"I lapped up your coments on my paper. It is the better for it ( Read more... )

It was hard last night to step aside from the shock of hearing "I don't see myself with you." Those words are hard not to personalize. And it was also hard to contextualize the conversation. Who was this person sitting next to me trying to grasp my perspective and hear my thoughts? I realize today after purging his email address from my mailbox ( Read more... )

I learned to make a garam masala infused pakistani lentil dish this evening. It was delicious. With it in our bellies we were ready to carry out a 90 minute house meeting encompassing commune life for long-term and short-term guests. These lessons in group process are surely helping me mature as a human on this earth ( Read more... )

And if we turn to those on the scene for first hand images and commentary does that not imply that we are hungry for first hand accounts that shrinking news budgets do not provide? That is to say, are we not seeking relevant updates? Were there budgets for foreign correspondents and journalists to stay abreast of issues, surely we would seek those ( Read more... )

There is bitterness in constant rumination ( Read more... )

He writes and I swoon.

With denouement arrived the next dream phase begins.

Next on my reading list: Political Science as Puzzle Solving (ed., 2001), A Unified Theory of Voting (with Samuel Merrill III, 1999), and A Unified Theory of Party Competition (with James Adams and Samuel Merrill III, 2005) by Bernard Norman Grofman, political scientist at the University of California, Irvine.

How do I select profile photos? It depends. For example, I've found that using a photo of two aquarium fish is effective at keeping male messages at bay. Notably this doesn't reduce contact from single women, just single men. Silly transparent men.

They began to doubt their sober waking moments, always wondering if they could adjust to optimize, improve reality. Soon their highs precipitated an apathetic vague dissatisfaction where only augmented happiness felt real. The short-term memory lapse caused by TCH effects worsened these sensations ( Read more... )

I remained adamant that I couldn't remember when we had broken up, not because my memory couldn't be recalled, but because it refused ( Read more... )