<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="2.0"><channel><title>Write Something Articles - Brought to you by JoeUser</title><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/rss/articles</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2008 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description /><language>en-us</language><pubDate>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDate><lastBuildDate>2008-07-05T21:21:24</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0, Andrew Powell</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>apowell@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/316244</comments><description><![CDATA[DomineeringDemandingForcefulRisk-takerAdventuresomeDecisiveInquisitive&nbsp;Pessimistic AloofWithdrawnSelf-consciousReticent&nbsp;LoyalPredictablePrivateSerenePossessiveComplacentIntroverted&nbsp;PerfectionistAccurateFact-finderDiplomaticSystematicConventional&nbsp;So.Those words up there, according to a personality profile the State of Texas administered to me today, are supposed to sum me up. The words in bold are supposedly me dead on and the other words above and below the bold word are &nda...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/316244</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/316244</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>I am...</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/316121</comments><description><![CDATA[Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>-The Gospel of St. Matthew~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;We do the things we do because it makes us feel good. Because we see a lot of things that are beyond the average walking around person&rsquo;s awareness we...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/316121</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/316121</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Thoughts Du Jour</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/315989</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;<br/><br/>The grave of Willis Barnes who was executed two years and one day before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 for severely beating, sexually assaulting,&nbsp;and strangling to death an eighty-four year old woman during a&nbsp;burglary of her home. His grave lies in the Joe Byrd Prison Cemetery close to Sam Houston State University near my hotel (an "x" before the&nbsp;TDCJ prisoner number indicates that the person was executed by the State of Texas, but no family member claimed the deceas...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/315989</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/315989</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Gone South</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/315176</comments><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Remember: arms across chest, you lean your head back and focus on the wing tip, we&rsquo;ll rock once, twice, three times and&nbsp;then GO! And don&rsquo;t forget your arch once we clear the door&rdquo; he told me. I looked down at the altimeter strapped to my left hand and it said fourteen THOUSAND feet. Nearly time for 'jumpers away' as they say in the vernacular.&nbsp;Gulp. Here I was doing this again...&nbsp;Right before the exit we went over the drill one &lsquo;mo time. I had a few ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/315176</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/315176</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Twice!</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/314582</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;When did JU jump the shark for you? Was it when the old regulars begin to self-destruct and/or grow bored and fade away or when the sense and feeling&nbsp;of community seemed to have died or&nbsp;when JU made the changeover to the "new and improved" version or...or has it&nbsp;jumped yet&nbsp;for you?<br/><br/>&nbsp;]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/314582</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/314582</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>When did JU jump the shark for you?</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/314419</comments><description><![CDATA[Here I sit all broken hearted, tried to shit but only farted, here comes the bus I must not linger, look out ass here comes the finger!&nbsp;Ever notice how ya never read any good graffiti anymore? You know what I mean &ndash;the funny, creative stuff? It makes me kinda sad. Where (oh where!) did all the shit house poets go? I miss them tremendously.&nbsp;~~~~~~~~~&nbsp;Ever notice when there&rsquo;s a picture in a magazine or a newspaper where there&rsquo;s a bunch of black guys and one white g...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/314419</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/314419</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Masturbation is having sex with someone you love</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313939</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;HE: wassa matter?&nbsp;SHE: my hand&rsquo;s getting tired, you need to hurry up.&nbsp;HE: sheesh, now that&rsquo;s inspiring talk.&nbsp;SHE: sorry. But&hellip;&nbsp;HE: but what?&nbsp;SHE: but used to it didn&rsquo;t take near this long.&nbsp;HE: &ldquo;used to&rdquo; being the key words in that statement.&nbsp;SHE: and&hellip;well. Never mind.&nbsp;HE: no. Go ahead. &ldquo;And well&rdquo; what?&nbsp;SHE: it&rsquo;s just that&hellip;well&hellip;no, never mind. That would be mean.&nbsp;HE: ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313939</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313939</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Silver</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313821</comments><description><![CDATA[Weird.&nbsp;Yeah, it&rsquo;s weird the words or combinations of letters and numbers they make you type into those spam filter things. Usually it&rsquo;s nonsense stuff like:&nbsp;HgrlNM2&nbsp;or&hellip;&nbsp;night issue&nbsp;or&hellip;&nbsp;singles During&nbsp;or&hellip;&nbsp;Wait a minute! Sometimes I see a pattern in these things! They say that&rsquo;s normal (they say) to see patterns in seemingly random, chaotic, empty events. Like&hellip; clouds that look like Jesus or maybe potato chips th...