The Retarded Superheroes Cave

Excerpt from “The Diary of the Russo Sisters” by Natasha Corradine

Meridian Russo stared out the window of the subway train. Her bright green eyes seemed unresponsive, as if her thoughts were somewhere else. She ran her fingers through her long blond hair and rested her forehead against the cool surface of the glass. She didn’t want to go home. She never did. Home wasn’t safe. Never had and never would be.

Growing up on the streets of Brooklyn was rough. It wasn’t easy. Whichever rapper said, “hood life was glamorous” was full of shit. There’s nothing glamorous about the hood. Nothing glamorous about Brooklyn either. Thugs controlled the streets. Crack addicts, drug dealers, and whores walked the boulevards looking for their next fix. The hood was a place were bullets went stray up on the block. Death lingered around every corner and every waking moment was lived in constant fear. Why would anyone want to embrace a lifestyle that everyone else was trying to run from?

The thought of running away seemed to linger in the back of her mind. Running away would mean leaving Dallas behind. Meridian could never leave her sister. Dallas and Meridian only had each other. Sighing, she looked over at her twin.

Dallas’ tired green eyes looked deep in thought as she stared down at her white sneakers. Her reddish-brown hair was pulled back into a side ponytail and her bangs were swept to the left side of her face. Feeling her twins gaze on her, she looked up.

“What?”

Griffey’s Stats To This Day

Ken Griffey Jr. is taken for granted. Look at his stats and his age compared to say, Rafael Palmeiro and they are both members of the 500 club but all you hear about Griffey is about how is isn’t the player he was. How about we just look at the player he is, and still can be. Griffey didn’t injure himself off the field, or try to be something he isn’t, he is just aging, and he is still a great baseball player who in my opinion gets overlooked. It is probably his own fault because in his prime there was not another player like him. His swing is one that would make Ted Williams proud. The problem that he has now is that the expectations on him are ahead of the reality. He has serious injuries and he is now just getting back into his game, and this year it looks like he will hit 35 or so homers, and hit near .290. Any team needs that, I’m not sure about 10 million dollars for that, but worse deals are made daily. He will never be the player he was, players change, look at Barry Bonds’ two different careers, only the difference here is not going to be so subtle. Griffey will produce, along with being a great team player, and he still has many good years ahead of him. The Griffey nay-sayers think that the injuries are the end of the road for the Griffey train, but it is just a bump on his path to greatness. Given enough at-bats he is one of the most underrated hitters of our time. He may not be “The Kid” anymore, more like, “The Player Formerly Known as The Kid”, but he still has all of his talent, and he will be around producing for at least 5 or 6 more years. Hall of Fame no doubter. Barry Bonds is jealous of Griffey. He was never a character on the Simpsons and people like Griffey, even when he’s not hitting homeruns for them. Bonds? ……

ESPN.com – ETICKET – Ichiro
Read and enjoy the above story about Ichiro…..or else you’ll get SARS. Sorry.

‘Ridiculousness is normal in life, so isn’t being normal in life, ridiculousness?’

Human beings will never co-exsist with other human beings that do not desire the exact same things. As long as humans have desires on a personal level rather than on a universal level, there will be conflicts. Somethingthat gets in the way of our desires is our enemy. What is an enemy other than someone who doesn’t share our personal worldview? What would be the Universal desire of the human race? If we say peave we are naive, because peace is simple and could be attained any time or place. An object in motion stays in motion and a race at war stays at war. So what do people desire more than any desire imaginable? It is my opinion that unequivically, human beings desire to know who the are, what they are, where they are, how they became, how they fit in the puzzle, and most of all why the became. To come anywhere close to answering any of those questions the world would have to stop as it is today. An outside force would have to act on our moving race and make it rest. The human potential is endless but the human lifespan ends. Will our race die out divided as enemies and strangers, or will we be united as Men? Our destiny is in our own hands, but can we realize that? An enemy is just someone who disagrees with you, but you don’t have to disagree with them. Love yourself so that you can love others more than yourself. Do good deeds not for the rewards. The destination is in the journey.

-“Money can’t get you anything real, it can only temporarily reserve it for you.”

If you value your childrens lives, your natural wildlife, and your personal health, read the story“Crimes Against Nature” – Published in 2003 Edition of Rolling Stone. Do not read it as a political article or anything like that. The article outlines many different interesting things that are happening in our current adminstration that affect every person in this country on the same level. Things that go across political lines and cross into the human aspect of our country. But who’s country is it???

Jon Stewart on National Public Radio