The Skinny
Whether a person has an eating problem (too much, wrong stuff, or too little), or a problem with prescription drugs, or they destroy parts of their life because of their preference for alcohol… Read More
Category Archive: Sexuality
What Is The Best Relationship Advice Someone Gave Me Recently?
Do you struggle with relationships? Are you at ease in the company of others? Or do you often look to get away from social situations, preferring to not have to parry through potential… Read More
If I Knew How To Do More Good, I Would
Have you ever wondered?: What goes on in the mind of someone who regularly thinks: It would be a good idea to write posts about sexuality and love in the arts. Sounds pretty… Read More
Sexuality In Art And Real Life Relationships
I watched the 2012 film “Nobody Walks” this evening. As the title may imply, the heavy-handed, fairly one-sided moral of that story is: If you have sex with people other than the only… Read More
Trying To Understand Why She Left You
“That’s the crazy thing about it is: Breaking up with someone is literally the most common thing. Like everyone you know broke up with everyone they ever dated . . . until maybe… Read More
People Who Are Consistently Kind Tend To Attract Kind & Giving People
Building off of yesterday’s post about considering the needs of the many rather than just the needs of a few or just one, and a post series that began with a post about a… Read More
You Get To Choose Your Instruments
And you get to choose how your instruments are played. If you want your life’s work to be an instrument of enduring love, you will likely receive enduring love in return. If you… Read More
What Is The Greatest Role You Can Ever Be Cast In?
Weak And Scared Today was a tough day. My youngest boy came to me tonight, saying he was “weak and scared.” At first, I thought he was angling toward convincing me to allow him… Read More
The End Of The Innocence
Today, Lance Armstrong began the confessional stage of his life’s story, starting a new presentation of his public image. Tonight, by coincidence, I happened to watch Ron Howard’s 2008 film “Frost/Nixon.” It’s interesting how… Read More
The Ones Whose Stories You Want To Tell To The World
The photographs above are of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address in March 1865. John Wilkes Booth is in attendance, above Lincoln. Booth assassinated Lincoln in the next month, April 1865. Click on the images… Read More
The Loves Of Your Life
“The Love Of Your Life” Most people may think they have one great love of their life. But most people have several great loves of their life. Some have many loves. Most of our… Read More
A Common Missing Character Trait In Modern Protagonists
What is a characteristic missing in many modern protagonists? I am reading a fantasy novel currently. I am up to Chapter 65 in “The Name Of The Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss. It is well written… Read More
The Common Good
Of course, you’ve heard of the term “the common good” before. I have more often been a failure in my life than I have been a success. I have had trouble connecting… Read More
What Can You Learn That Will Profit You? #2 – How Are You Doing?
Which is a better concern: a) How well have I created benefits for myself? or b) How well have I created benefits for my community? My father attended a homecoming reunion for his university a… Read More
Your Life Will Tend To Expand Or Contract In Proportion To Your Designs And Priorities
Do you wish your life’s story included a great romance as one of its storylines? Really? Then what great efforts did you do today toward maintaining, nurturing, or growing a great romance? What… Read More
What Can You Learn That Will Profit You? #1 – A Librarian More Than A Library
This post series is for people seeking wisdom. Atop this post is the original publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial dust jacket by F. Cugat for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great… Read More
Greenberg, The Attractiveness of Intelligence, How Long Does Romance And Passion Last? My Problem With Alcohol and Responses To Circumstances
Tonight, I am re-watching the great 2010 film “Greenberg,” starring Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig. What? You don’t remember Greenberg? You never heard it was a great film? Well, maybe most people don’t think… Read More
Loose Extensions And Connections
“In the end? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.” ~ Dr. Manhattan in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons “Watchmen.” My first thought for a title for this post was “Loose Ends,” but that, like… Read More
The Name of the Wind – An Introduction And Partial Review
I am reading the fantasy fiction novel “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss. The book is over 700 pages long. I rarely read the fantasy genre. I like fantasy stories fine, I just… Read More
Sarah Polley, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman And Other Failed Loves
“I’d like to propose a toast to Harry and Sally. To Harry and Sally . . . If Marie or I had found either of them remotely attractive, we would not be here… Read More
Reflecting On US Voters’ Choices In The 2012 Elections
Nothing says “Voter Approval” more than anonymous drivers honking their horns while quickly driving by. I probably should not admit this, but whenever I see dudes in groups of two riding around on… Read More
Have You Ever Felt Disenchanted?
Have the realities of life been less pleasing than you expected? Have your perceptions of your relationships fallen short of your hopes? enchanted – v. – To fill with great delight, charm. Put under… Read More
Congratulations To Brandi Carlile And Catherine Shepherd On Their Marriage
One of my favorite singers and musicians, Brandi Carlile, has married Catherine Shepherd. They married in Boston, Massachusetts on September 15, 2012. Brandi posted this notice today for her Facebook friends: Hey everyone! … Read More
