It is a sad reality that when you are in the habit of living and telling the unfiltered, raw, unflinching truth, you tend to paint a target on your @$$.

( Once More Into The Breach )

Well, that was interesting ( Read more... )

Today is my natal day!! And it RAINED!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love rain. It's lovely.

--Randir

One of my employees had a heart attack. She lived, but she's having open-heart surgery tomorrow ( Read more... )

We're attempting to expand the empire. Which means I might inadvertently get promoted. And start running more than one facility. Which would be interesting and difficult.

In the meantime, there continue to be hilarious funnies about what I do. The following is an excerpt of last night's falderal.

( The Play By Play )

The issue exists in context with the system as a whole. It is not simply a matter of examining the utility of the behavior itself, but rather the function it serves within the relationship to Other. Your effort to solve the problem IS what holds the problem in place. The behavior born of fear of loss of relationship is the behavior that ( Read more... )

Another PSA type post. There will be something more substantive soon, as I have a slew of personal crises eating my brain at the moment. But I'm still trying to get those thoughts into some sort of order. So, in the meantime, this topic is still coming up a lot with friends/work. All families have unspoken rules. Some of those rules are purely ( Read more... )

This is more of a PSA. But it has come up in conversation with so many people this week, that I thought I should post the information.

The question: What does healthy look like in a relationship? I know what unhealthy looks like and I have become inured to it. How do I tell the difference?

The Answer:

( A Checklist on Boundaries in a Relationship )

I've been watching my own process for the past year post Wusband to sort out the various lessons and re-prioritize intimacies, and during that time have been dating several pretty brains that are each unavailable in their own way. This was on purpose. This neatly avoids me having to address my own commitment issues. But over the past year the ( Read more... )

Started with an invite to a contractors meeting that the State called because they are auditing the County. Some of the attendees started pitching for more money instead of talking about quality review. Stupid. Said so. Looks of dismay. Me overwhelmed by not caring ( Read more... )