tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59735308561827867132023-11-15T12:12:21.436-05:00Stan's JourneyStan's musings, rants and other nonsense that is not worth publishing anywhere else.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-11156509853745940902014-12-04T12:02:00.000-05:002014-12-04T12:02:25.925-05:00Troubled Times<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">These are troubled times.</span><br />
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We foolishly elect politicians,</div>
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supposedly sane people,</div>
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who refuse to ban any weapons,</div>
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even military style rifles that </div>
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crazy people use to shoot many,</div>
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many innocent people who die.</div>
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And we ask, why?</div>
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In these troubled times,</div>
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unthinking people want a religious state,</div>
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but only a Christian state,</div>
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where symbols offensive to many are flaunted,</div>
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where women are denied reproductive rights,</div>
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where marriage rights are restricted, and</div>
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where a bible story can be taught as science.</div>
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And we ask, why?</div>
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In these troubled times,</div>
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selfish people want everything privatized,</div>
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who want little government,</div>
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except to fight wars,</div>
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except to legislate for big business,</div>
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except to weaken programs for the sick and elderly, and</div>
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except for everything that makes the rich richer.</div>
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And we ask, why?</div>
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In these troubled times,</div>
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myopic people worship Old Glory,</div>
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forgetting that we are citizens of the planet,</div>
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who would flex more military might,</div>
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who would oppose climate change,</div>
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who would build higher fences, and</div>
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who would send Mexicans home.</div>
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And we ask, why?</div>
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In these troubled times,</div>
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misguided people wage war on women,</div>
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and children too,</div>
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who oppose affordable health care,</div>
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who oppose reproductive science,</div>
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who legislate against safe abortion, and</div>
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who deny sick children medical marijuana.</div>
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And again we ask, why?</div>
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I think I know why.</div>
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Actually, I'm certain I know why,</div>
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so I am saying it here.</div>
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We have not fully recovered from 9/11.</div>
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We are afraid and want things to be the way they were,</div>
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and can never be again.</div>
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We want to be controlled by religious, political and social ideology</div>
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to manage our fear.</div>
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We need to be controlled to avoid thinking and being genuinely free.</div>
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We live in the land of the free, but are we really free?</div>
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These are indeed troubled times.</div>
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Sadly, it will get worse before it gets better.</div>
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Planes flew into our buildings,</div>
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and the bad guys are winning,</div>
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not because of what they did,</div>
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but because of what we are letting them do,</div>
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changing our collective soul.</div>
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No, we are not yet free.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-67572679654081444012013-09-05T14:40:00.002-04:002013-09-06T17:15:04.505-04:00An Unknowing Love<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">You asked me to share one of my many fantasies about you. What follows is about you – and about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It contains some
truths, some untruths and some memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is wistful, fanciful, lustful and loving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is about a special connection, one
which neither of us fully understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">As you know, I self-identify as polyamorous. In the poly community, it is
generally agreed that folks are either poly by nature or by choice, and I wholeheartedly
agree with this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have also studied
evolutionary psychology and believe strongly that monogamy differs in that it
can only be practiced by choice, never by nature; it is not and has never been
core to our sexual makeup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other
words, we can by nature desire to love one or more than one, but our desire to
be sexual with more than one is deeply ingrained in all of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can repress the desire and not act on it,
but it will always remain a part of who we are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I am poly by nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know this by my feelings and by a review of
my history, which shows that in spite of my best efforts and good intentions, I
have never been able to sustain monogamy for an extended period of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people believe I am actively polyamorous
now due to the fact I enjoy two long-standing, simultaneous relationships:
a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>loving twenty year marriage and a close six
year intimate friendship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, I
know this not to be true, due to the longing in my heart and my ongoing search for another beloved to fill the void. I hope to find her soon. Could it be you someday? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">And what about you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are you poly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monogamous?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Conflicted?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you permit me to
express a wild-ass guess, I would say all of the above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are poly by nature, monogamous by choice
and conflicted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By poly, you are
polysexual for sure, and probably, polyamorous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You neither confirm nor deny, but my guess is that you live life mostly
monogamously, and more strictly so while pregnant and while trying to get
pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certainly, during this period
you have expressed no sexual interest in me; although, I can’t speak to any
other relationships you might have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can say that you appear overall happy with life, love your husband and child
deeply and are proud as a peacock with your new expanded family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, without judgment, I sometimes wonder if
your authentic self can fully manifest before drowning in a sea of
normality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time will tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">We discuss these things over breakfast
at our old stomping ground, a restaurant where we used to meet and solve world problems. Remember? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The grandparents are visiting and allowing
you a much needed reprieve from childcare for an entire day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we converse, I take frequent peeks at your
semi-exposed breasts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You dress to
tease, wearing a low cut top and leaning over the table as we talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pretend not to notice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, of course, I do and you know I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God, I love those tits!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even more so, I love that you like to torture
me in this way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would love to fondle
