April 15-19, 2013

This has been a tremendously brutal week.  Aside from the senseless violence that struck Boston on Monday, this great nation has rejected the gun control bill that would enhance background checks to ensure psycho-lunatics become truly incapable of obtaining assault weapons legally.  To most, that's a logically valid conclusion to make in order to reduce, possibly prevent, the type of incidents that occurred in Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, etc.  Adding insult to injury, further violence struck Boston yesterday amid the MIT compound, keystone pipeline continued to deface the immaculate skin of America, and a fertilizer plant blew up injuring hundreds, killing dozens in Texas.  Breathe. One thing that keeps me above the surface of this seemingly chthonic abyss of endless dread is that all dramatic human phenomenon will always slip farther away into the sunset.  Always remember that the entire world is not awful: