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Writer's Block: Things You Don't Want to Know
That's a loaded question. As a friend you are obligated to tell, but there is a very good chance that doing so might end the friendship. Still being a good friend means that you want what's best for your friend. Sometimes that means that you have to tell them the truth even when they don't want to hear it. I guess the key here is to tell them the ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Take Your Chances
Some do some don't. If they regret their offense, ask forgiveness and make a genuine effort to avoid letting it happen again then the answer is yes. People make mistakes and deserve the chance to prove that.
If they feel no remorse and believe their actions perfectly reasonable then they didn't accidentally cause offense, they chose to cause ( Read more... ) -
I had this image pop into my head today and can't get it to leave. Maybe this will help.
Picture a sad determined little boy sitting at his desk at school during recess. He wasn't allowed to go to recess because he's having some problems with his reading and english homework. So while the others play their games he sits and practices his reading sounding out every other word with great difficulty. It's really hard and he doesn't want ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: My Definition of Greatness
The only worthwhile definition of greatness would be a person willing to put the needs of others ahead of his own. It is not a measure of how much you do or spend, but rather how much that effort costs you. Bill Gates may donate millions and never feel the loss, while a poor man's donation of twenty dollars is a far greater sacrifice. A last ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: The Kids' Section
As a kid it was a toss up between "We're No Angels" with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray, and the 3 & 4 Musketeers films from the 70's with Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, and Charlton Heston. Seeing the three convicts in Angels trying to be bad but unable to keep themselves from helping the merchant's family, and that there were ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Know Thyself
I used to make an effort to answer every question put to me as honestly as I could. You would be surprised how many people ask questions they don't want answered. Oddly enough it gave me the reputation of being a difficult person. I'm not really good at phatic communication and see no reason why people feel compelled to fill the silence with ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Really, Truly
Of course I believe in true love. Even in this day and age there are people who find each other, fall in love, marry, and spend the rest of their lives growing closer. It is rare because people today expect everything to be easy. They think that because they love someone all of the other pieces should just fall into place and it doesn't work that ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: You Might Be Surprised to Hear...
I don't know about my co-workers, but one of my relatives was quite surprised to discover that I am a foul weather friend. We were chatting and I was relating the story of what has been my only dreamwalk thus far. I was talking about the friend who had passed that I encountered there and my cousin asked how I knew her. I told the brief version of ( Read more... ) -
Game Theory
I know a game called Settlers of Cataan. It is a bit like Monopoly. The mechanics are simpler, but the strategy is just as complex. It takes between 15 minutes and an hour to play. It has one startling difference, the bandit. On a roll of 7 on a pair of dice or when you play a soldier card, you are allowed to move the bandit onto the production hex ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Miss Manners
I guess I'd have to say that the internet is the worst culprit. Now before you flame me at least hear me out. My reasoning is fairly simple. The internet has lulled many people into believing that this is the same as having a conversation with someone in public. It isn't. The formulas of courtesy that apply in the real world don't on the net. This ( Read more... )