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Mike Joyce | November 30, 2008

I seem to be a swath of negativity lately. At least that is at first appearances. So many terrible things have happened to me over the past few months that it has been difficult to see the forest through the trees. This weekend was significant for me. Having a slightly scary car incident, having to drop way too much money in repairs and being severely inconvenienced over the the holiday weekend. I took it all in stride, it didn’t matter – like at all.

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Losing all hope is freedom (#2)

Mike Joyce | November 12, 2008

Humans are functioning robots, some are broken, some are in need of repair and some have the gears turning perfectly as-is. All of them, working or not want the same thing: Money, Sex, and maybe a random assortment of closely following third placers. They will stomp over any other robots in order to get that. There is no dignity, respect, integrety or honor left in this world. 
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Midnight in the garden of good and evil

Mike Joyce | October 22, 2008

Do you ever feel like your life is a soap opera, and you are an innocent bystander as you spun like a top? I do. I don’t like that. 

I think there is a fundamental concept of free will that people don’t realise. You are not a victim of circumstance, you are what you make of it. Really. 

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