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Motive (poetry) by lizardinlaw

my motive
is to understand

I just want to understand
Beloved
I ask questions and listen
I watch
I explore

I just want to understand
Beloved

I built this art
out of confusion
trying to understand

my motive
is to understand

the sin
is then to share it

no matter what he has done
I am still responsible
for my actions

Beloved

my motive
is to understand

I understand
Beloved
no matter what the motive
no matter what the excuse
no matter if it might hurt first
help and heal later

I am still responsible
for my actions
Beloved

I don't know the outcome
Beloved

though I try to justify my motives
Beloved

sometimes
I choose to do wrong

August 17, 2017 (log) by lizardinlaw

...please say prayers for bat to not be rabid, because then cat might get it...

...more to follow...

...also I feel pretty sorry for the bat.

September 10, 2001 (idea) by Trar

It's kind of funny, looking into the past like this. In Internet time, most of this place is ancient history; a snapshot from a world mostly the same as today, but at the same time so very different. Browsing here while logged in feels like perusing a time capsule or flipping through an old guestbook: most of the users haven't logged on in a decade or more and you find yourself wondering if any of them even remember it existed. Wondering how they might be doing now. It's heartwarming to see it still…

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News for Noders

Everything2 News, August 2017 by Tem42 Tue Aug 01 2017 at 18:18

August 4 Happy birthday avalyn!

August 6 広島

August 27 Happy birthday Bitriot

If you have an item for this calendar, /msg Tem42.

Everything2 News, July 2017 by Tem42 Sat Jul 01 2017 at 16:39

July 1: Brevity Quest 2017 begins!

July 4: Alice’s Day (AKA Alice in Wonderland Day); also Independence day in the US.

July 19-24: Hemingway Days; party central is Key West, Florida.

July 31: Harry Potter's Birthday.


If you have anything to add to this calendar, let Tem42 know.

Everything2 News, June 2017 by Tem42 Thu Jun 08 2017 at 0:03

SciFiQuest 3017: The Frontier that Wouldn't End... hasn't ended. Still. See the quest node for details.

June 4: Aesop's Birthday.

June 11: TerribleAspect's birthday!

June 16: Bloomsday.

June 19: Juneteenth.

June 21: The first day of summer (northern hemisphere) and winter (southern hemisphere).

June 25 SciFiQuest 3017: The Frontier that Wouldn't End has ended.

June 28: Tau Day.


Get ready for Brevity Quest 2017, coming soon to a website near you!


If you have an item for this calendar, /msg Tem42.

Everything2 News, April 2017 by Tem42 Sat Apr 01 2017 at 14:58

April 1: April Fool's Day has been cancelled. Everyone just go home.

April 6: Happy birthday, borgo!

April 7: Happy birthday, Tem42!

April 12: Yuri's Night

April 22: It's Earth Day, fellow earthlings!

April 24: Happy birthday, Rancid_Pickle!

April 24: It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown!


SciFiQuest 3017: The Frontier that Wouldn't End is coming May 1st!

If you have something to add to the monthly news, /msg Tem42.

March 2017 - TLS is Live! by jaybonci Mon Mar 27 2017 at 16:02

Hello everyone,

As you can see in your URL bar, TLS (https://) is live!

What does this mean for you?

We are on the lookout for various browser warnings. All of the themes have all been ported over. There are some http assets in some of the second-tier superdocs, but we'll clean those up as we find them. If you are seeing crazy browser warnings or can't access the site, please drop me an email. On-site messages or Github issues are also good for keeping track of broken things.

We should see an increase in search engine traffic as they tend to penalize non-https sites. This is one of the steps to continue to secure the future of the site, and I'm very pleased we're able to get it done.

Additionally, the load on the server is considerably higher. I've pushed some changes to stabilize it, but we may experience some choppiness. Please let me know if you get connection errors

A lot of really old features or features that won't handle the 301 redirect properly may break. We'll do what we can to support them, but this is one of the instances where old broken stuff might just end up staying broken.

-Jay