The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: violent

  • Reevaluating My Definition of Decency

    Reevaluating My Definition of Decency

    It has more to do with a person’s actions.

  • Examining Irritation

    I have no idea why so many people have overlooked the memo that I am Queen of the World, but there you have it.

  • Drunken Karaoke

    It’s funny, unless you live next door and are trying to sleep.

  • Violence Radius

    A friend just sent me a link to an article about a man who had been stabbed to death in a park in Florida. I was horrified. For 27 years I owned a house not more than 50 yards from the scene of the crime. If I had still been living there, I could very well…

  • Aggression is the New Regression

    In the near future, when the leader of the free world is going to be someone who publicly declares “I’d like to punch him in the face,” and also condones waterboarding and other war crimes, can an uptick in violence be far behind? There is a thin veil between humanity and aggression. That veil is…

  • If People Came With Warning Labels

    On the drive in to work tonight, I was thinking that if people came with warning labels, life would be so much easier. But then, maybe not, because mine would be 10 miles long. It would probably include the following: Does not suffer fools gladly. Tends to be grumpy if woken up abruptly. Prone to…