Of LegendIgnite hell's biting bullets that scorch and sting,Death Of Legend in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Against heaven's armies that stand and sing.
When the might of garish gods befalls us all,
Where nations crumble and meek mortals fall,
Then celestial suicide will be our fate's call.
Skies will turn to smoke and seas will burn to steam,
Demons will howl. Angels will die. Men will dream.
To believe in an eternal peace beyond war's breath,
No more to suffer through eyes that despair death,
Never to crumble hearts into pits of blackened dust.
Blind hell's hope that bring waves of ruin and rust,
Against heaven's anguish that bring terror and trust.
When the sight of humble humanity suffers defeat,
Where societies tremble and lost leaders meet,
Then universal disaster will be our's generation's treat.
Spirits will turn to shade and souls will burn to sleet,
Demons will growl. Angels will cry. Men will scream.
To believe in an internal lease beyond war's sight,
No more to fear opposing voices that murder might,
Never to extinguish minds in
The Lonely TowerSee the forlorn lover locked in his lonely tower,The Lonely Tower in Free Verse More Like This
Gazing with his telescope every night and every hour,
Till under the brightest moon he spots a scarlet flower.
Walking barefoot on grass that glitters like gold,
She strikes his soul with a smile that thaws the cold.
See the forlorn lover locked in his lonely tower,
Dreaming on his mattress every night and every hour,
While along the dullest sands he feels a vermilion power.
Climbing fingertips on stone that sparkles like sapphire,
She haunts his heart with a honesty that sparks the fire.
See the forlorn lover locked in his lonely tower,
Waiting on his bride every night and every hour.
So above the wildest rivers he hears a crimson shower,
Pouring guilt on desire that dazzles like diamond,
She murders his mind with a muse that wakes the bond.
Ready To IgniteMy chest feels like a furnace,Ready To Ignite in Free Verse More Like This
And my lungs are on fire.
Death is my mind's only desire;
But I will carry on with bitter grace,
Knowing my ashes may leave no trace.
My chest feels like a grenade,
And my heart is about to explode.
Shall I continue down this road?
But now I stop because I am afraid,
That the life I lead may never be saved.
My chest feels like an anvil,
And my ribs feel like lead.
In my palms is black blood that bled,
But I am scared so much my stare is still,
With bleak eyes I accept misery for good or ill.
A Message for my loveI wanted to grow old with youA Message for my love in Free Verse More Like This
and go through thick and thin.
Together enjoy our pension age,
Just we two.
Its so hard now to remember,
though I know we share so many.
Memories for me too painful,
to ponder on any.
I get through each day somehow,
I´m grateful for your love,
which even tho you´re no longer here,
pours on me from above.
So rest in peace my lovely man.
I miss you everyday.
I´m thankful to have been the one,
you chose to be your woman.
A poem by Suzanne Karbach
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And her hands lay useless against the curve of her waist.
An hourglass standing with each grain assigned,
A time and a place, a husband, no thought for her mind.
To be instructed and moulded into icy precision
Because in her heart the royal blue ran in vain
And her prison was forged before birth by name.
Fairy tales make pretty the twists of her life
As she's wound into tapestries, the good, obedient wife.
Let those who weave take for granted stillness in her lips
And forget to check the eyes which dip from sight,
For those who's power falls too far for her to reach
Means she must hide hide her only freedoms in deceit.
She'll whisper beneath men's ears and lace their tongues
With words that from their own have not be strung,
For what do women in titles' prisons have?
But the babes from further shackles brought,
And hopes that scheming years shall dull the locks
To free the blood of thos
The Devil's SonnetBleed your heart to cast my inkThe Devil's Sonnet in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Then sign upon the flesh and skin
For madness hangs upon the brink
Where you drown in poisoned sin.
And eyes I stole from lovers' sights
shall deem with only me to kiss and lie
Reclaim on those stolen lusty nights
When letters bind the name and tie.
Can you catch the devil's tongue?
It's twisted within your own
And can you claim this deed so wrong
When all hope of redemption had flown?
Think with thoughts as black as coal
To match the state of your sold soul.
Make Me Mistress of Lies and Goddess of ChaosMy brightly burning ice giant; god of fire,Make Me Mistress of Lies and Goddess of Chaos in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
My silver tongued lie-smith with weighted whispers—
Will you still love me on Ragnarök's byre?
When your children wage war on their elders?
For the nine realms will be nothing but chaos,
And each will sit back to watch the destruction
For none shall be able to forestall this loss,
Or find another world to which they can run.
If you say yes; that you will adore me yet…
Should I trust those lips which kiss me sweetly?
That weave such beautiful tricks, traps and nets
To trip and catch the Æsir and their army.
Tell me, if it should be my breath leaves first,
Should you take another into our bed?
Or should you deem this world to be accursed,
And wait for the fates to cut immortal thread.
The SkullShe'll speak to the dead with her head on one side,The Skull in Free Verse More Like This
Punctuate conversations with the roll of her eyes,
For jokes loose their bite once the dust takes my teeth
And laughter is dry without a tongue or lips and speech.
Watch the cracks for my mind and I have long fell out,
We were in for a while but overdue another bout
Any apologies would be useless in this little war
The maggots will mean the argument is lost for sure.
Once the stone grows too cold she will bore of my grin
But don't put my skull back where I lie straight and thin
Up here is a sun to bleach the old bones white
And a silver sheen smile beneath the evening starlight
My nerves frayed to cobwebs and caught the last draft
I won't feel the heat or ice like I did before in a past
With dark empty sockets I'm staring on blind
But it's better than rotting satin and myself for all time.
But while you perch on my name you may chatter on
Tell me of those who remained after my coffin was gone
If they became neighbours or settled elsew
Shattered SymphonyBefore the ice crept into your veins and settled,Shattered Symphony in Free Verse More Like This
Before the cracks in your heart were petrified,
Was there something other than ancient dust?
Hiding in the hollow echo of disused synapses,
Where nerves once sparked into singing chords
Rattled down time taut strings of frozen organs,
Buzzed through the vena cava and battered valves,
To swell lungs full with gasping, desperate breaths
While drum beats thundered, and the tempo jumped,
Crescendos of flustered words and twisted tongue,
Chasing the sun drenched notes from honeyed lips
To pin them down, caught upon a pulsing manuscript.
If there was once something more than what is now,
Then how did the rhythm crumble from its arches?
And why did the melody shatter sharps to flats
Tumbling from the stave etched in your arteries,
To clatter through the first of frozen teardrops,
That came when the ice first crept and settled in.
The Eyes of a DragonCan you see it through her eyes,The Eyes of a Dragon in Free Verse More Like This
Those distant fading memories
In vast and endless skies
Where horizons could not be set?