and suckle them once again, but realize those days may be behind us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This saddens me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">We talk about the authentic self and
the importance of being true to one’s nature and the potential for agonizing
confliction resulting from the failure to honor core truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The backdrop of our conversation is an unspoken
truth: I know that you know how badly I desire you and long for a relationship
that is both intimately romantic and intensely physical; you know that I know
this is not possible because of the normative nature of your primary
relationship; and we both know, that while hope runs eternal, there are real
life limits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">A myriad of interesting topics are
covered during our conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
tell me about your <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">littles</i> group and
your latest child play activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
talk about <i>Frolicon</i> and your husband’s initiation into the fetish world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We discuss the Oneness of the Universe and
how everything is fully connected by energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We take delight in the energy connection between us and amusement by how
both of us are often sexually aroused at the same time, even when separated by
distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems as if it is our way
of making love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talk about the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Disciples of Christ </span></span>Church, the place where my wife and I were married and where you adjust your
mindset to more normative religious belief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Will your child be raised to become a DC disciple?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">In our sexual past, the most important
limit to you, and certainly the most frustrating to me, was cock-in-pussy fucking
(known in polite society as PIV intercourse).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today, I don’t know our sexual limits, or in general, even the exact
nature of our relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And,
fortunately, I don’t waste time or energy trying to figure it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do know I am enjoying the present moment,
right now, right here at this place with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A part of me wants to create more of these moments, and another part of
me wants to just be fully present and do nothing beyond soaking up as much of
your feminine energy as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">From time to time, we exchange <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I love you’s</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is something else I do not try to
analyze or fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">love</i> is used so broadly it can mean
anything from a deep emotional bond to loving potato chips for a midnight
snack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tragically, love is greatly
misunderstood in our society, perpetuated by a sex-negative culture that tells
us that if we love one person, there is less love available for another or
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Society teaches that love is an
economy of scarcity; those of us wise enough to know better understand that
love is an economy of abundance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
unlimited love to give and you are part of my circle of love.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Our conversation has been wonderful,
but very serious, and we both sense it is time to lighten up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We now only discuss mundane matters and
continue to do so until long after breakfast is over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, it is soon time to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After walking you to your car, we exchange a
big hug and a friendly kiss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(This is
expected; what happens next is not expected.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You return your lips to my mouth for a more intimate kiss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hold the kiss and your lips part, slightly
at first, but more fully as the kiss unfolds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In time, our mouths open fully and our tongues meet in the ancient dance
of lust and desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel your body melt
into mine, your ample breasts pressing against my chest, and the touching of
our bellies and thighs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel, and I
know you feel, my growing hard-on poking into your gut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never wanted anyone more and was thrilled
when you whispered the magic word in my ear: <i>motel</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">We check into our room, close the
blinds and transition easily into D/s (Dominate/submissive) mode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tersely order you to strip
naked and lie face up on the bed, and without hesitation or protest, you
obey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I place a towel on a chair
(consistent with nudist protocol), position the chair directly at the foot of
the bed and disrobe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sit quietly and
intently worship your naked body, lying still before me on the altar of lust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After long minutes of silence, seeming like
hours to you, but only seconds to me, I command you to touch your body from toe
to head, lightly and sensually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a
slow journey up your body and over the mountains of soft curves, your hands
reach your face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tell you to slowly
and tenderly caress your face, eyes, ears, nose, chin and mouth like a lover’s
touch during foreplay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you do as you
are told, while I observe lustfully from the foot of the altar. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Next, I command that your forefinger be
my prick and that you lick it erotically, starting at the base and slowly
working up to the crown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After many
thrilling caresses with your tongue on the tip and around the head of my now
needy cock, I tell you to put your finger in your mouth and move it in and
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Give me your best blowjob!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make me come!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh, my god, that feels so good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don‘t stop until you fill your mouth with my come.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you obey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Slowly at first, and then faster and faster, my finger cock is expertly
stimulated under your administrations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am now so turned on that my cock, the one attached to my body, can no longer
wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I jack off at a pace matching the
finger cock in your mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
continues until you feel spurts of real come landing on your calf and foot, and inexplicably, you even sense your finger shooting hard against the back of your
throat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You swallow and seductively lick
your lips.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“Bend your knees and spread them wide,”
I order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I want to worship your pussy.”
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You protest and I demand your obedience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You feel helpless and humiliated, yet comply,
knowing I will be disappointed in you, even punish you, if you fail to obey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Now, play with your clit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to see you come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t stop and don’t fake it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to witness a real, honest to god
orgasm.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You touch your pussy in a way
only a woman knows how, with just the right pressure and speed, changing
constantly as your physical and emotional needs demand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watch you breathe and notice your breath
hasten in perfect tune with your body’s state of arousal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And best of all, I see, hear and live
vicariously your blissful climax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
just so perfectly done that soon a big, all knowing smile crosses your face,
telling me what I already know: it feels damn good to come for your Master.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“Now, play with your tits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want them hard and firm and needy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work them until you need my mouth on your
nipples, sucking without mercy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We both
know one orgasm will never suffice.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
you work them seductively, kneading them like dough that will ultimately leave
the oven warm and delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know how
good they taste from past experience, when I have caressed, kissed, licked and
sucked your beautiful boobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I need
to do it once again. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Fuck to hell real
life limits!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those boobs are mine, if
only for today,” I tell myself.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">I transition my thoughts from tits to
