personal
November 13, 2009
- Is a story salacious because of what it is or how it has been portrayed? Is it about the man or other people's perspective? Indian actor Om Puri's wife has written his biography. He publicly lambasted her for revealing his sexual encounter with his 55-year-old maid Santi when he was 14; then followed a long affair with a woman for 14 years.(He is now an internationally-recognised actor with ...
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October 26, 2009
- Fear of failure is a bitch.It’s like the bitch god or bitch goddess – depending on your preferred visualization – covered with dark shaggy hair, snarling, holding sway over so many of us. We learn young – especially in this culture – that people can be either winners or losers, and to be a loser – to Fail – is the worst humiliation anyone could endure, a kind of psychic ...
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October 24, 2009
- In this life, no one wants to be alone.Everybody wants to have someone whom they want to share their lives with. The problem is not about how you plan to find love and friendships. The problem comes when your motives aren't right. I personally don't like when people try to pressure me to date so that they can feel like I have something. For years, I have experienced being bullyied, insulted, ...
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September 23, 2009
- I've always hated saying goodbye, perhaps because I had to do it too much as a child, shuttling back and forth between one parent and the other. Even casual goodbyes bother me, either dragging out too long or being so perfunctory they seem rude. Some farewells are wrenching, as when I left my son at college for the first time. Others are a relief, when a relationship has been over for some ...
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September 21, 2009
- I was worried about my grandma reading my book.Don't get me wrong, I'm delighted that she's still with us at 93, her sense of humor intact, her physical health such that she can live in her own home. Her optimistic spirit passed down to me through genetics and example helped get me through the years of rejection and anonymous toil before my book deal and the publication of Real Life & Liars. ...
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August 31, 2009
- In watching the film "Julie & Julia", I'm struck by the contrast between the two husbands as portrayed in the film*.Julie's husband, Eric, is at first tolerant, even enthusiastic, about his frustrated writer-wife's attempt to start a blog. Her project: cook all of the 500-plus recipes in Julia's Child's epic cookbook in one year, and blog about it.As time wears on and the project ...
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August 10, 2009
- The famous psychiatrist Carl Jung developed the idea of synchronicity: The coincidental occurrence of events that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality. We have termed these events coincidence; recently such an occurrence caught my attention: But first, I must digress.It has been requested of me to write more regarding mental health, and the steps ...
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August 8, 2009
- Those of you that have been following this site for a while now, know that we have a very “active” little Sheltie. Her name is Jenny. I have done numerous posts regarding her many antics. She constantly has hubby and I laughing so hard our sides hurt.However, lately she has added some new antics to her repertoire of her many unusual abilities. Let me explain to you what happened ...
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August 7, 2009
- Those that have been following this site know of my disgust at the growing level of bigotry, anger, hatred and racism within our nation. The below article was taken directly from the “Southern Poverty Law Center” http://www.splcenter.org/. I urge those of you that are unfamiliar with their stellar work to take a look at their site.Within this site is contained a vast wealth of ...
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August 5, 2009
- It is difficult to know where to begin telling about this heartbreak and loss of a relationship. This relationship was extremely important in my life. You see, if I knew the reason for the loss, I doubt I would feel such devastation. (I am going to change the names of the folks involved for privacy sake)The relationship was with a young woman that was closer than a daughter was. There ...
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