And can you find time before beginning,
A prequel to Adam and Eve?
Or the apes who stood to men,
And walked with swords upon two feet.
Discover hidden beneath time dulled scales
Where there's fires from ancient years,
Which burnt before the strike of flint
And paled only in others through fear.
Her claws once curled tightest grip
Alongside bated and excited breath,
As perched on the dizzying precipice
She held no fear of what she could drop.
She'd leap from cliffs where none would follow,
To unfurl her starving wings and feed,
Feaster on the wind and breeze
For flying held freedom and to live was to be free.
But now her claws click blunt and clipped
And her wings fold ripped and tattered,
No burnish holds in tarnished scales
When chains are there to keep her grounded.
What she was she is no more
So let the weary mind forget
For pain is brought in thoughts
and see
Can you lose yourself inside another's love?Some days I stare at my hands,Can you lose yourself inside another's love? in Free Verse More Like This
Trying to find my singularity-
Lost in the muddle of plurality!
When you exchanged my heart,
And swapped in your own.
Incomplete"Tomorrow morning, that footstool goes!"Incomplete in Free Verse More Like This
And I'm left to listen to my own voice's echo,
As it bounced back off half-painted walls
And round corners without the skirting-
Next weekend's promise still etched in pencil.
But faded past the point of a stranger's notice,
And even your mother has stopped commenting,
On the second landing's crooked light fixing.
I must have asked you a hundred times before,
To throw out that footstool in the hallway.
Bought at some junk shop, three streets away,
And just awkward enough, so that I stub my toe,
Every single time I walk through the dam door!
The same door you painted pink to annoy John,
Next door's tenant with a grey tweed suit,
And a hate for anything even mildly creative!
God he hated you! With a passion unmatched.
At least he did-
Last week he said how he'd admired you.
He said that you artwork was unparalleled!
You would have snorted in his face,
And asked him "what else you would expect?
You were a genius with a paintbrush after all!"
I just
A Beginning Worth StartingI'm waiting for a beginning worth starting,A Beginning Worth Starting in Free Verse More Like This
A first chapter with an undeniable hook!
To pull you between the lines
And drag you deeper into ink than words.
My winding, weaving plotline path,
Whose story holds the darkest villains.
For heroes are dull as dust compared,
To the creeping, grasping gasp
Of a good baddie's evil laugh.
And a scheme that tricks even the best,
The quickest witted reader's mind
Who believes they've solved the mystery
Only to find the ground has dropped,
And they stand over open darkness
Where answered questions have lay it wait!
Yes, that's the 'begin' I want to hear,
To read and live and jump into!
With writer's keys still clattering,
So I can't be told the ending yet
By those who skipped ahead the pages,
And setteled for 'he died' or 'won'.
I'll puppeteer the writer's hands.
That is, if I must.
I'm sick of waiting for a beginning worth starting,
It's taking too long to stain the pages
And the ending will arrive at same time set,
Despite if I start or I wait fo
CosmicHer head is light from spinning,Cosmic in Free Verse More Like This
Though the beacon still can glow
In the hope he'll draw close enough
For her to pull him home.
When he left he took her shell
The wall that she had built,
And scattered it across the stars
Who's cores were safely hid.
In their volatile explosion,
An argument leading to the spark,
Sent shock-waves through eternity
And blew them far apart.
Without him there's no fusion,
Only the one burnt out heart
To falter beneath grieving pain
Until a numb black hole does start.
Soul CollectorBloody murdererSoul Collector in Free Verse More Like This
Damned soul collector
Tell me, how could you extort the life out of those shiny, brown eyes?!
I'm vividly smiling as he slowly dies
Tell me, didn't you fell a thing while giving the poisonous kiss?
I feel every beating of his heart as we are immersing in the bliss
A soul collector, destroyer of the mind,
I'm about to extinguish his light, to leave him lost and blind
I'll encage his ripped soul,
Just after he'll lose the self-control
Don't drag another soul into your disgrace,
Just one more blanked face
Don't kill again with your breath-taking embrace,
I promise, just one more one more stolen core
You know you shouldn't, but your claws are digging already in his chest,
I'm spilling his blood, the flesh I wrest
Don't collect this soul, not this time,
I must capture his soul before he captures mine,
I promise, just
Were you really there?Everything is long gone,Were you really there? in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
As you're passing by ,
I'm still walking on this road, all alone,
I'm still trying to move on.
An intruder in my mind,the ghost of the old times,
Is reminding me about how you used to say,
That you really care.
All this time were you really there?
The Suicide DreamThere's blood on the floor,The Suicide Dream in Free Verse More Like This
A cold hand still leaning on the closed door,
The echo of a painful shout still overcome,
Imprinted in the empty sight,
The image of a purpose that was too soon gone.
Tangled bloody hair,
Of a person that decided no more can bear,
Tears like crystals still resting on the dead face,
The soundtrack of a film,
The scream of lost innocence,
On a black and white screen.
Suppressed words that cleaved a heart,
Broken promises and lies,
One more soul tore apart,
A person drown in useless cries,
Bloody, bruised wrist,
The result of the decision - no more can go on like this.
A peaceful grin,
Of a person that in the ocean of despair couldn't anymore swim,
Is frozen and distorted,
A blade, a stain of blood,
Life away has faded.
Like in a dream,
I see the bruised, dead face,
I hear a scream,
On the floor I see a bloody trace,
Snippets of a jumble film.
Another person broke down,
Took away by the whirling waves of the suicide dream,
Another person decided this world is m
Perfection is an IllusionPerfection is an illusionPerfection is an Illusion in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
As heaven is to Earth,
A painted cloudy paradise
Inspired by human dearth.
Flawless is the pole star
Leading man to fabled land,
Still distant the Polaris
From man's conceited hand.
Yet perfection's only flaw
That it will never know,
Perfection appears resplendent
Draped in fault's shadow.
Sonnet XIDear Death, thou art shunned, yet I welcome thee,Sonnet XI in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I fear not thy shade nor thy trailing shroud,
Whilst mankind greets thee with a teary plea
I shall embrace thee like a monsoon cloud.
Why men fear thy presence I cannot say,
Nor discern why in thy company, weep,
For life bears us all: love, woe, ceaseless sway,
But death, kind death, cares for every man's sleep.
My love for thee exceeds mortality,
And as seasons sweeten the sweetest wine,
Lend my fruitful years to vitality
And I shall remain eternally thine.
Ring my vows from my grave O timeless wife
We eloped at birth for the afterlife.
Sonnet VDear latent poet of this lifeless ageSonnet V in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
You are truth's last infallible device,
Though your work may remain an unseen page
Verity requires your watchful eyes.