pussy and fixate on the way your pussy becomes wet so freely and so
generously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think back to the only
previous time I tasted your come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
incredibly delicious, an experience I know must be repeated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I slip on a condom and mount you, while
carefully avoiding penetration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
naked bodies fuse into one, as I slide up and down your body with a sensual
body-to-body massage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mouth lands on
first one, then the other nipple, sucking you hard until you get close to having
a titty-gasm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My <i>intimate friend</i> can come this way,
so I know how much fun it can be facilitating a boob release; but I decide to back
off, and instead, gently slide down your body, leaving behind a trail of
tender, loving kisses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">At journey’s end, I slowly and gently part
your lips and shower your most intimate parts with light wet kisses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More firmly, I circle your outer lips and
then your inner lips with my moist tongue before finding your love button.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I circle your clit faster and faster until I
feel it firm and eager under my administrations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I move down and tongue fuck your pussy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You gush and I savor the deliciousness of your
juices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“God, you taste good!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And before long, you come again; this time,
much harder than before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">You say, “That was the best ever.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that makes ME proud as a peacock, so I
silently thank you for feeding my ego.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Once again, I mount you, our bodies
fully connecting without penetration. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You say, “We fucked during my b2b
massage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We weren’t supposed to do that,
but I have to admit, it felt good.”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“Bullshit, we did not fuck.”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“Yes, we did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tip of your dick touched my pussy hole.”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“That is not fucking.”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“Yes, it is!”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“No, it isn’t!”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“Yes, it is!”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">“No, it isn’t!”</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Rather than argue about this for what
could potentially be years to come, I decide to end the debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without warning, I suddenly plunge my cock
deep into your cunt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your eyes pop wide
open with surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lie still while I
dissect the startled look on your face. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wonder, “Are you okay?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Glad it finally
happened?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Shock?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Royally pissed?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, your face keeps your secrets and
provides me no clue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you get
retribution by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>refusing to reveal
yourself? </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">After an overly long and uncomfortable
pause, it becomes clear that I will not receive the benefit of feedback.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I begin to slowly undulate my hips in the
hope you will follow suit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Initially,
there is no reaction, but soon, a sly smile crosses your lips and your hips
dance slowly in harmony with mine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
now, we are one, physically, and I pray, emotionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a mutual, unspoken desire to prolong our
dance, we move slow and easy, gradually increasing pace only as our
bodies demand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, driven by intense
passion and lust, we ravish each other as our pleasure mounts and our orgasms reach that long, slow, wonderful period of inevitability, followed by the full manifestation of our feelings for each other. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Afterwards, lying contentedly in each others' arms, we remain silent and deep in thought. Did we fuck or make love? Or both? When will it happen again? When will we even see each other again? Neither of us know the answers.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><br /></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-6659304893652873882013-08-28T07:53:00.000-04:002013-09-01T11:43:55.938-04:00I Have a Dream<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by
the content of their character. -- Martin Luther King</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /></i>Fifty
years ago today, we became a far greater nation. Here in Atlanta, we
have permanent reminders, such as the King Center, and we can observe
much celebration this week surrounding the <i>March</i> and the <i>Dream</i>.
But is the significance fully understood in rural Nebraska? Small
Town, Kansas? Or, for that matter, anywhere in Texas? Just wondering -
I really don't know.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-72966724381894562632013-08-21T16:54:00.000-04:002013-08-21T16:54:05.816-04:00Jealousy and the Soul<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A jealous person is often reacting to the soul’s awareness that bonding with your beloved is incomplete. Ego may not be conscious of this gap but the soul always knows the truth. The soul has no secrets from itself. And no judgments either.<br /> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When the soul sees that the beloved is not open to union, whatever he or she may say to the contrary, fear threatens to overwhelm the ego. “All is lost,” wails the ego. When the soul sees that you yourself resist the call to union, whatever the official status of your relationship, the soul knows you’re on shaky ground.<br /> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If, on the other hand, you are solidly grounded in the knowledge of your unconditional love for one another, any stirring of jealousy quickly dissolves in the light of the eternal bond between you. Nothing can shake a bond like this. Not death, not separation, and certainly not another human’s genitals.<br /> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If jealousy instructs you to go deeper, simply do so. If you encounter resistance, meet it with clear sight instead of striking out blindly in jealous rage. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">By Deborah Taj Anapol, Ph.D.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Excerpt from: </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Compersion</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Meditations on Using Jealousy<br />As a Path to Unconditional Love</span></i><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-3615938251797812972013-08-02T20:51:00.001-04:002013-08-21T17:00:04.146-04:00Live Like You are Dying<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When asked what surprised him most about humanity, the Dalai
Lama answered, “Man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because he
sacrifices his health in order to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then, he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then, he is so anxious about the future that
he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the
present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies
having never really lived.”</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-38117970585746596012013-08-01T16:54:00.001-04:002013-08-01T17:08:32.983-04:00More Carlin Quotes<i>The quotes shown on the previous post where also posted on my family blog. The following could not be posted there for obvious reasons: </i><br />
<br />
"I don’t have pet peeves — I have major psychotic fucking hatreds!"<br />
<br />
"Have you ever noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?"<br />
<br />
"I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I’m an American — you know, you grow."<br />
<br />
"You can’t fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up."<br />
<br />
"Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in
the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And
the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you
to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special
place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to
live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. <i>But he loves you</i>. He loves you and he needs money."<br />
<br />
"If it requires a uniform, it’s a worthless endeavor."<br />
<br />
"You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans."<br />
<br />
"Reminds me of something my third-grade teacher said to us. She said,
“You show me a tropical fruit and I’ll show you a cocksucker from
Guatemala."<br />
<br />
"I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary."<br />
<br />
"You can prick your finger — just don’t finger your prick."<br />
<br />
"When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat."<br />
<br />
"I never fucked a ten, but one night, I fucked five twos."<br />
<br />
"I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood."<br />
<br />
"Have you noticed that most of the women who are against abortion are
women you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place? There’s such balance
in nature."<br />
<br />
"So I say, 'Live and let live.' That’s my motto. 'Live and let live.'
