Speculative Vision

I'm sorry Ariel...

"I'm fine, Ladarious." Caitir said in an obviously perturbed tone. "I already have one father. A second is something that I don't."

I myself was always a fan of the Republic of Rose Island.

Caitir bubbled with excitement of the new addition to the group. She was more than capable of defending herself, and had traveled a little in her time... but she was still new to the world, and had lived a greatly sheltered life. Distrust did not come easily to her, nor was discretion. "My name is C...

Christmas, mate.

Where've you been?

But I still wonder why the former IRS commissioner (I can't remember his name right now, but it was in the movie), who was interviewed by Russo, could not answer his question about the income tax straight forward. Either A) he was stupid, or B) the director used creative editing techniques, ala Mic...

Neurolanis, you might want to take a look at this; it could be educational.

Yes, Neurolanis, can you cite the case, because the majority of the cases I cited called the argument "legally frivolous." The last amendment passed was the 27th, in 1992, which states No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an ...

Having no income of which to speak, I do not pay income taxes. :roll: But, anyway, I keep hearing people bring up this conspiracy theory about the 16th Amendment, and it really is baseless (or, at any rate, nobody's yet been able to prove anything to the contrary). The fifth Article to the United St...

It's good. Haiku's are limiting by nature... and my personal tastes tend to favor lengthy, flowing, image-filled prose. However, given the confines of the form, I think that you did a remarkable job. I was somewhat surprised how much you were able to get out of it.

So how do you like the revised edition, Ariel, if you would have changed nothing yourself? Do you prefer the original over it? Of course, the ironic thing is that Doctor Zona's coming out with a collection of poetry sometime this year, which I have every intention of buying. So, really, I'll be buyi...