Alas! Your life may never shelter peace,
Nay, peace seeks harborage in ignorance,
But your days so filled with candid release
Are truer than truth's own truthful penance.
Imagine no wreaths, for you shall receive none,
Save laurels of slander as truth's sole squire,
And in life, none shall know of things you have done,
Only to read your name 'neath the skyward spire.
Yet that enemy time, will be your friend
And past infinity truth will transcend.
Sonnet VIOh precious love sworn to passionate painSonnet VI in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Care not for losing Love's seasonal grace,
For it is fitful Love's to love again
And Love shall later love another face,
And of faithful love, Love loves to speak,
A love which lasts till Love's closing day,
Yet, Love loves to imprint every spare cheek
With more love than what one Love can pay,
Unsettled, the scales of love do shake,
Though Love's love for compromise is known,
Still Love from tenure will in time break,
For only love, not Love, is a man's own.
And on every morrow, Love tells a tale
Of merry things upon love's vagrant trail.
Sonnet IVOh conceded Lover I write to thee,Sonnet IV in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Though to thou in words I shall be no more.
What I lost in love, thou hast lost in me,
For I lost thine act, and thou, my adore.
While thou hast gained another's love, anon,
And cast away thine hollow yesterdays,
Mine love, sworn to the yonder morrows-- gone!--
Still looks thither with False Hope's hopeful gaze.
Alas! Albeit these incomplete dreams
I thank thee for its wondrous prelude,
Now my quill covets for other themes
Which upon thy coming grew accrued.
Had our love endured, I'd remove thy guise,
And thou, in my sonnet, immortalize.
The Passion FruitTease the heart in little doses,The Passion Fruit in Concrete Poetry More Like This
A dash of red, not all the roses,
Fan the flame that's frail and dying,
Cull the bird that's fit and flying,
Win the sight of every pleasure,
Yet forfeit the sunken treasure,
Pull one step short of simple ration,
Hoard the enshrined conversation,
Speak in words that betray ire,
Prepare the untimely pyre,
Call out the rites in gleeful voices,
Portray a faux lack of choices,
Then leap before the burning fervor,
Await the sorrowful preserver,
Raise the stakes to hold your bearing,
Stretch the tender till it's tearing,
What is broken, makes one stronger,
What doesn't end is meant for longer,
What is pined for is not what is
And longed for neither hers nor his,
A dearth, a lack, a want we savour
And THAT lends the passion fruit its flavour.
The Artist's PleaThe fingerprints of mankind among each hillThe Artist's Plea in Concrete Poetry More Like This
Does the artist's eyes with melancholy fill,
A meadow unseen, untouched by time
Lends the poor poet his timeless rhyme,
The song of a lark, the scent of a rose
Bears in its womb, the birth of sweet prose,
And though man will pillage and nature abuse
Where from will he find tomorrow's muse?
Satisfaction is a ShadowSatisfaction is a shadowSatisfaction is a Shadow in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
So near and yet so far,
Which yearns for yet another moon
And feeds on every star.
The rich remain forever poor
And the poor; truly rich,
And heaven falls to sordid waste
Curing Man's endless itch.
More copious than the cosmos
Yet once a pinch of snuff,
Has humanity forgotten
Enough was once enough?
Sonnet XIIIMistress Fortune, thou art every man's queen,Sonnet XIII in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Princes and paupers take thou for a bride
And upon thy smile mankind rests keen;
I pray to no God, yet bow 'neath thy pride.
Each reward of creation is thy gift;
Sweet fruits of laborious seeds unsowed,
And how fickle the man, who in thy rift
Laments lost harvests on fields unploughed.
Yet, thy nature reflects the untamed sky,
Sullen, silent, sunny; a fiend and friend,
And though weathered I, still this eye be dry,
On thou, my dearer tears, I shall not spend.
Miss Fortune! Fair Fortune! A fare thee well!
All thy winds of chance shall not toll my bell.
Little Black BookConscience was my killer;Little Black Book in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Little black book of fate;
I stored each name
In colours of shame
And preserved the sinful date.
Skeletons in the closet;
Corpses in the yard;
All I did want
In my fell haunt
Was a faded tarot card.
Delusions of RealityFor many hours we spoke.Delusions of Reality in Free Verse More Like This
It came to me that perhaps
You were history repeating itself.
That maybe you weren't real-
Or I wasn't.
Either seemed more probable than
Some like you and someone like me
Actually being together.
So I debated,
And you replied,
Your answers were not as I expected
Lending credit to your claims.
The nagging doubt will exist,
Until the day we finally meet
Face to face,
Flesh to flesh.
Even then,
I might doubt.
After all,
Some hallucinations seem VERY real.
But even if you AREN'T,
Even if I am a figment of your imagination,
Or you of mine,
I hope you never vanish.
That we will always be at least friends.
I cannot bear to lose anymore people I care about.
I cannot lose YOU.
Promise not to vanish,
And don't banish me
If I turn out not to be real?
After all,
You must need me,
Like I need you
LIESBrilliant LIESLIES in Free Verse More Like This
Fall from my lips.
Dazzling words of misdirection,
All on display to HIDE
The fact that there are pieces
That there is a darkness within
That DEVOURS.
Of course I can Love.
Of course I can be yours.
Most certainly I will never hurt you.
She is screaming,
Locked away behind the mask,
Behind the Steel and Ice
And Blades and Blood.
Don't listen to her cries,
Look at the beautifully sculpted
I have on display.
Aren't they much more
Aren't they what you
To hear?
I bow,
And gift you with
What you DESIRE.
I'm FineTo say "I'm fine."I'm Fine in Free Verse More Like This
It's so easy.
To mean it?
That's not so simple.
After all,
when tears spill unheaded
in warm rivers down my face,
and desperate sobs
choke me,
it's hard to be "ok."
I'm just glad no one can see.
See the frazzeled, snotty mess
the horrid swollen abomination of a face
that gives lie
to every "I'm fine"
ever uttered or typed.
InspirationSo many nights of dreaming,Inspiration in Free Verse More Like This
Of wishing for magic and song,
And when I awaken,
My dreams continue,
Leaving me longing
For a world of my own making.
Characters beg for a chance to shine,
For adventures,
And a chance for love.
How can I deny them?
They live a life so different from mine,
And yet,
They are a part of me.
I wonder who is more real?
SecretI have a secret.Secret in Free Verse More Like This
Don't tell!
There is someone
Someone I've fallen for.
Someone who makes
My heart tremble.
Who is in my thoughts constantly.
I can't say the words
That scream themselves in my soul.
It's too soon for those.
May ALWAYS be too soon.
But I just had to tell someone.
Had to share the news.
But you can't tell,
If he knew
Let's just say I'm fragile.
So no one can know.