Anyone who can’t go along with that, take him outside and shoot the
motherfucker. It’s a simple philosophy, but it’s always worked in our
family."<br />
<br />
"Catholic — which I was until I reached the age of reason."<br />
<br />
"Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging
people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work
for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no
pay for a long time."<br />
<br />
"Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you
reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for.
Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead
soldiers."<br />
<br />
"The planet is fine. The people are fucked."<br />
<br />
"I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences." <br />
<br />
"Atheism is a non-prophet organization."<br />
<br />
"You can’t argue with a good blowjob."<br />
<br />
"Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics ought to be told not to fuck." <br />
<br />
"I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-81679865131837915442013-08-01T16:13:00.004-04:002013-08-02T09:56:45.278-04:00Clean Carlin Quotes<div class="journalItem-body">
<i>George
Carlin was one of my heroes, both for his hilarious comedy and his
on-point social commentary. He offended many with his liberal use of
profanity and his biting social criticism, but his message resonated with me. Finding Carlin quotes that are neither profane nor
generally offensive to somebody was not easy, but I searched the
internet and came up with a few good ones:</i><br />
<br />
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."<br />
<br />
"If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?"<br />
<br />
"If
it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to
say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."<br />
<br />
"The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept."<br />
<br />
"Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it."<br />
<br />
"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning."<br />
<br />
"The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions."<br />
<br />
"The future will soon be a thing of the past."<br />
<br />
"I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I’m listening to it."<br />
<br />
"Most people with low self-esteem have earned it."<br />
<br />
"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit."<br />
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"'No comment' is a comment."<br />
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"If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work."<br />
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"So far, this is the oldest I’ve been."<br />
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"I think I am, therefore, I am. I think."<br />
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"It isn’t fair: the caterpillar does all the work, and the butterfly gets all the glory."</div>
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<span class="journalItem-comment-cont"><a class="add-comment font-sys ti-icon-new ti-add-lnk" href="https://kuns.shutterfly.com/794#n_794_comments"></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-34467142214719109472013-07-15T20:17:00.001-04:002013-07-15T20:17:32.006-04:00Just Sayin'<div style="text-align: justify;">
Over the years, I have often feared for my life. I fear crossing a busy street on foot; I fear driving up a mountain pass lacking a guardrail; I fear riding my motorcycle through a busy intersection or around a blind curve. But I have never killed an unarmed kid because I was afraid. Never.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-54424070434809911362013-07-05T09:50:00.003-04:002013-07-05T10:13:01.165-04:00Marriage Equality<div style="text-align: justify;">
I'm not qualified to comment in
depth about the recent Supreme Court rulings affecting Marriage
Equality, but the news is certainly positive, even if the opinions could
have been broader in scope. By overturning the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA), the Court granted federal recognition of same-sex marriages in
states where same-sex marriage is legal, currently around twelve
states. All married couples, both same and opposite sex, in these states are now granted equal access to federal programs and benefits. The Court ruled that DOMA violated the Fifth Amendment's equal
protection provision. <br />
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By declining to rule on the constitutionality of
California’s
Proposition 8, the Court let stand a lower court ruling overturning
Proposition 8, thus legalizing (once again) same-sex marriage in
California. Interestingly, Prop 8 was not defended by the state of California, but rather by proponents of Prop 8. The Court determined that these proponents were not harmed, thus they lacked standing and the case was dismissed. </div>
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While
the Court rulings continue to allow states to decide the legality of
same-sex marriage (for now), the rulings are, nonetheless, far reaching. Popular opinion now favors Marriage Equality, which has
undoubtedly influenced the Court. I believe it is inevitable that
same-sex marriage will eventually be legal in all states, if for no
other reason than it is the right thing to do. Religious and social
bias will not go away easily, but <i>right</i> usually wins in the end. And sooner is better than later.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-62478550618280613142013-06-05T18:31:00.001-04:002013-09-01T11:49:07.734-04:00Dreaming!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She is young, only in her mid-thirties, but she has lived a lot of life. She has a husband and two teen daughters, both of whom align in age with Connie and my daughters. In addition to raising her family, she works full time, performs volunteer work for the Girl Scouts, and after years of hard work, earned her college undergraduate degree. This coming fall, she will attend grad school, and after receiving her Masters in accounting, will go to work for a CPA firm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I greatly admire her accomplishments, but respect her even more for being a genuinely nice person. And she really, really is nice; she has certainly been very kind and helpful to me over the years, and most likely, to everyone else she comes in contact with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She is also a smoking hot woman! In my dreams, we have made love many times, in many positions and in many places; but in this reality, we are only friends. We did enjoy three or four lunch dates together a couple of years ago, but I suspect either she or her husband became uncomfortable and we suspended our dates. Too bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our younger daughters are friends, so I dropped my daughter off at her home yesterday to spend the night. She was outside and walked toward my car to chat, so I extended my hand out the window, making a high five gesture. Instead of giving me a high five, she gently placed her hand against mine and we instinctively interlaced fingers. Briefly, we held hands; to me, it was loving, but to her, it likely held much less significance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are too many strikes against me, for it has been my experience that young women are seldom attracted to men older than their fathers. And she is culture-normative, while I am alternative in many ways. I doubt she knows much, if anything, about polyamory, but I would love a secondary partnership with her. I can always dream. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-72912395686683661582012-12-20T09:01:00.000-05:002012-12-20T09:22:30.228-05:00God, Guns, Country<div style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Walking ....