BurningbirdAt what level of discourse will I step over the boundary of comfort? I came close with the postings on anger, but thankfully, we were able to box these in with an objectively intellectual viewpoint that pushed the topic safely and correctly back into manageable bounds. So now, let us up the ante on human […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Interesting comments in the the Value of Anger posting. As I expected, this is not a subject that people treat lightly. However, I was surprised at how personally some people took this posting. For instance, Dave Rogers disagrees, strongly, with the concept of “healthy anger”, writing: Anger isn’t some transcendent experience. It’s a […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My divorce has been final for over a year, which means I feel that it’s now “safe” for me to consider dating again. And as much as I think my weblogging male friends are the most wonderful, sexiest, interesting people in the world, I don’t want to snuggle up to […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was extremely pleased and surprised to hear that an appellate court has ruled that reciting the Oath of Allegiance is unconstitutional because of the phrase “…under God”. Not everyone believes in a God, nor do all religions support the concept of taking an oath. In both cases, the daily oath makes […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I found out this morning that one can still have ADSL without having phone service. My phone is disconnected but the ADSL is still active. Once the internet has you, it doesn’t want to let you go. This posting was previously titled The Untouchables. However, I removed the previous contents because […]