(Before I begin, I must pre-clarify. If you know me, you probably know exactly the character I’m talking about when I say “white man” or “white men”. But, just so we are completely clear, I am not talking about a white-skinned man who knows that he is on equal ground with the rest of humanity….
One of three posts, muse-willing, by week’s end. And the other two will be fairly miserable, so, if you’re at all interested in the subject at hand, soak up the easygoing happiness of it while it lasts. Also, hatred sucks, love is power, our president has done us proud, and there are now two baby…
Heterosexual couplings should be no mystery to me. They are portrayed so frequently in film, television and books that I should be an expert on the dynamics of the straight relationship. The thing is, from those portrayals, I have taken away the same things that I have taken away from personal experience with straight couples….
I can’t say that I don’t get why people hate. Unfortunately. In the same way that I can’t say why spousal and child abuse numbers go up as income goes down. This world is crawling with people who – when their own chips are down – turn to the person nearest to them, or to…
Seeing as we will soon be heading off again, because… well… that’s just what we do, we decided we should probably take a drive to San Antonio to see a few things we wanted to see there while we’re a short drive away. Since that drive took us right through Austin, we thought we’d pop…
“We won! We won! We won!” I actually do get where it comes from. Even why. This article sums up pretty much everything I’ve ever read about the ‘why’ of team sports followers, their enthusiasm, their extreme reactions to wins and losses, and the human quest for glory. It’s right here if you’re curious —>…