</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I rode, not drove<br />To a quiet place for peace<br />So elusive lately<br />Three miles around a lake<br />To think<br />To wonder why.<i><br /><br />God made this day ....</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Blue sky, warm sun and pine trees<br />Not a cloud in sight<br /> No people either, just me<br /> Mother Nature fooled the calendar<br /> As She often does <br /> In Georgia, in December.<i><br /><br />God looks down ....</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">And sheds a tear for us<br /> Guns everywhere to blame<br /> But it cuts much deeper to our souls<br /> It's a culture of violence<br /> It's all we have ever known</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">We must face our violent truth.<i><br /><br />We hated the Brits ....</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">And a nation was formed<br /> Born in violence and nothing has changed<br /> We elect a conservative president<br /> Who appoints conservative judges <br /> Who love powerful guns <br /> And children die.<i><br /><br />We hate weed .... </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">And fill our jails with young, black men<br /> We hate health care<br /> And fail to see a moral imperative<br /> Preachers hate queers<br /> Preachers hate women<br /> Do preachers hate God too?</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>But We Love War ....</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">It's the worst kind of violence <br /> We do it too often, too easily, too recklessly<br /> We hate a bad guy <br /> And destroy the lives of countless innocents<br /> Why?<br /> I didn't know then<br /> And I don't know now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /><i>Abraham, Martin and John ....</i></span></div>
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</i>We wanted more land and killed the Indians<br /> We wanted cheap labor and enslaved a people<br /> We killed each other to right a wrong<br /> We killed a great president<br /> A great man of peaceful change<br /> Another president and a brother<br /> Listen to the music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>I Swear to God ....</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">It's true </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">People buy it for $3.99 on eBay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">And put it on bumpers and windows </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Says GGC in bold print </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">It's sick, it's us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I want to cry</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">And the children die.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-77376934427125152542012-12-15T13:44:00.000-05:002013-03-18T13:38:07.414-04:00Remember When?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I sent her a te<span style="font-size: small;">xt message a few days ago<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">, acknowledging the one year anniversary of our first date<span style="font-size: small;"> when, like teenagers, we made out on the shores of the Hooch.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>I asked her if she remembers when and she responded, "Of course<span style="font-size: small;">,<span style="font-size: small;"> I <span style="font-size: small;">remember when</span>." I would have been <span style="font-size: small;">hurt</span> if she had forgotten so soon.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We chit<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>chatted for a time<span style="font-size: small;"> before</span> the conversation turned serio<span style="font-size: small;">us<span style="font-size: small;"> when I asked why we stopped dating. She told me it became too much for her to handle. When she said this, it was like a w<span style="font-size: small;">eight lifted<span style="font-size: small;">; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">i</span>t gave me <span style="font-size: small;">some</span> closure<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">that has long been missing. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">B</span>efore,</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>I only <span style="font-size: small;">got excuses for missed opportunities<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Her<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>an<span style="font-size: small;">swer doesn't explain everything, but it</span> <span style="font-size: small;">is good enough for now. I <span style="font-size: small;">suspected emotional overload<span style="font-size: small;">, b</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span>ut it me<span style="font-size: small;">ant so much to hear her actually say it.<span style="font-size: small;"> So, in <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> a follow-up email the next<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>m<span style="font-size: small;">orning, I<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>th<span style="font-size: small;">anked her<span style="font-size: small;">. I told her the women in my past remain dea<span style="font-size: small;">r, and if at anytime, she wants a beer, a roll in the hay or a male friend just to talk to, I'll be there. <span style="font-size: small;">She only ne<span style="font-size: small;">eds to ca<span style="font-size: small;">ll on me.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sadly, I know she won't.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-56611817860415990542012-12-15T12:28:00.000-05:002012-12-15T12:33:36.126-05:00Marijuana Kudos<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Kudos to the good folks of Washington State and Colorado for voting in favor of common sense. It is now legal in both states to possess personal use amounts of cannabis in private.<br />Why is this important? To answer this question factually </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(I'm <span style="font-size: small;">trust</span>ing<span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">, I turned to the NORML website and <span style="font-size: small;">copied</span> the following <span style="font-size: small;">nearly<i> </i></span>verbatim (the non-italic<span style="font-size: small;">ized comments are mine)</span>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1.) Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America<span style="font-size: small;">, </span>behind
only alcohol and tobacco, and has been used by nearly 100 million
Americans;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">2.) Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000
people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than
400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. By
comparison, marijuana is nontoxic and cannot cause death by overdose. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I assume this ignores the carcinogenic effects of smoke intake.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">);</span><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3.) Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers an estimated $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more than 750,000 individuals per year<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(a disproportiona<span style="font-size: small;">te<span style="font-size: small;"> number of</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><i>whom are </i></span>young<span style="font-size: small;">, </span>black males)</span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> - far more than the total number of arrested individuals for all violent
crimes combined, including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated
