http://blog.sesock.com Once upon a time in a dream... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:35:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The results are in, and I'm not talking about last week's (okay, I am, sort of). I'm talking the results from the electorate. The people on facebook and myspace who write notes, the neighbors I meet, and the friends who text me. I have seen a grand total of three statements ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2008/11/10/divided-we-fall/ 6:51 PM: I sign off of work (almost an hour late, I might add) and check the first results. Vermont called for Obama, and Kentucky called for McCain. I crack open my first beer. I want to beat Wolf Blitzer with the torn off limbs of Anderson Cooper, and I'm ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2008/11/05/liveblogging-election-day/ This, as a veritable melting pot of words, has been sitting in my drafts for months now, and I have not been able to bring myself to finally complete it and publish it for all the world to see. Today, I do so, because I'm ready to do that which ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2008/10/02/ob-la-di/ I know this forum has been eerily silent for months, but this is something I simply couldn't not write about (you can either chalk up my double negative as done purely for emphasis, or either because I'm horrendously out of practice). Don't worry, there are other writings in the works, ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2008/02/07/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fat/ Have you ever noticed how a pet will look up at you and give a pleading meow or furtive whine, with eyes wide open, and as that inexplicable sound emanates from their mouths, we can almost hear in the way they say it, the words "love me?" I'll be you dollars ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/10/passing-pustules-of-pensiveness-on-the-honesty-of-innocence/ I suppose that when it comes to friends and especially potential lovers, I look very closely for something that indicates to me that the person has a deeper eye turned inward. In comparison to someone who is interminably happy, this would be the type of person who can occasionally be found ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/09/do-you-think-youre-better-off-alone-deeper-eye-turned-inward/ One of the key tenants of most major world philosophies is that one must learn that the journey is more enjoyable than the destination itself. This, of course, in reality, is a difficult mindset to attain, as it is often the goal we focus on while ignoring the scenery, simplemindedly ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/08/passive-pustules-of-pensiveness-on-journeys-and-destinations/ "Do you ever feel like you give too much of yourself?" "Every single day," I replied, knowing full well that I was giving too much of myself in that very conversation. I was pouring my heart out, watching it glug-glug and swirl down the drain. These words I spoke wouldn't necessarily ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/07/do-you-think-youre-better-off-alone-flatline/ As a kid, I absolutely adored Bill Nye. I was a big fan of those fancy PBS kiddo learnin' shows, and to this day I still have many fond memories of 3-2-1 Contact, Square One and it's recurring segment "Mathnet" (say it with me now: "The story you're about to ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/06/bill-nye-the-blasphemer-guy/ It is hypothesized that human beings, as highly unique and individualized creatures, will still have many similarities in many fields. Diversity and homogenity are usually in balance with humans, and even the most polar opposite of individuals can find common ground. This balance, however, is interrupted and the common ground ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/05/six-degrees-of-canadian-bacon/ The Web 2.0 site that Jack built (by Kevin A. Sesock): This is the site that jack built. This is the content that resides in the site that jack built. This is the tag that expressed the content that resides in the site that jack built. This is the Nuke that houses the tag ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/04/poet-and-simply-wasnt-aware-of-it/ Don't let anyone convince you otherwise, because sometimes dreams really do come true. http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/03/do-you-think-youre-better-off-alone-i-saw-her-again-last-night-ii/ Originally written, but never posted, August 12th, 2007: A summer without an August, or at least the harrangue of stress that August brings, is something I haven't had in more than 7 years. But this year, this August, I have time to... Well, watch as my sad excuse for a sounding board ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/02/run-and-hide-sweet-free-august/ I'm having a bit of a hard time clearing away the cobwebs that surround this sad excuse for an online journal. It's been a long time, too long, but behind the scenes, I've been churning out a word or two, here or there, and to celebrate National Writer's Month, I ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/11/01/behind-the-times-celebrates-national-writers-month/ I keep getting asked by members of the Far Right why I should care about pointing out the past of Bush’s administration. After all, history is history, and nothing can be done to change it. As much as I’d love to use the old cliché “Those who fail to study ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/01/16/cliches-in-politics-put-us-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/ It’s 2007 and our newly-elected democratic majority has hit the ground running and we’ve already had our first case of bigotry and intolerance from elected officials. That didn’t take long, even by our standards. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has been elected as the first Muslim in Congress and was sworn ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2007/01/09/110th-congress-off-to-intolerant-start-with-vestal-virgil-goode/ I absolutely adore the fact that the majority of our Fourth Branch of Government (the media, for those of you who slept through Civics) would rather argue what to call the War in Iraq than argue how to fix the War in Iraq. To hear most of these pundits go at ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/11/30/media-continues-to-wage-war-of-the-words/ Since Oct. 24, I have been a nonsmoker. I have gone more than three weeks without a cigarette thanks to the nicotine patch and my own resolve. But I’d like to clarify something for anti-smoking Nazis, and being unable to smoke within 25 feet of an entrance had nothing ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/11/17/smokers-on-campus-continue-to-get-burned-%e2%80%94-by-intolerance/ Now that the pot-smoking, baby-killing, cut-and-run, tax-and-spend, Jesus-hating, terrorist-coddling, gay-loving Democrats have taken the House and are poised to win the Senate pending the imminent recount, be prepared to wander around shrieking, wailing, and gnashing teeth in this soon-to-be smoking crater we have more traditionally called America for the ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/11/09/for-elections-lasting-over-four-hours/ Thank you, what a nice present for my 26th birthday, even if it's a day early, delivering the House to the Dems. Better present than any material good I could think of. Now, for Christmas, I'd like to ask Santa for Virginia and Montana to offer up their Democratic Senators? I've ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/11/08/happy-early/ While states such as California, Ohio and Florida suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous electronic voting systems (such as those from Diebold), we can be proud Oklahoma uses an optical voting system instead of random numbers that disappear into the ether.Diebold is a publicly traded company, and I am ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/11/02/agent-smith-of-%e2%80%98the-matrix%e2%80%99-to-head-federal-election-commission/ If you haven’t found out yet, Mark Foley, a former republican Congressmen from Arizona, sent what most have called “creepy,” and what Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert called “overly friendly,” instant messages to underage pages. Foley asked them to “remove their pants” in addition to other such requests. I ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/10/26/today%e2%80%99s-scandal-brought-to-you-by-the-letter-%e2%80%98f%e2%80%99/ It seems there’s yet another touchy subject in terms of civil rights and access, one that touches the very core of political correctness and people’s preconceptions. I should clarify. I work for OSU’s Student Disability Services as the assistive technology specialist, supporting technology for people with disabilities. And today begins ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/10/16/students-deserve-the-right-to-education-regardless-of-disability/ Contrary to popular belief, our system of justice is reactive, not proactive. This is not altogether bad, and this is actually by design. The only existing proactive components of our criminal justice system are rehabilitation (prisons, probation, community service, etc.), education (drivers’ training, DARE, etc.) and deterrents (punishments used to ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/10/12/television-guilty-of-raising-false-hope-in-legal-system/ Patriotism is, according to most dictionaries, love of country. So, by extension, one may love their country when they are patriotic. The trouble is, a young, immature love is passionate without any degree of desire for positive growth. And yes, that means change, for all you stodgy, set-in-stone fogies who ... http://blog.sesock.com/archives/2006/09/25/patriotism-does-not-preclude-learning-from-our-mistakes/