Month: July 2009

Profile 1: A person with a failed marriage, an unwanted child, and many regrets of time wasted and relationships lost. Profile 2: A person in a successful relationship, in a career that gives them time and challenges, facing future obstacles, but loving their life at the moment. Profile 3: A person in a happy relationship,…

Damn. Pleased to meet you.  (I can’t say this because I don’t know you and haven’t met nor heard of you.) Navigation:  pt. i, pt. ii, pt. iii, pt. iv, pt. v, pt. vi, pt. vii, pt. viii, pt. ix, pt. x, pt. xi, pt. xii, pt. xiii, pt. xiv, pt. xv, pt. xvi, pt.…

It all started with something my propaganda professor Frank Thayer said a long time ago: Life doesn’t turn out the best-possible way you could imagine.  It also doesn’t turn out the worst way.  It’s usually something in between. That scared me at the time.  Still does, actually. So I decided to be concrete about it. …

Damn.  I’m preparing for the storm.  The next one will be light, but the one after that will be the biggest yet.  *sigh* You’re more down to earth than your partner, and I might like you a bit more if not for the fact that you’re a very peculiar person. Maybe you’re not gay, and…

From a longitudinal study of happiness: At the bottom of the pile are the unhealthiest, or “psychotic,” adaptations—like paranoia, hallucination, or megalomania—which, while they can serve to make reality tolerable for the person employing them, seem crazy to anyone else. One level up are the “immature” adaptations, which include acting out, passive aggression, hypochondria, projection,…

Man.  There are some beautiful people on this list.  There’s also a public service.  Hm…  Not enough hints?  Okay:  pretty much everyone I still talk to will know someone on this list. Please don’t have a crush on me.  I mean, I think you’re pretty cool, but… no.  Just no. It bothers me to see…