assault<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">;</span> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">4.) </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Driven by the Drug War, the U.S. prison population is six to ten times
as high as most Western European nations. The United States is a close
second only to Russia in its rate of incarceration;<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5.) Of all the negative consequences of marijuana prohibition, none is as tragic as the denial of medicinal cannabis to the tens of thousands of patients who could benefit from its<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>thera<span style="font-size: small;">peutic use<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of course, <span style="font-size: small;">cann<span style="font-size: small;">abis is still illegal<span style="font-size: small;"> at the federal level and <span style="font-size: small;">currently in all but two states. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Undoubtedly<span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span>other states <span style="font-size: small;">will</span> follow suit now that Washington State and Colorad<span style="font-size: small;">o have paved the way<span style="font-size: small;"> (</span>ex<span style="font-size: small;">cept here in the Southeast<span style="font-size: small;"> where social change is always slow to come).</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> A great deal of work remains <span style="font-size: small;">with the two states in developing implementation<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>leg<span style="font-size: small;">islation and at <span style="font-size: small;">the federal level reconciling the federal and state legal<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>differe<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">n</span>ces.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>When asked about going after weed users in legal states,<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>President Oba<span style="font-size: small;">ma is on reco<span style="font-size: small;">rd<span style="font-size: small;"> saying, "We've got bigger fish to fry."</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As noted in the previous post,<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>prohib<span style="font-size: small;">ition can be a very bad idea, whethe<span style="font-size: small;">r <span style="font-size: small;">applicable</span> to alcohol,<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>abortion or marijuana. <span style="font-size: small;">After</span> years of following a terribly failed prohibitionist policy <span style="font-size: small;">for which we<span style="font-size: small;"> are paying a huge price, both in human and monetary terms<span style="font-size: small;">, the time for change is now. Two states have stepped up to the plate <span style="font-size: small;">and, hopefully, others will soon follow their lead.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-59471728803272159012012-12-14T13:39:00.000-05:002012-12-17T08:00:51.582-05:00Tiny White Crosses<div style="text-align: justify;">
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">On the front lawn of the
Catholic church my family and I attend, 50 tiny white crosses sprout like
flowers from the ground. A sign proclaims the crosses representative of
the fifty million <i>infants</i> <span style="font-size: small;">aborted</span> since 1973, the year of the landmark
Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Not surprisingly, there is no
mention of the number of <i>infants</i> <span style="font-size: small;">aborted</span> before 1973, the implication, of course, being that Roe v. Wade kills <i>infants</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">The use of the incendiary
word <i>infant</i> is no accident. Pro-life folks, including
church clergy, have long sensationalized through the misuse of words such as <i>infants</i>, <i>babies</i>,
and <i>murder</i> in the condemnation of abortion. In the interest of truth, Roe v. Wade has nothing to do with infanticide, the practice of which is highly illegal and certainly not prevalent in the U.S.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nonetheless, all of this got me
thinking: How old do you have to be to remember life before Roe v. Wade and to objectively weigh (assuming objectivity is possible) the
pros and cons of legalized abortion? Well, in 1973, I was 28 years old and a news
junkie; back then, I made a habit of reading the daily newspaper front to
back. (Today, I refuse to bombard my psyche with so much
negativity.) So, yes, I remember the many media reports surrounding the
abortion issue. Would I have remembered at 23? Probably. At
18? Probably not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Based on this inexact and admittedly convoluted logic, I have concluded that someone born after 1950, meaning someone less than 62 years of age today, has not experienced the world before Roe v. Wade as a mature, thinking person. This does
not mean that the issue can not be studied and comprehended retrospectively; as
with any historical period of time, it certainly can and my hat goes off to
those who have made the effort. However, I suspect many young (less than
62) pro-life folks have not done so and are guided far more by emotion than
first-hand knowledge or intellect. </span></div>
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If my suspicion is correct, those (at least those who are young) who advocate for the illegalization of
abortion, fail to understand the associated implications: the return of back
alley clinics, where women suffer sterility and death from infection; discrimination against the poor, as women who can afford <span style="font-size: small;">the cost<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>travel to other countries for the procedure; teenage girls unable to es<span style="font-size: small;">cape the wrath of abusive parents;</span> </span>the
imprisonment of doctors who, guided by conscience, act on their training and
save lives; women who die in hospitals pending an attorney's opinion; and women
forced to endure legal battles to prove rape. These are just some of the negative repercussions reported in the media before 1973; yet, these things, as bad as they are, only scratch the surface with regards to the complexity of the abortion
issue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">In order to objectively
weigh the pros and cons, a person must form an intellectual answer to some
difficult questions: At what point, if any, is the life of a pregnant
woman less important than the life of the embryo or fetus? (I'll refrain
from using the biologically correct terms of host and parasite.) Under what circumstances, if any, should an abortion not be an option? When is
the life of the fetus viable? If a woman decides to abort, does she have
a legal and moral right to a medically safe procedure? Does societal
interest supersede the individual right of a woman to exert control over her
body? Whew! It is little wonder that as a country we are almost
equally split along the pro-life, pro-choice great divide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">I recognize the very valid arguments made for both points of view; however, I staunchly oppose the efforts
of the pro-life camp to illegalize abortion. As we learned from the Roaring Twenties, prohibition can be a very bad idea. <span style="font-size: small;">The price of<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>i</span>llegalization (prohibition), and even
highly restricted legalization, from both a societal and individual perspective <span style="font-size: small;">is simply too great</span>, whether applicable to alcohol or abortion.
