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You know you’ve got issues when even your therapist is bugging you about starting to date again …

But it’s like this; I’m scared. I’m scared to death of repeating the same mistakes that I made when I was married. I’m afraid that I will still not be able to open up and share who [...]

No respite for the weary …

I don’t know if it’s the changing weather (like it is for the Mistress), or if there is something else going on, but I just cannot get my head into the game.

My motivation levels are near-nil, and I find that right now I’m basically just on cruise control. I wake up, I go to [...]

Neural commuting …

There is a theory in cognitive therapy that people repeat the same patterns because our minds become used to traveling particular neural paths; and thus seek those paths.

It’s sort of the mental equivalent of commuting … where you always take the same route to work, even though you know that sometimes traffic is really [...]

Down By Law

So when you hear the phrase “Down By Law”, what pops to mind?

Is it the incredible punk bank fronted by Dave Smalley (who also fronted Dag Nasty and ALL)? Or is it the even more incredible independent film by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tom Waits, John Lurie (of the Lounge Lizards), and Roberto Benigni?

As [...]

Poetry Friday

Donal Óg

It is late last night the dog was speaking of you; the snipe was speaking of you in her deep marsh. It is you are the lonely bird through the woods; and that you may be without a mate until you find me.

You promised me, and you said a lie to me, [...]

I’m having one of those days …

It is utterly fascinating what goes on in the heads of some of the local CX racers, especially during the off-season.

When I’m not up one of the canyons pretending I know how to ski, I’m busy playing with my new D80, pretending I know how to be a photographer, occasionally coming up with a [...]

Totally spaced it …

Had to run in to the office for a couple of hours today; primarily for a meeting with some consultants about our IT department’s support structure … like many companies we outsource our tech support (not for clients, mind you, only for ourselves) to a company in Canada.

I guess our contract is going to [...]

The Laws of Attraction

Seems like a lot of my friends are wondering if it’s possible for men and women to be friends without the ugly spectre of sex rearing its head.

Here’s my take on the issue, from a guy’s perspective … it is possible to maintain a simple friendship with a woman without the relationship being sexual. [...]

Motives

One of the most miserable feelings I’ve ever had is when someone doesn’t take me at face value; assuming I have some sort of angle, that I only do things for others because there’s something in it for me.

Well … to some extent, there is something in it for me. I like the feeling [...]

Uninspired …

I am so flippin’ uninspired right now it’s unbelievable. I know some really incredible people (both old friends, and what I hope turns out to be new ones as well), and yet I find myself falling into old patterns, old habits, old modes of thinking.

Sitting on the couch (hmm … maybe I should have [...]