There is no elegance in this existence, nor grace in our lives. There is nothing poetic about feasting on blood that spills from torn flesh...

She could not bring herself to turn away from the night sky, for the stars and the blackness were the only escape she had when old faded memories returned to haunt her.

12 Things To Ditch For A Great DayBlameGuiltWorryRegretResentmentEntitlementSelf-pityLazinessNegative attitudeFear of embarrassmentUrge to one-up othersYour comfort zone

I could think of no better place to secretly murder someone than inside a fridge. Well, actually there were probably several better ones, but none came to mind at the time.

If you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died.

Seeing creates growth.

At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.

As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.

Now, have I ever been tempted to break into a Krispy Kreme doughnut store in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah. God help us if I had a mini-bar stocked with cheesecake and chicken-fried steak.

I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.

Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a threat

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.