Often, even in the face of something distasteful, a pragmatic
approach works best. Unfortunately, the issue is so emotionally charged
for many that this perspective is often lost, replaced by well intended, but misguided reasoning. </span></div>
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sitting at your table </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> and listen.<br />Do not even listen, just wait.<br />Do not even wait, just be quiet, still and solitary, <br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>and
the universe will expose itself to you.<br />It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.<br /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>--- <i>Franz Kafka</i></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-23859085329664383742012-11-07T09:42:00.000-05:002012-11-07T22:35:58.547-05:00Election Finally Over!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last night, I watched and listened to GAC all evening, an intentional election return avoidance tactic. Tybee Island is the time and place where I re-ground and re-center my life. The last thing I needed was the emotional turmoil associated with being bombarded with election returns all evening.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As a social progressive, I was greatly relieved when I turned on the TV this morning and learned of Obama's victory. However, my expectations are low for his second term; the party of <i>NO</i> still holds the House and will continue to be ... well, the party of <i>NO</i>. My greatest hope is that Obama will have the opportunity to appoint one or more forward thinking Supreme Court justices during his last term.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I view Obama's reelection as vital to our future. It at least slows for now the unprecedented tidal wave of extreme conservatism consuming the political landscape, and for that matter, the national landscape in so many areas of life. Roe v.Wade and healthcare are far from secure, but thank God, far more secure than with a Romney election. </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-2874483612686606372012-10-27T14:37:00.003-04:002012-10-27T14:37:55.379-04:00Tybee Tour<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The time is drawing near<span style="font-size: small;">. The reservations have been made. My motorcycle has been serviced. Soon, I will begin packing<span style="font-size: small;"> in preparation for my third annual motorcycle tour <span style="font-size: small;">to Ty<span style="font-size: small;">bee Island. I <span style="font-size: small;">will be on the i<span style="font-size: small;">sland November 5<span style="font-size: small;">th - 9th<span style="font-size: small;"> and I am eag<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">e</span>r</span>ly looking forward <span style="font-size: small;">to <span style="font-size: small;">the trip<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have written about this before, but the island is almost eerily <span style="font-size: small;">strange</span> during the week, <span style="font-size: small;">in</span> the month of November. For one, It is nearly deserted<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">, with <span style="font-size: small;">mostly locals to be found<span style="font-size: small;"> in the shops, restaurants and bars. For an<span style="font-size: small;">other, the weather is c<span style="font-size: small;">ool<span style="font-size: small;"> in the mornings and evenings, and even cold <span style="font-size: small;">at times. The days are unpredictable; the t<span style="font-size: small;">emp<span style="font-size: small;">erature </span></span>can be cool or very warm. Last year, <span style="font-size: small;">the island was s<span style="font-size: small;">ocked<span style="font-size: small;">-</span>in with fog for most of the duration of my trip. In other words, <span style="font-size: small;">the weather gods can play <span style="font-size: small;">all kinds of tricks on visitors</span> this time of year</span> and anything can be e<span style="font-size: small;">xpected.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can predict a meaning<span style="font-size: small;">ful time</span> alone, communing <span style="font-size: small;">with nature</span>, while enjoying the beauty of the island. It is a time to reflect and renew. It is a time to be me.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-30679216434957548642012-10-09T07:41:00.000-04:002012-10-09T08:41:40.979-04:00If You Want Fidelity, Get a Dog<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Christopher Ryan, psychologist and co-author (with his wife) of <i>Sex at Dawn</i>, debunks the culturally instilled notion that monogamy comes naturally to the human species. Speaking at a conference in Australia last year, he overviews the history of human sexuality as presented in his book. His talk can be found on YouTube by searching on: <i>christopher ryan monogamy</i>. He presents many interesting facts and conclusions, making the video well worth the invested time of fifty-seven minutes. </span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-57491475652173063392012-09-03T15:22:00.003-04:002012-09-03T15:24:10.371-04:00Hurt Feelings<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;">She
said I hurt her feelings. I didn't mean to, but I did. We talked
about my annual motorcycle sojourn to Tybee Island in November. We had
just fucked and she said I hurt her feelings. Huh? Seems like a
weird time to have hurt feelings. But who's to say?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For
a year, she has been hinting that she wants to join me on the island for a few
days. It seems she has never been to Tybee. How strange, I
thought. She is a lifelong Georgian and has never been to peach
paradise. I said okay, but with a condition: she must first take care of
a long overdue personal matter, then she can join me. It would be her
reward for doing what needs to be done. She said it can't be done so
soon, so I told her she could join me next year after her issue is resolved.
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<span style="font-size: small;">This
hurt her feelings. We had just fucked and I hurt her feelings.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-53253037549808769272012-08-15T09:40:00.001-04:002013-06-06T17:20:22.380-04:00Georgia Equality<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">I recently attended a workshop sponsored by
our local poly group. A young woman from
Georgia Equality gave a nice presentation on advocacy. Georgia Equality advocates for the LGBTQ community and the focus of her presentation dealt with lobbying and the ins and
outs of interacting with legislators at the state level. She did a great job and I found her
presentation very interesting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">But why, I wondered? Why is it necessary to lobby for basic human rights and equality for all? Isn't fairness one of our core values? Obviously, it is
necessary to advocate because LGBTQ people are certainly disenfranchised in our
society, especially here in the Southeast.
But why? Do we believe sexual and
gender orientation are matters of personal choice? That people choose to be queer? Or of an opposite gender? Do we still believe in 2012 that
homosexuality is a disease that can be cured?
