Oh the cliche cries of idiots every time someone mentions raising minimum wage. In a world of PhDs, someone has to clean the toilet. Oh, and this is going to be long - and it ends with a fuck you and me being put on another watch list. To be an absolute cock, the TL;DR is at the end ( Read more... )

It's amazing how fast your life shifts, especially when you're not really paying attention. The last couple weeks/months have done a number on my attention to details I usually wouldn't have noticed. Between the changes in my living arrangements, a new job, pushing to start a business - it's been an eventful year. Nothing overly new there, anyone ( Read more... )

Tomorrow marks the end of the year and the start of another. Congratulations to the Earth for surviving yet another trip around the sun. Only a billion or so left before the Sun tries to kill you. It seems so far away for we mere mortals who live just shy of 100 years, the idea of a billion seems nearly infinite. For the Earth, which has managed ( Read more... )

Happy Holidays to everyone - whatever holiday it may be for you! My only request for the new year is that people stop being endlessly butthurt about stupid crap - like not saying Merry Christmas ( Read more... )

Compersion is defined as the feeling of joy in another person's joy, the opposite of jealousy. It could be as simple as seeing a child's reaction to getting a new toy, or a pet - or as deep as seeing your lover happy with another. In my experience it is often used in the sense of the latter, especially within the poly community ( Read more... )

One of the largest issues in my relationship with my wife has largely been one of my own creation. The way I was raised, and my own feelings on the subject, have always led me to the idea that I should be able to provide for my wife and family. This hasn't always been easy and, to my unending gratitude, thankfully my wife has always been supportive ( Read more... )

First week on the new job has been entertaining at the very least. Before my fist day was over I was in a half-dozen conference calls, many of which were video conferences, and I had appointments scheduled for the next day already to set up some software for a user. Thankfully, everyone has been super friendly and helpful so far. People are ( Read more... )

This is some hope that soon I will have a new job. I do not leave my current one out of malice or anger, but a better opportunity has appeared and it would be folly to ignore it. I like my current job, I like the people I work with. I will miss it a little because there is some comfort in familiarity and fear in the unknown ( Read more... )

I am by no means considered a romantic person. In my life I've often managed to get lucky with partners that hold little value in material things like flowers and cards. My wife, for one, is allergic to flowers and thinks cards are a waste of money. She prefers the random act of affection in stead; a hug, a kiss, the more-than-occasional butt grab ( Read more... )

I used to spend very little time thinking about anything remotely related to religion or belief. It wasn't until I was a teenager that I started to get curious as to what was out there and what other people believed and what made the most sense to me personally. Long story short, I came to the conclusion that everyone has a story, and that's great ( Read more... )