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Seeping from
the corner of my mind,
of nothing good,
almost all of it benign.

Where are the thoughts,
of the yesterdays?
Have they disappeared,
and gone away?

I wish I knew,
the answer to,
perhaps, then, I
would know what to do.

I hope I'm not, going through,
this, "Woe is me" period", now.
It's not healthy, this I know,
but it's still difficult, so how,

do I connect this feeling,
which has a grip on me,
when I see no promise,
of what I might be?

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

That's no moon. On the ground, that's the Lars Homestead in Tunisia. And that's not just any galaxy. That's the central band of our own Milky Way galaxy. Last, that's not just any meteor. It is a bright fireball likely from last year's Perseids meteor shower. The featured image composite combines consecutive exposures taken by the same camera from the same location. This year's Perseids peak during the coming weekend is expected to show the most meteors after the first quarter moon sets, near midnight. To best experience a meteor shower, you should have clear and dark skies, a comfortable seat, and patience.

Photo by Makrem Larnaout

"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other" (1940)

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) British philosopher, writer, mathematician, logician, historian, social critic, political activist, and Nobel Laureate. More

The last time, you talked to me,
I swore, you wanted to fight.
Uncertain as to what you wanted,
I left and stayed out of sight.

Now, many months have passed,
and I'm no longer, in this plight.
If you would like to talk again,
it will be after; we flee or fight.

I love the day.
I love the night.
I don't love the reason,
my life, has changed to fright.

As the end of life,
draws nye and near,
where are the hidden,
suppressed feelings of fear?

Never been the sharpest blade,
in this drawer of life,
but hey! let that slide,
I said I wasn't the sharpest knife

There are many times
in the crazy life we lead,
we will receive clues,
of what may lay ahead.

We have options,
but we may not see,
or anticipate,
what they mean, to thee.

We must take action,
reviewing the facts,
if we are to succeed,
in our life's acts.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What would it look like to return home from outside our galaxy? Although designed to answer greater questions, data from ESA's robotic Gaia mission is helping to provide a uniquely modern perspective on humanity's place in the universe. Gaia orbits the Sun near the Earth and resolves stars' positions so precisely that it can determine a slight shift from its changing vantage point over the course of a year, a shift that is proportionately smaller for more distant stars -- and so determines distance. In the first sequence of the video, an illustration of the Milky Way is shown that soon resolves into a three-dimensional visualization of Gaia star data. A few notable stars are labelled with their common names, while others stars are labelled with numbers from a Gaia catalog. Eventually, the viewer arrives in our stellar neighborhood where many stars were tracked by Gaia, and soon at our home star Sol, the Sun. At the video's end, the reflective glow of Sol's third planet becomes visible: Earth.

I see myself,
wanting to return,
to the days when,
I was an introvert.

Have I been in this
life too many years?
Have I developed a feeling,
with innate fears?

Fear of not being loved,
by others, my friends.
Do I need to apologize
and make amends,

for being a person,
a personality facade.
Don't care to read about
that big fraud.