What exactly are we afraid of? Can we not rise above religious and cultural brainwashing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The presenter made an interesting comment about Georgia Equality's strategic focus. Limited time and financial resources are invested where gains are possible, in such areas as workplace equality and school bullying. These fights are winnable and progress has been made. They shy aware from losing battles, such as marriage equality. Her comment: "Georgia legislators would rather slit their throats than vote for gay marriage."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Think about it. People in power would rather die than grant equal rights to all. For a state that in many ways can be very progressive, in other respects, we remain in the backwoods.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-85082226578033673862012-08-13T08:36:00.004-04:002012-08-13T08:41:57.947-04:00Freedom Day<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Today is Freedom Day - the beginning of another
school year. As much as I love my
children, which is more than life itself, this is one of my favorite days of
the year. I relish the hours of freedom
the school year affords me to mostly do what I want, when I want.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Connie works full time and endures a long daily
commute, so she is absent for most of every weekday. The
kids are now old enough to fend for themselves after school, further extending the amount of time to read, write, ride my motorcycle and pursue other interests. The time spent with my children over the
summer was nice, but now it is time to move on, to enrich my life with
knowledge and, hopefully, to grow. </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-5630462247769943972012-08-11T13:23:00.000-04:002012-08-12T21:32:26.492-04:00H. and Me<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Speaking
of H., as I did in my second to last post, I want to introduce her, or at least,
introduce our relationship. We have romantic
feelings for each other and she has an ethical relationship with her husband of
the <i>"don't ask, don't tell"</i>
variety. Thus, our relationship meets
the definition of polyamory, and currently, it is my sole polyamorous
relationship. My other relationships, current
or in the recent past, have not been poly, either because spousal consent or
romantic feelings were lacking. (K. is
friendship and BDSM based; B. lacked conjugal consent; and for whatever reason, I just couldn't get
excited about C.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Both
H. and I are married to others and our relationship is clearly secondary to
these important primary partnerships. I
am very comfortable with my secondary status, but I wish for a more active relationship
with H. It will never be as active as I
would like, because her lifestyle does not permit it; but, we clearly need
to rise above the poly fringes if we are to sustain a meaningful and vibrant relationship. Fortunately, there have been some signs of growth in recent months, both romantically
and sexually, and I will hang in as long as the relationship continues to move forward. She is well worth it. </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-10310065837230984112012-08-07T13:46:00.000-04:002012-08-11T13:49:46.455-04:00Connie's Class Reunion<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Connie returned home yesterday from a four day
trip to Louisville. Her pretense for
going was to attend her high school class reunion; however, I have no doubt the
prime motivator was an opportunity to spend time with her boyfriend. He flew in one day after her arrival, but they
otherwise shared residency in a local motel during her entire visit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br />During other recent times they were together, I
experienced amazement by the minimal influence of the green-eyed monster on my
psyche. On the surface, at least, the
monster seems to have lost much of its power over me. I questioned whether or not this was an
illusion, perhaps some sort of subconscious defense mechanism. I decided to try and discern the answer by
paying close attention to my feelings this time.<br /><br />Now, more aware, I realize that I did experience
some jealously, but it was overwhelmed by compersion, my joy for her happiness
being with him. It is often said and written
that compersion is the opposite of jealousy; but I don't believe this is quite
accurate. For me, at least, the two
feelings are not mutually exclusive as I experienced both, just much more of
one than the other.<br /><br />Also, I became aware of a shift in the emotion
underlying my jealousy. In the past, it
was overwhelmingly fear of loss; in other words, my fear that Connie would fall
in love with another and lose interest
in me. This was a carryover from my
swinging mindset, frantically clinging to the dyadic relationship by wanting to keep
sex with others strictly casual. Now, I think, my
jealousy is more centered in envy, knowing that he was being intimate with her,
and during these times, wishing to be him. <br /><br />Now, I know myself just a little better. And now it is okay for her to love another. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-14478703267388560672012-08-04T12:42:00.000-04:002012-08-04T12:59:24.912-04:00A Day at the Valley<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Yesterday was a good
day. I spent the day with my slave at
Paradise Valley (formerly Hidden Valley), a family nudist resort in
Dawsonville. I am a long-time nudist,
and at various times, a member of both Mountain Creek Grove (formally, Pleasure
Grove) and Serendipity resorts.
Currently, I have a single membership at Serendipity, as my wife does
not like family resorts. (Connie has an
irrational fear of being seen naked by children.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Over the years, I
have heard much about '<i>the Valley</i>,'
both good and bad. However, I observed
only good things yesterday. The
facilities are outstanding and the crowd seemed friendly. I observed several recent improvements and
heard about more on the drawing board. It
seemed strange that I had never visited before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">I received a wonderful
bonus upon my arrival home, a text from H.
This began a long thread that continued well into the wee hours of the
morning, while we were both alone in our respective beds. Connie is out of town with her boyfriend and
I was feeling her absence. H. is a lover
and we have an energy connection. I believe
she intuited my need to hear from her last night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Yesterday was a good
day.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973530856182786713.post-60291243091178365772012-08-03T09:13:00.000-04:002012-08-02T20:55:53.878-04:00An Enigmatic Relationship<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">She was an enigma and our relationship
enigmatic. We dated over a period of
about six months, but not frequently. We
saw each other perhaps six or seven times and had sex on about half of those
occasions. It was wonderful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">When together, she was fully engaged, articulate,
playful, fun, and at times, funny. When
apart, our communication can only be described as shitty at best. She was schizophrenic: the <i>'we are together person' </i>and the <i>'we are apart person'.</i> It became too frustrating. Not by spoken word, but by unspoken mutual
agreement, we allowed the relationship to fade into the sunset around May.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">We've ignored each other over the summer, except
for an exchange of pleasantries on the Fourth of July and a recent text dialogue,
which I initiated; she suggested lunch after the start of the school year and I
agreed. We'll see if it really happens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">She has a complicated life: a job, four kids and
an insecure husband. I understood this,
or thought I did, but perhaps, not well enough.
Our relationship was not poly due to the absence of conjugal knowledge
and consent, but this is merely a definitional detail. I thought of her as my girlfriend. Now, I'm trying to get over her and it has
not been easy.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><br />
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