"The most terrifying force of death, comes from the hands of men who wanted to be left alone. They try, so very hard, to mind their own business and provide for themselves and those they love. They resist every impulse to fight back, knowing the forced and permanent change of life that will come from it. They know, that the moment they fight back, their lives as they have lived them, are over. The moment the men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those who murdered their former lives. They fight with raw hate, and a drive that cannot be fathomed by those who are merely play-acting...

These things can hold true for anyone in your life- a partner, a friend, a brother. Measure your words and your actions each time you pass each other because you cannot get time back and what you choose to do with it and for it, may be your joy or lament. I have lost much and will lose much, we all do.   Today I send a brother to his maker and hope to make good on the things we were, the things we became and the things we aspired to. You were just here a moment ago and we were laughing at the gods, provoking them to action brother; and the only regret I have is not being able to say it one more time- I love you, and will see you soon. "Time enough for the earth in the ground".   We had a special relationship and conversations...

If you think "Cancel Culture" is a new innovation, think again. Its simply repeated behavior when the wrong people get a little group together and decide they dont like transparency and truth. If youre even somewhat studied in history you can dive backwards to the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (NK) you'll find Akhenaten and Nefertiti (leave your feminist delusions at the door today, m'kay?) who, upturned the political and religious systems in ancient Egypt with a bang- especially the emphasis on the family unit and likening the royal family alot closer to normal, average people in simple decription. This can be seen in many of the surviving examples of artwork from their reign. The lefties even then did their best to cancel them out by trying to remove their names and images from monuments and records of the time. It didnt work then and it wont work now; depsperation and...

"With him he made many perilous journeys, but as the years wore on he went more often alone. His ways were hard and long, and he became somewhat grim to look upon, unless he chanced to smile; and yet he seemed to Men worthy of honour, as a king that is in exile, when he did not hide his true shape. For he went in many guises, and won renown under many names." "Thus he became at last the most hardy of living Men, skilled in their crafts and lore, and was yet more than they; for he was elven-wise, and there was a light in his eyes that when they were kindled few could endure. His face was sad and stem because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his heart, from which mirth would arise at times like...