I Can't Imagine My Life Any Other

A Number Of Iraqis Told Us They Had Welcomed The U.s. Forces As Liberators Initially But In The Intervening Months, They Had Come To Feel That They Had Swapped One Oppressive Regime For Another. The Iraqis Did Exchange One Oppression For A Lighter Kind, In Some Ways.

And I'm Wondering Where The Lions Are.

I've Been Accused Of Being A Little Pedantic Here And There, But I Don't Buy That Criticism. I'm Telling It Like I See It. You Don't Have To Buy It. You Don't Have To Like It. You Don't Have To Listen To It At All. I'm Not Trying To Convince People Of Things, Other Than The Fact That I'm Trying To Make As Vivid As I Can My Own Feelings And Experiences.

I Woke Up One Morning With This Song In My Head, And The Opening Line Of The Song: My Name Was Richard Nixon, Only Now I'm A Girl.

In Between Effect And Cause And Just Beyond The Range Of Normal Sight, This Glittering Joker Was Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws.