While I currently live in the Detroit area, I'm finishing my doctoral degree out of Indiana University, in Bloomington, IN. I thus make a number of drives back and forth between Detroit and Bloomington, which is about an hour's drive SW of Indianapolis. Every time I make the trip, it gets just a bit more disturbing. After the last round-about of driving, my hubby d
1) Sometimes war is the answer. It's sad, but it's true. But, Jesus was very CLEARLY about turning the other cheek, and I think he was really onto something there. It is REALLY hard to forgive someone from hurting you, someone you love, your country, etc. Jesus seems to be suggesting, though, that if more people took this high, difficult path, there'd be MUCH less strife. Sounds good to me. 2) Jesus will love all of us no matter what. C
Really nice post Dharma-- gets to a few of the struggles I've been dealing with of late. I love my husband. We're so much alike. But, life's been REALLY stressful for me lately (finishing Ph.D., finding and then accepting a job that will take me to another part of the country, losing my dad suddenly to a heart attack). I've been projecting stress on him and on our relationship so that I sometimes can't remember how I feel about him or why I'm in ev
These days there's a distinction made between creepy guy and and freaky guy, and like a lot of offbeat folks, I can appreciate a good many of the freaky guys. We're talking, say, the Henry Rollin's type-- nothing creepy (by my book) about him. But he's darn freaky, in a good way (IMHO). No, by creepy I mean, well, creepy. Let me give you a few examples o
That was well-written. I was SURE you were going to say you were going to take him back. You're cool!! Do it. He certainly earned whatever you throw at him-- and you ABSOLUTELY deserve better. Great legs, a sense of humor, and self-respect...you SO deserve way better. As soon as you realize that just go about doing your thing, blammo, there'll be five DECENT guys. You go girl!
Ok, if you MUST be a Christian, it'd be SO much better if you'd do it according to The Christ's model. Effectively, that seems to come down to eight SIMPLE rules: (1) First, and most obvious: Love one another as I have loved you. What is so hard about this? Is war love? Is love war? Then WHY do you have a "God loves me" sticker on one side of your bu
If one goes out for lunch in my town, one will run into lots mom/young child(-ren)/grandma combinations-- three generations out for the afternoon. Like many sociologists, I have a strong interest in (a) what makes people "tick" and (b) how they interact. I thus spend a lot of time listening in on other peoples' conversations when I'm out and about. It's second natu
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I have seen so many family situations strained over money issues. I was lucky-- my family (at least on my mom's side) was ALWAYS generous, the "give you the shirt off my back" types. That's how I grew up thinking. If I have enough and you need some, it's yours. My dad came from a very different family-- if grandma was having company, you can be sure there were just en
Holy Cow-- I just watched the biggest train wreck of a remodeling show episode. Here's the description of the episode of Clean House: Clean House Niecy Nash and her team of experts reconcile this battling mother and her college-age daughter by dragging out the ugly excess, re-doing the living room, & the daughter's bedroom. (TV-PG) A
Oh, English Peter, that's VERY funny! London Transport Help from Karachi. Yeah, that makes sense.
The "they look so life-like" comment is a good one, too!
Thing is that 9 times out of 10, the recorded voice, i.e. the bot, is a female. I guess that's designed to keep people calm...? "It's an Indian!" was simply a matter of description: it was an Indian (as in someone from India, rather than someone misnamed by Columbus and co. when they thought they'd landed in the Near East). Really, it was. I guess I could say it was an "Indian man," but I'm not sure how to denote "someone from India" other than to
Where do you get your statistics, by which you're basing your observation of a "very strong correlation"? The Focus on the Family "Institute"??
My mom and I were just talking about grief last night b/c I'm so upset over my young cousin (she's my age and has a great husband and two little kids) who's seemingly losing her battle with cancer (a metasticized melanoma). Things NOT to Say to a Grieving Friend/Relative (and, yes, these are things people REALLY did say): (1) It's been ___ years/
Indeed, you're exemplifying a good bit of ignorance here. In my imaginary image of you, I see one of those young white guys who'd never previously likely even had a meal with a black person but felt is was his civic duty to show up and monitor voting in black districts on election day 2004. Yep. Those "monkeys" can't be expected to do it right. Though you do not denote race at all, there is an evident racial subtext in your message. And, of course
Hi Adam! I enjoyed your post and wish you well in two things-- first, your quest to lose weight and, second, your journey toward being comfortable in your own skin. I get the sense you're in your 20s. I found that to be a long decade-- good in many spots but a lot of time spent finding one's self. A necessary journey, but painful at times. I'm overweight myself-- most recently due to freaking out over finishing my dissertation and thus eating n
Ok, what better time to rant than RIGHT NOW while I'm sitting IN a phone queue...is there a worse misery of modern technology? Let's consider the components that make this such a supremely irritating experience: (1) You get a fembot telling you how important your call is. You know SHE'S LYING, though, b/c, of course, if your call was THAT important, the com
I was excited to discover that this is the Year of the Rooster by the Chinese zodiac system. I'm not much for the "science" of horoscopes, but any tradition that's nearly 5000 years old is inherently neat-o in my book. The complexity of the system is really cool, too. Instead of a simple 12-month/year-based cycle, there's a 12-YEAR cycle interspersed with