Holy Wars

O.K. folks......here is the philosophical question of the week.
When are the mainstream religions of the world going to realize how much they have in common and stop fighting with each other? Doesn't religion teach us to love and accept our fellow man? In my personal opinion, there is nothing holy about war of any kind, but it manages to get justified for religious reasons over and over again. Can anyone make sense of this?

Attention Film Score Freaks!

If you are into movie music in a big way (as I am) please be sure to visit Isbum's blog. If those guys don't have it, nobody does! Please be aware that this site specializes in extremely rare and out of print scores......not the new stuff....O.K.?

http://isbumsplace.blogspot.com/

If you like space art, check this out!

I have images for sale on a site called Shutterpoint. My best work is in the 'space' folder. Please take a look. And just so you know.....If you see something you would like to have, you don't have to go through Shutterpoint to get it from me. I can send it direct (thus avoiding the midlle man and the fees they charge).

http://www.shutterpoint.com/Photos-BrowseUser.cfm?user_id=CMCOUGAR&ai=B6X9P8

How this blog got it's name

Wraith Cat Running

Half my soul runs through the night
On silent padded paws
The other half exists by day
Moving on without a cause

Plodding through my dull routine
The pressure mounts inside me
I long for freedom and the night
The beast within is rising

Darkness is my reverie
It hides the worst and spares the best
It's magic is for me alone
It's terror saved for all the rest

Half my soul runs through the night
On silent padded paws
It's eyes are green it's coat is black
And at it's feet lay deadly claws

What brings about this change you ask
In truth I do not know
But I must heed the ancient call
And out into the night I go

All I know once dawn has come
Is that I've been alive
And what has perished in my wake
Insures the fact that I survive

Half my soul runs through the night
On silent padded paws
The other half is what you see
And when you see me, pause

People With Chronic Pain

Here is a rant to get the ball rolling. I (like so many other people here in the US) suffer from chronic pain. My doctor is very understanding, but is so hog tied by government regulation caused by presciption drug addicts, that he cannot supply me with the medication I need to simply function throughout the course of the day. It is this very problem that drives people like me to use barely legal online pharmacy services just to be able to get up and walk more that a few yards in a day. What's worse is the way most medical professionals percieve us.......as nothing more than closet addicts just trying to get drugs! I have tried nearly every existing pain control therepy, and nothing works very well. I have been diagnosed with both degenerative disc disease and ankylosing spondylitis, and I suffer from a significant amount of pain 24 hours a day. I have a 'legitimate medical need' for pain medication, but my doctor is only able to prescribe in the amount of one tablet per day. That is not pain control......it's a cruel joke. I get 4 hours of relief, and then have to suffer for the remaining 20. I can no longer even think about indulging in the simple outdoor activities that I love so much because I cannot walk more than 100 yards before being in agonizing pain. If you are rich enough (or famous enough), you can get what ever you want, whenever you want it, and in any amount. But the average joe with no health insurance (other than what the state provides) has to just grin and bear it. It's no wonder why some of us resort to suicide to end the pain.

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