YOU can know,
But you won't tell,
Who's the Danger Here?Poisoned KissesWho's the Danger Here? in Free Verse More Like This
Rain false affection.
Don't let them touch you,
Or you will be tainted.
Don't listen to her honeyed words
Or tempting promises.
She'll only destroy you!
Just run away!
Don't worry about
What you think you see.
Save yourself!
Don't look back,
Don't shed a single tear for me.
I'll only destroy your
Beautiful and innocent heart.
You can't embrace her!
You can't love her!
If you do I-
Desperate tears fall from my eyes,
Mingling with
Innocent kisses from your loving lips.
What if it kills you?
You hold me,
As if I'm fragile,
As if the slightest touch might break me.
You're words are like warm rain
On my frozen soul.
They hurt,
Because I feel them.
I know what will happen-
If I let you continue.
I strive to push you away,
But your affection has trapped me.
I try to save you-
After all,
I'M the danger.
But you seem intent
On saving ME
Ode to RamenRamen Noodles,Ode to Ramen in Free Verse More Like This
In a cup or bowl.
Eat them crumbled, crush or whole.
Cooked in butter,
With eggs and cheese.
Eat them any way you please.
Ramen Noodles,
Oh so good.
Cheap and delicious.
Eat them now,
I should!
WaitingWaiting:Waiting in Free Verse More Like This
By the phone,
In front of the computer,
By the door.
No matter where I go
Or what I do,
I feel like I'm always waiting.
For someone,
For something.
An event,
A promise,
A person.
While I'm waiting,
I write,
I read,
I draw.
But always,
In the back of my mind,
I know that I can drop everything.
When I can stop waiting,
I will probably be dead,
'cause I'm always waiting.
Eaten AliveThe party ran late.Eaten Alive in Free Verse More Like This
The jungle was dark,
Except for the eerie shadows
Cast by my torch.
I felt as if something was watching me
With starving eyes.
Waiting for me to be in the perfect spot
To be devoured.
To stave off the fear,
I began to sing.
Perhaps that was the wrong choice.
My voice is quite off key
My torch went flying
As I was knocked to the ground.
Before it fizzled out,
I saw the demon cat
The mad tiger who devours.
His eyes gleamed,
Full of anger and hunger.
The rending of flesh and bone
Caused my brain to despair,
Screams of pain wracking my frame.
I was being EATEN alive!
Screams and whimpers are
More musical
To the ears of man eating tigers
Than songs.
RainbowCascading colors flood my view.Rainbow in Free Verse More Like This
A veritable rainbow of light
Refracted from water droplets.
Prisms of awesome shine everywhere,
Bringing a subtle joy to my jaded heart.
The torrent of tears is over,
And all that remains are the rainbows
Laughing at their medium.
The Demon and the Magician: Part 6, Act IThe Demon and the MagicianThe Demon and the Magician: Part 6, Act I in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Part Six: Ad Bellum, Act I
A large thud wakes me as my eyes, blurry and dreary, slide open to stare at the ceiling above me. Looking to my right, I see Alex's bed empty, the blanket pulled over the edge.
"Alex?" I yawn, lifting my tired body up off the floor, moonlight filtering into the room from the large window behind me. "Did'ya fall off?"
Looking over the bed, I can see his body lying on the floor, the blanket wrapped haphazardly around it, his muscles in spasm, writhing and contorting as he winces and cries softly. His eyes are shut tight, and fists are clenched.
"Alex!" I exclaim as I drop to his side, grabbing his shoulders and looking down at him. "What's wrong? C'mon, wake up! Snap out of it! Alex!"
With a loud gasp his eyes shoot open as his body stiffens, his limbs stretching outward, pushing against the bed and sliding it across the wooden floor. His eyes are a pu
The Demon and the Magician: Part 8The Demon and the MagicianThe Demon and the Magician: Part 8 in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Part 8: Lost
"Watch it!" the man yells as I jump off to the side, falling backwards into a puddle of murky brown water. The man throws his arm out the window, throwing me the bird before rushing off in his large black sedan. I don't bother to lift myself up out of the water—the rain has already soaked me to my core. Instead, I just sit, looking around me as people rush back and forth, their bodies immersed in technology, connecting them to and severing them from the world at the same time.
"The nineteenth century was so much kinder to me," I say softly, standing up and continuing to walk down the cold concrete sidewalk. My shoes, slick and black, shine under the soft gray light that filters down from the sky. Lifting my left hand to my face, I look at the dark black scar: there's been something different about it for a couple centuries now. Granted, it still works just fine; but something about it nags at me, b
The Demon and the Magician: Part 7The Demon and the MagicianThe Demon and the Magician: Part 7 in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Part 7: Goobye
"Terra," I shout, focusing energy through my core and into the earth beneath me, "obedire me!" Extending outwards, my hands glow a dark green that expands like ribbons onto the stone pillars surrounding me, wrapping around them and heaving them upwards.
"Be careful, Alex!" Adeon shouts from behind as my body lifts slowly off the ground, the earth trembling as I strain myself to lift the pillars back into place—Cassius' magic, embedded in the surroundings, resists my every move. I can feel sweat dripping down my face, the breath begins to dwindle from within me: with one final cry of pain I force the pillars back into place.
My body drops to the ground in a heap as my chest heaves, my lungs never getting their fill, my muscles in spasm. Adeon runs over to me and grabs my shoulders, his dark eyes staring into mine as he smiles.
"You did it," he says, helping me up as we look ar
The Demon and the Magician Part FiveThe Demon and the MagicianThe Demon and the Magician Part Five in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
Part Five: All Hell Breaks Loose
Gray. That's all I see when I wake up. From the clouds in the sky to the light filtering through them, everything is gray: the kind of dullness that practically pulls the life from your body.
With a soft groan I lift myself off of the thick padded mat and glare out the window. A soft breeze wanders lazily into the room, the scent of the ocean meandering with it as it brushes past my nose. Inhaling deeply, I rub my eyes and look to my left: nothing but an empty blanket and pillow.
"Shit," I say softly, throwing my legs over the edge and heaving myself up onto the old wooden floorboards. My eyes wander down to the trunk and it worn wooden lid—as gray as the rest of the world outside—before I turn and open the door, my left foot hovering in the doorway for a moment. My head turns back to the trunk, and in an instant anger and pain fill my body.
Rushing out of the door and into the narrow hallway
i miss you...I sit here in this rain,i miss you... in Free Verse More Like This
Thinking of you.
But no matter how long I wait on this bench,
For you,
You will never meet me here.
I've got on my best dress, my cane,
Even that old bowler hat you always liked,
And I wait at the bench where we first met.
But you will never meet me here again.
I lean on my cane in front of me,
Thinking of you,
Elegy for a DreamHow do dreams die?Elegy for a Dream in Free Verse More Like This
Do they simply fade away,
Like fog after a rainy day?
Do they go out with a bang,
Like a shot heard around the world?
Do they go out with a whimper,
Like a wounded animal dying in a hidden hole?
How do dreams die?
Do they change until they are unrecognizable,
Like the evolution of life?
Do they corrupt and corrode,
Like death and decay?
Do dreams kill other dreams,
Like people kill other people?
How do dreams die?
Can they die with a person,
Never shared or known?
Can a dream become reality,
Before it dies?
Can reality be a dream,
Before it dies?
DenialIn a quaint little home, a woman puts up the last of the dishes. She looks into the living room where her two children sleep in front of the television. She carefully carries each child to their bed and tucks them in with a kiss and says "I love you". The children remain silent.Denial in Short Stories More Like This
The woman goes to her room where her husband is. He lies on the bed quietly, waiting for his wife. The woman smiles lovingly at her husband as she slides beside his cold form. He'd been sick for a month and required extra care now. In fact earlier that day she had helped him bathe and remove the filth from his body. He was always so messy.
Kissing her husband deeply she tells him goodnight as she pulls the covers over their cold bodies.
In a peaceful little home, the woman finish's the last of the morning's dishes. Then there came a knocking, knocking, knocking on the door. The woman answer's the door. A man in a blue police uniform stands.
"Excuse me ma'am. We've received a missing persons report for your husb
Fade to BlackI don't want to dieFade to Black in Free Verse More Like This
To fade to black
In a whisper,
I want to leave my mark
And be known,
I want to do something great
To inspire others,
As I have been
By those before me,
I want to create something
That will mark their hearts,
To make them feel
When they remember,
I don't want to be another life
I have dreams
I want to make real,
If only for a little while,
I don't want to fade to nothing
When I die,
I don't want to fade to black
ErasedWhat would you be if you erased your sorrow?Erased in Free Verse More Like This
What would you be if you erased your pain and hurt?
What would you be if you erased your embarrassment?
What would you be if you took it all away,
All the negative things in your life?
What would be left without those things?
Would that leave you pure as a child?
As weak and defenseless as a child?
What would you be if you erased your happiness?
What would you be if you erased your joy and pleasure?
What would you be if you erased your pride and confidence?
What would you be if you took it all away,
All the positive things in your life?
What would be left without those things?
Would that leave you as corrupt as an adult?
As cruel and harsh as an adult?
If you erased anything about you,
Would you be you at all?
Post-ApocalypticOur waters are taintedPost-Apocalyptic in Free Verse More Like This
And our crops are blighted
Our population is cut
And our births are few
We wanted to live
We wanted to kill
And now we're dying
And so are you.
Our land grew tired
And oceans stagnant
Our terrestrials grew ill
And our aquatic vile
We harnessed the elements
We harnessed the forces
And now we're worse
Than when we began.
Our tech rendered useless
And leadership crushed
Our sun sent storms
And our moon abandoned us
Our stomachs are bloated
And our bodies hunger
The air is poison
And our flesh burns
when touched.
We thought us great
And now we're less
Our homes are dust
And our hope is gone.
Perhaps life will return
In a million or two
But we know it's too late for us
And you too.
Koi FishWhatKoi Fish in Free Verse More Like This
Musing colorsWhat color would the seven sins beMusing colors in Free Verse More Like This
If they could be seen?
Only a devil could tell with glee.
Invidia and jealousy share the same shade of green with bitter resentment,
While Avaritia prefers to horde the colors of yellow, grey and green.
Luxuira love to wear shades of lushes red,
while Ira baths in red and wears black and white,
Acedia is buried under blankets of blue and grey,
While Gula is busy indulging on brown and orange,
All the while Superbia wears robes of royal purple,
And demanding that all bow down to its will and none other.
Death DealerDeath lingered behind his eyes,Death Dealer in Free Verse More Like This
ruthless his lips edged up
in a killers smile,
it was the moment
he awaited
while his prey
lie blissfully unaware.
Stillness absolute
a heart beat
was the only sound,
while the shadow
prepared to descend
with the swiftness
of a falcon.
Blood paints the darkness
of the night, not even a scream,
it is true what they say
you can die within your dreams,
for what was he
but a phantom unseen,
a death dealer who will
take flight with your life
while you sleep.
He is gone
even before the very last
breath can be drawn
but he never leaves a doubt
none escapes from his
talon's grasp.
Sleeping MorteNightshade adorned the forgotten graveSleeping Morte in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
where she slept away the fading day
within her crypt bedecked in rose-gold,
yet to time she remains a slave.
With nightfall she rises from her grave,
by moons wan light she appears fay
draped in voluminous lace of old,
upon your soul death's name she'll engrave.
From ivory lips a kiss none can save,
an elusive bloom that won't stay,
her love yet remains ever so cold,
death will be all you have to crave.
As she returns back to the grave,
to her memory the lost ones pray,
slumbering amid decay and mold,
vigil kept only by the brave.
Silence is DeathVoiceless and bleeding at the end of my ropeSilence is Death in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
chocking upon words which remain unspoken,
with jaw unhinged I may find a way to cope.
Lock myself in with all the pieces broken,
how can I find the right moment to tell you?
I try to deliver some secret token.
These trails of blood would make sense if you knew,
this silence is bound to be the death of me,
I am stuck and don't know how to make it through.
I have to close my eyes in order to see
and I know only I can set myself free.
InhumanYour lies are so much more beautifulInhuman in Free Verse More Like This
than the truths you attempt to tell,
how I dislike the efforts you make
to be noble, it ill suits you
and your goodness holds no interest to me.
Why must we play that game
of pretending to care,
it is the moments of brutality
that spark your eyes which arouse my interest.
I prefer to think of you bloody
not draped in white,
you see with you I don't have to
masquerade as a better person.
There are times, frightening and sublime
when I feel I could throw it all away,
and walk the savage war path
without ever looking back.
But you hesitate and falter,
I do not believe in your guilt,
but at moments you are lost to me
when you want to wear the facade
of still being human in some definable way.
What is humanity to us?
Only a speck of dust,
wash your remorse down the drain
let us not play the tortured soul game,
I have no apology.
Rise to the occasion
embrace the hunger which consumes your soul
tremble not before them
but let them drink from
Pharaoh and His WifeBeneath the ancient skiesPharaoh and His Wife in Free Verse More Like This
two lovers, hand in hand
walk together under a vastness
of the stars.
They approach
a world of uncertainty,
on the cusp of everything,
where power ripples as the sands
beneath their feet,
to dissipate at any moment.
To each other they cling,
to hold it together,
they stand tall bearing the weight
of the world upon their shoulders.
The gods watching above,
with critical eye
expecting to mold the divine
within mortal flesh
in their earthly representatives.
And rise or fall in time
they will become immortalized,
captured in one stolen moment
as but two lovers beneath
an ancient sky.
SilenceYourSilence in Free Verse More Like This
silence kills me
more than words
can say.
While I am held
in suspension
of anticipation
waiting and wondering.
Each passing day
rises new hope
which steadily declines
and leaves me wanting,
I wake to another
knowing soon
you must break this fast
upon my heart
and at last speak.
The Soldier's WifeScarcely was it time enough to breatheThe Soldier's Wife in Free Verse More Like This
a moment they were given which felt stolen,
making it all the more delicious
and yet still so much the bitter.
She savored this body,
miraculously still whole
with a beating heart inside,
but she wondered at moments
stealing glances in his eyes,
how intact?
Her love was tempered with
momentary bursts of fear
that left her trembling in regret,
though she knew that heart
full of holes as it may be,
belonged still to her.
But this body that she would
hold onto for dear life was not
hers to keep, she knew it belonged
to them, and he may well have
signed his soul to the devil
for it was buried somewhere
in that arid earthbound hell.
They were mocking in their generosity
of restoring him to her again,
knowing they could without question
summon him back, and next time
they may send him back by piecemeal,
would they than still allow her to have
his heart when nothing else was left,
after they stripped everything else away?
My Beautiful DisasterBroken boyMy Beautiful Disaster in Free Verse More Like This
with your coffee
and cigarettes
I should have been
forewarned to stay away
but your lips
curved in a cynical smile
and your eyes
saw the bitterness of the world,
I longed for your artist's fingers
to give me a caress,
I see you smoking in bed
among twisted sheets
while we for a moment
forget the pain of the world,
but in the end we are
destined to destroy each other,
it was never love
that drew us together
but the beauty of your mind
and the languid litheness of your body,
the cracks in your heart,
and despair in your soul,
but I was never the one
to give you what you require,
you are an ideal
I desired to posses,
and I was there when you were lost
so I became your latest form
of self-abuse
while you made me forget the void
yet never could satisfy its emptiness,
we took each other to oblivion
only pretending to be saved.
Demon InsideWill you love the demonDemon Inside in Free Verse More Like This
inside me? I know there is a darkness
in my soul that sinks down into the abyss,
and my heart beats callously.
I cannot pretend to be an angel,
I don't aspire for Sainthood,
I never have presumed that I was good,
and never sought to be better than this.
Will you tremble at the sight of me?
Revile within the truth of me,
do I repulse you so?
Or might you glimpse something
beyond all the insanity,
can you see past the nightmares
of my dreams?
Understand I am not seeking
to be saved, I don't want to be led
astray from my twisted path.
Don't come to me if you believe
you can purify my soul,
but I want your willingness
to dare to enter the labyrinth with me.
We could learn to destroy each
other beautifully, we will not live
in petty lies, and falsetto hopes.
Our lives may derail in time,
but they will be entirely ours,
the wreckage of truth which
refuses to be denied.
Do you have enough
faith in yourself to risk
all your safety ground,
for the perilous position
of my
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Amend the constitution concerning the electoral college!!
Our government is supposed to belong to the people! But sadly "the people" hardly get a say in what goes on in our country. Especially during such an important time as electing our next president!! We need to make some noise and stand up with fellow Americans and say that the electoral college is preventing our vote from counting!!! By the people and for the people!!! The electoral college has been given too much freedom and hasn't really been working for us! Each state gets a certain amount of electoral college votes. these votes are supposed to be cast based on the popular vote. but more often then not they aren't and there are no laws or regulations to ensure that they are. this needs to change. If you want your vote to actually count for something then sign this petition and lets show congress and the us archivist that Americans mean business!!


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For the last several decades, the seemingly endless parade of new social media has been raising public awareness of boundaries — the psychological boundaries between human souls — and in the last few years we have begun to talk about this with a heightened sense of urgency.
About 10,000 years ago, the only important boundary between our openly living ancestors was a natural one — the skull that kept mental activity out of sensory range. What people were thinking and feeling was for them to know and others to find out. And the others did find out, because this sort of internal activity has a way of leaking into the face, hands, and body, and these things were still visible.
Missing Persons
When our ancestors took refuge behind walls, of course, their bodies regularly disappeared for long periods of time. But privacy was tantamount to secrecy, and eavesdroppers pursued them through whatever cracks and knotholes the builders left behind. In doing so, whatever their original motive, they discovered vast perceptual riches — far beyond anything their ancestors had seen in the glow of a campfire — for insiders, thinking they were ...


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However, it's been years since I sat down and watched the series in its entirety, and so I decided to change that. Instead of watching every episode of the series, however, I sat down and figured out how to condense the show's 2nd through 7th seasons to 20 episodes each and will be using this 'streamlined' approach as I rewatch the series.
Arbitrarily restricting the later seasons to 20 episodes each is not "the series in its entirety," which was what you apparently intended to do originally. But you didn't, so you didn't really change anything. How do you determine which episodes get included, and which are not worthy of your time?
I tend to agree with your 'Emissary' evaluation.
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MADRID—Room Mate Hotels has announced that it will add 11 new properties within the next two years to its existing portfolio of 18 hotels. New establishments will open in urban destinations around the world including Istanbul, Rotterdam, Milan, Rome and Bogota, with additional hotels added to Barcelona and New York.
The expansion comes on the heels of one of Room Mate Hotels' most profitable years, setting occupancy records that averaged more than 80% brand-wide for 2013 and an increase in overall ADR by 2.10%. The brand also ended 2013 with the opening of Room Mate Aitana in Amsterdam, Room Mate's first foray into The Netherlands and the largest property in the portfolio with 284 guestrooms and suites overlooking the IJ River in the city's cultural center.
"This is a dynamic time for Room Mate as we are growing faster than ever before, expanding our brand to new and enticing areas of the world while also re-discovering some of our current locations from a new perspective," stated Enrique "Kike" Sarasola, president and founder of Room Mate Hotels. "With such a fast-paced global economy, we believe this is the ideal time to expand our portfolio with new additions that offer guests access to key international cities in a friendly, approachable way."
In late spring 2014, Room Mate will debut in Istanbul, the first out of three hotels in the pipeline for the city. The project has been commissioned to renowned designer Lázaro Rosa Violán and will have 61 rooms, an outdoor terrace and spa. A new, 230-room property in Rotterdam is also in development, which will feature a ground floor devoted to housing Spanish retail shops and products. Located in the city's port district, this new property will be designed by Teresa Sapey, the architect behind Room Mate Pau in Barcelona.
Following the success of two openings in the past year in Florence, Room Mate will be expanding its footprint in Italy to include properties in Rome and Milan. Two properties are also slated to open in Bogota, and a second Room Mate hotel will join Room Mate Grace in New York City.
A renewed focus will also be on hotel development in Barcelona as the city is a key destination for the brand. Toward the end of 2014, Room Mate will open an 81-room property on Aragon Street near Paseo de Gracia, featuring both a terrace and pool and a property will follow near the Plaza de Urquinaona in Barcelona.
Further expansion is slated for destinations such as Paris and London as main capitals of the world and cities like Bilbao, San Sebastián and Seville in Spain.
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Thanks All! Some pretty solid advice Roger. I'm just not sure I can take s'more advice from an Aussie. Particularly in SI units! I am pretty sure all my marshmallows are manufactured ...
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Unclean beasts GET THEE DOWN
oh my, this makes me laugh! I'm not sure what to think of Tender Heart Bear using a sword, but I guess it's more aggressive than sticking his belly out for the Care Bears stare.
I can hear him. I can hear him screaming "tASTE THE LOVE MADAFAKAAAAA!" inside my head. hehehe
This is insanely epic
this is amazing.
When carebears attack, this is a harlious parody.
I'd so watch that that if it was like this xD
lol, looks cool
This is made of win. I love it.
Awesome to see this again. Hahaa.. Your drawings are always things to be admired.
This is great; the facial expression is a great mix of 'battle-anger' and cuteness.
Great image control, with the color and blur effects. Such character!
Great image control, with the color and blur effects. Such character!


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CityChicago StateIL Description The Production Manager is responsible for the production of the meals that we provide to local schools. The Production Manager reports to the General Manager, and will lead a team of Cooks, Prep Cooks, Dishwashers and the Porter. Specifically, the7/8/2015 Chicago, IL Save This Job
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The Production Department is the hub for all value-added food creation - fresh cut steaks, lamb, pork, seafood, pre-chopped produce, kebab sticks, fresh fruit, deli trays, gourmet cheeses, guacamole, salsa, and dips. Relay is seeking a full-time Deli, Butchery & Seafood8/30/2015 Richmond, VA Save This Job
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I wonder, was it really hair or was it like Angel Hair pasta which is not hair, unless you think of it as hair of the wheat.
Anyway if it was hair whatever.. it's no different than eating some other part of the animal. OF course maybe it was a sentient, intelligent, space traveling race of Alfarian folk who also eat their hair in which case it's a more adventurous fare.
Neelix said it was the former with a rather gleeful malignancy right before the two of them threw down, but he was just yanking Tom's chain.
Shedding season indeed!!!
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BBC4 Goes Pop! launches this week
It is on 6music, Radio 3 and Radio 4 to a lesser extent too I think, but the main programming of the Pop Art season on the BBC is on BBC4. Continue Reading
It is on 6music, Radio 3 and Radio 4 to a lesser extent too I think, but the main programming of the Pop Art season on the BBC is on BBC4. Continue Reading
If you love The Avengers, you might just love The Avengers officially-licensed pop art prints by Art & Hue. Continue Reading
We would guess it isn't going to be the best documentary on the subject (Tony Palmer's Wigan Casino pictured above probably gets that title), but Living For The Weekend should still be worth checking out if you have any kind of interest in northern soul. Continue Reading
If you missed it or happen be be outside the UK, you can check out the BBC Culture Show: Northern Soul – Keep the Faith thanks to YouTube. Continue Reading
One for the diary, with the BBC Culture Show soon to be showing a special called Northern Soul – Keep the Faith. Continue Reading
Yes, the man from The Prisoner. But there's a lot more than that at the Patrick McGoohan season at the BFI. Continue Reading
If you can't afford the Super Deluxe Edition box set, you can have a viewing of the newly-restored Rolling Stones' Charlie Is My Darling movie for free – by turning on your TV. Continue Reading
If you are in the UK – and a fan of The Who – you might want to stay in or set record for Quadrophenia Night on BBC 4, a night of programmes themed around the album and screening on 29th June 2012. Continue Reading
I know the channel has been making and researching the shows for a while, but the Fred Perry Presents Subculture series finally starts this week. Continue Reading
The Wigan Casino meant nothing to me at the time. I was too young, Lego and Subbuteo were my kicks, but I was still aware of it, with two older sisters who used to make the short journey from Bolton to Wigan every weekend. Continue Reading
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- MLB Parent Club: Arizona Diamondbacks
- Status: Voluntarily Retired List
- Full Name: Joshua Y. Parr
- Age: 26 (September 11, 1989)
- Birthplace: Chillicothe, IL
- Bats/Throws: R/R Ht: 5' 11" Wt: 170
- Draft: Round 12 (2011, ARI)
- School: Illinois
- Relationship(s): brother of Justin Parr, brother of Jordan Parr
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Sonos is definitely a fav around the Engadget Mansion, and during CES we got to take a second and talk to them about the new ZP80 ZonePlayer. The new device supports Audible and Rhapsody, but unfortunately still lacks PlaysForSure support. Peep the vid below for a moving picture demo of the new software update for Sonos, and new ZonePlayer.
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In this picture taken Aug. 18. 2012, US singer Madonna performs one stage during a concert in Zurich, Switzerland.
Journal of Turkish Weekly: Ukrainian antigay bill clears first hurdle
Euronews: Outlawing the promotion of homosexuality is a step closer in Ukraine
Ukraine parliament votes to outlaw 'promotion of homosexuality'
Russian investigators send Madonna gig complaints to prosecutors
Police start inquiry at parents' request after Madonna's concert in St. Petersburg
Contactmusic: Madonna stands up for jailed former leader of Ukraine
Madonna's first venue in St. Petersburg to be sprayed with holy water
MOSCOW (AP) — Some Russian activists have sued Madonna for millions of dollars, claiming they were offended by her support for gay rights during a recent concert in St. Petersburg.
Anti-gay sentiment is strong in Russia. In St. Petersburg, a law passed in February makes it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors, and the author of that law has pointed to the presence of children as young as 12 at Madonna's concert on Aug. 9.
Russian news agencies quote Alexander Pochuyev, a lawyer representing the nine activists, as saying the suit was filed Friday against Madonna, the organizer of her concert, and the hall where it was held, asking for damages totaling 333 million rubles, or nearly $10.5 million.
Responding to criticism that the plaintiffs were stuck in the Middle Ages, the lawyer said they were using civilized, modern methods to defend their rights. "No one is burning anyone at the stake or carrying out an Inquisition," Pochuyev was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying. "Modern civilization requires tolerance and respect for different values."