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313821</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313821</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Doubleday promising</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313681</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;There will invariably be people who do not accept you. And in that case you must be your own badass self, without apology.&nbsp;-Katie Goodman&nbsp;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&nbsp;Ha! So I&rsquo;ve found my rhythm, my beat, my thang in all this running. Putting in twenty-five to thirty miles per week now on a consistent basis. The only obstacle now is the unrelenting Texas HEAT. So I either (a) get up early in the morning or (b) I wait until late in the evening.And so far ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313681</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313681</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Notes &amp; Plans</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313647</comments><description><![CDATA[Poor kid.&nbsp;I mean&hellip;I felt sorry for the poor young bastard, I really did. Maybe &lsquo;cause I&rsquo;d been there myself once upon a long ago time. Heh, yeah, I remember bein&rsquo; eighteen and horny and feelin&rsquo; no pain. And it sucks ass to be really feeling, you know, feeling good and buzzed and so alive and then have your wet blanket older buddies say &ldquo;time to go!&rdquo;&nbsp;Frickin&rsquo; sucks, man.&nbsp;I mean, the beer is flowin&rsquo; and the girls are dancin&rsquo...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313647</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313647</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Buzz Kills</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313285</comments><description><![CDATA[But&nbsp;blow it freakin&rsquo; did. We arrived at the Drop Zone as schedule under overcast skies and a southerly wind clippin&rsquo; in at an unhealthy pace for those amongst us who like to jump out of Perfectly Good Airplanes. So, since the weather wasn&rsquo;t cooperating, we did all we had in our power to do.&nbsp;We waited.&nbsp;And after a while the clouds thinned and broke up but the winds continued filling the wind socks and the Perfectly Good Airplanes stayed grounded on Mother Earth. &...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313285</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313285</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Blow is just an expression, baby...</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313149</comments><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The truth of the matter is, nobody cares because nobody is really watching you as close as you imagine them to be&rdquo; he told her. &ldquo;At least not in the negative way&rdquo; he added with a wink.But of course she didn&rsquo;t believe him. In her mind everyone was always watching her and watching her intently. &ldquo;So,&rdquo; he continued as he watched her in the mirror apply her blood red lipstick, &ldquo;why don&rsquo;t you, you know, give it a rest. Just relax and not be so upt...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313149</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313149</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Social Anxiety</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313104</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;So today while out on my eight mile run I met up with Julie a week out of jail and walking in the opposite direction near the Catholic Church. Even though the temp had already risen to the low nineties and the humidity was at least that or more, she was wrapped up like it was January. And her eyes! I could see it in her eyes. Nobody was home.&nbsp;Crazy as a fuckin&rsquo; loon.&nbsp;As I passed her I said &ldquo;hi Julie&rdquo; but she ignored me and kept going. Wow, she REALLY needs her m...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313104</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/313104</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Loons</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/312841</comments><description><![CDATA[For me, immortality came to me via the postman. Heh, and I noticed it cost them over two bucks in postage to send it to me Priority Mail too.&nbsp;Wow.&nbsp;And when I opened this parcel, and found my immortality contained within, I admit to feeling a little&hellip;scared?Yeah. Me. &nbsp;Scared.&nbsp;I mean, me? I get to live forever? Of course it&rsquo;s in a very, very minor way but&hellip;still. Live forever. That&rsquo;s a long time.&nbsp;And now that a few days has past I have been slowly d...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/312841</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/312841</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>Priority Mail</title></item><item><author>RoyLevosh</author><comments>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/312464</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;They had them posted every couple of hundred yards as affirmations to keep you going. Through the sweat and haze of exertion I remember a few:&nbsp;The past does not equal the future&nbsp;And&hellip;&nbsp;The harder you work TODAY the harder it will be to surrender TOMORROW&nbsp;And&hellip;&nbsp;Do what you can, with what you have, where you are&nbsp;And although there were bunches more, I forget the rest. It&rsquo;s just that those seem to have particular significance to me that I remembe...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/312464</guid><link>http://roylevosh.joeuser.com/article/312464</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:24 -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-05T21:21:24</pubDateParsed><title>RR</title></item></channel></rss>