Even the most awesome of people suck more often than they should....

http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/13/russia/#/?nytapp=true

I am afraid the evil Dragon Facebook has consumed most of the thoughts that used to come out to play here.

But sometimes there is something a little more personal than I am willing to post in Facebook... and at those times it is nice to have some less known places to come and write something in a public forum.

I am stunned by how complex life can get ( Read more... )

No longer am I refreshing my meager knowledge of the waltz so that I can attend the ball as a passable date ( Read more... )

I have skipped right past happy and gone on to Fucking Ecstatic ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs again.  I think in our 'advanced society' we have managed to tragically twist the hierarchy.

It is obvious that addiction distorts peoples needs, the need of a cigarette or alcohol or drugs can outweigh the need for food. I was having a chat about a woman who had been a drug addict since she ( Read more... )

Borrowed from a friends very impressive blog site:

Sometimes, even when we want someone to be worth it, the risk of being wrong is too great, the consequences too frightening, so we give what we’re afraid we’ll get back, and then find comfort in being right. We seek the familiarity of a world where no-one can let us down, by ensuring no-one ( Read more... )

The weather has improved. I think I felt really chill inside most of this winter and even the fact that I was involved in a love triangle between myself, my electric blanket and my portable heatie blanket didn't seem to remove that chill.  The chill came from being deeply upset, deeply cut inside ( Read more... )

I am not a simple man. I don't ever intend to be a harmful man. I often find it very difficult to say harsh thinks to people, even when maybe I should.  However.. I ask hard questions, sometimes socially uncomfortable questions that make people examine themselves. I don't hold back on these questions, I don't force answers, but I usually get ( Read more... )