The complaint includes a video taken at the concert showing Madonna stomping on an Orthodox cross and asking fans to raise their hands to show the pink armbands in support of gays and lesbians that were distributed among the audience, the new agency reported.
Madonna also has angered conservative Russians with her support for Pussy Riot. Three members of the punk band were sentenced Friday to two years in prison for a protest inside Moscow's main cathedral against Vladimir Putin and his cozy relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church.
Madonna spoke out in support of the group during her concert in St. Petersburg and two days earlier in Moscow. After the verdict was issued, Madonna called on "all those who love freedom to condemn this unjust punishment."
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|PAPER-PAK INDUSTRIES Patent applications
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|FESTOONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING A CONTINUOUS LENGTH OF MATERIAL INTO A CONTAINER - A festooning device is provided for packaging a continuous length of a material or product in a container at high operating speeds, with little or no operator adjustment until the container is completely filled. The festooning device can include an articulated paddle that further increases the fill of product from edge to edge in the container. The movements of the shuttle arm, container, and/or articulated paddle are synchronized to reduce the travel distance that the individual components of the festooning device, avoid overthrows of material over the upper edge of the container at high operating speeds, and provide maximum fill of the container. Also provided are a system and a method using the festooning device.
|PATIENT TRANSPORTER WITH SPONSONS - A patient transporter having sponsons that provide buoyancy when deployed on water is provided. A sponson assembly formed by two sponsons connected to each other by a material, and which can be positioned beneath a patient transporter to provide buoyancy, is also provided.
|DISPOSABLE TRANSPORTER - A disposable transporter that is absorbent, portable, and lightweight, and having sufficient strength to carry an injured soldier or medical patient is provided. The transporter has a backing substrate, an absorbent body, and a gripping device in an edge formed by the backing substrate. The absorbent body absorbs a large amount of body fluids, and can have an active agent that reduces contamination, infection, and odor. A transporter kit that encloses the transporter in a case for ease of storage and transport is also provided.
|Food Package - A food package having a tray, an absorbent pad formed with a surface-treated carboxyalkylated polysaccharide, a wrap, and a food product is disclosed. The absorbent pad can be substantially compostable. In certain embodiments, all components of the food package are substantially compostable.
|Method of Packaging a Continuous Length of Product on a Spool using Indexed Layers - A method is provided for packaging a continuous thread of a woven material or finished product, such as an absorbent food pad, onto a spool, spindle, or other large roll in indexed layers forming rows, for efficient loading and unloading of the product from the spool. A finished spool formed by rows of indexed layers of a continuous thread of the product is also provided.
|FOOD PACKAGE FOR CUT PRODUCE - The present disclosure provides a food package system for cut or sliced produce. The food package system includes a food tray, tray insert, closure, and an absorbent food pad positioned directly below the tray insert that absorbs exuded liquid from the cut or sliced produce, and contains active agents that modify the atmosphere in the food package system and have antimicrobial activity. The absorbent food pad absorbs liquids from the cut or sliced produce and keeps the absorbed liquids separated from the produce to extend shelf life, preserve appearance and other organoleptic features, and reduce spoilage of the cut or sliced produce in the food package system.
|TREATMENT SYSTEM TO PROLONG LIFE OF CUT FLOWERS - The present disclosure relates to prolonging shelf life of cut flowers, especially during transport, as well as enhancing physical appearance and sensory characteristics of cut flowers, by treatment systems and devices that modify the atmosphere over a longer period of time in containers in which the cut flowers are transported or stored.
|PATIENT TRANSPORTER WITH INFLATABLE CHAMBERS - A patient transporter having inflatable chambers or channels that provides improved support, rigidity, and height is disclosed. The patient transporter is lightweight, portable and durable. The inflatable chambers also provide buoyancy. A skid plate on the bottom surface of the transporter allows the transporter to be easily pulled over the ground when transporting a person. A hinged support assembly can be connected to the bottom of the transporter for additional rigidity and support. A method for using a patient transporter having inflatable chambers is also provided.
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The national median home value is $170,100.
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Comparative analysis of masseter fiber architecture in tree-gouging (Callithrix jacchus) and nongouging (Saguinus oedipus) callitrichids
Article first published online: 8 JUL 2004
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10249
Copyright © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Journal of Morphology
Volume 261, Issue 3, pages 276–285, September 2004
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How to Cite
Taylor, A. B. and Vinyard, C. J. (2004), Comparative analysis of masseter fiber architecture in tree-gouging (Callithrix jacchus) and nongouging (Saguinus oedipus) callitrichids. J. Morphol., 261: 276–285. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10249
Publication History
- Issue published online: 8 JUL 2004
- Article first published online: 8 JUL 2004
Funded by
- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC). Grant Number: 5P51 RR 000167
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
- National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: RR00167
- New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC). Grant Number: RR00168
- National Science Foundation. Grant Number: BCS-094666
- Abstract
- References
- Cited By
- masseter muscle;
- fiber architecture;
- tree gouging;
- marmoset;
- tamarin;
- callitrichids
Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) (Callitrichidae, Primates) share a broadly similar diet of fruits, insects, and tree exudates. Common marmosets, however, differ from tamarins by actively gouging trees with their anterior teeth to elicit tree exudate flow. During tree gouging, marmosets produce relatively large jaw gapes, but do not necessarily produce relatively large bite forces at the anterior teeth. We compared the fiber architecture of the masseter muscle in tree-gouging Callithrix jacchus (n = 10) to nongouging Saguinus oedipus (n = 8) to determine whether the marmoset masseter facilitates producing these large gapes during tree gouging. We predict that the marmoset masseter has relatively longer fibers and, hence, greater potential muscle excursion (i.e., a greater range of motion through increased muscle stretch). Conversely, because of the expected trade-off between excursion and force production in muscle architecture, we predict that the cotton-top tamarin masseter has more pinnate fibers and increased physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA) as compared to common marmosets. Likewise, the S. oedipus masseter is predicted to have a greater proportion of tendon relative to muscle fiber as compared to the common marmoset masseter. Common marmosets have absolutely and relatively longer masseter fibers than cotton-top tamarins. Given that fiber length is directly proportional to muscle excursion and by extension contraction velocity, this result suggests that marmosets have masseters designed for relatively greater stretching and, hence, larger gapes. Conversely, the cotton-top tamarin masseter has a greater angle of pinnation (but not significantly so), larger PCSA, and higher proportion of tendon. The significantly larger PCSA in the tamarin masseter suggests that their masseter has relatively greater force production capabilities as compared to marmosets. Collectively, these results suggest that the fiber architecture of the common marmoset masseter is part of a suite of features of the masticatory apparatus that facilitates the production of relatively large gapes during tree gouging. J. Morphol. 261:276–285, 2004. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.