Yesterday I turned 35 years old, and one of oldest and best friends helped me celebrate over the weekend, which, of course, is why I did not wrote a journal entry yesterday. As an aside, I refuse to call this a blog. It's a journal, or a diary. We already have perfectly good words to describe a thing in which you periodically write about your...
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I record a podcast with my best friend, whom I've known for 20 years. We discuss movies, mostly, but occasionally other things. But mostly movies. I don't think we've ever had more than 12 listeners and I'd like to change that, especially since I seem to be drawing a strong Euro following. Anyway, if you'd like to hear my voice, and perhaps get a better...
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Every so often I tell someone about the regrets I have for the way I treated people in the past, and one thing that they invariably say is that I shouldn't be so hard on myself. I completely disagree. I believe that I am exactly as hard on myself as I deserve, and moreover, I believe that people in general should be significantly harder on...
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I spend a lot of time discussing things I hate, so I'd like to change the pace a bit and discuss something I love: the CBS television series Person of Interest.
First of all, as a kid growing up in the 80s, I deeply enjoyed series like Knight Rider and Airwolf, and they had one thing in common: really enjoyable violence. Airwolf, especially, was perfect...
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I recently attended a fetish oriented meet and greet and met a person who described herself as a hippie dippy free spirit, and ever since then the concept of free spiritedness has been on my mind. I've often been criticized for a stubborn insistence on doing things the way I want to do them; for instance, only entering and exiting buildings through the door on...
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One of my pet peeves is people who pollute the shared social environment. For example, when I ride the bus and there is a person playing music with their smartphone, but using the speakers instead of a pair of headphones. That irritates me to no end. The rest of us don't particularly want to listen to your music, not necessarily because it's terrible, although it...
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I have a profile on OKCupid, and about six months ago or so I actually spent the money to be able to see who likes me. Apparently, the women who like me most often are Pro Dommes seeking dedicated submissives who are willing to "donate" or "make a tribute" in their honor. Obviously, I find this deeply disappointing, and in all likelihood I doubt I'll...
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I've long believed that in order to be a rock star on the order of someone like Bono or Kanye West, you need to have a gigantic ego. To be able to stand in front of thousands of people and effectively tell them, "I have something important to say and all of you need to shut up and listen" requires a person to have a...
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When I was in college, I remember massive protests on my campus against the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq, and at the time I remembered thinking that the protests were rather pointless; the decision had already been made, and there was no way to undo it. The Congress had already approved an authorization for use of military force so broad that it arguably covered...
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Until I consciously decided to stop using my smartphone to keep myself amused when I became bored, I didn't realize just how much of my life consists of waiting. Waiting in line, or waiting for a bus, or waiting until something opens so I can enter. I can't clearly remember now what it felt like to be without a smartphone and simply wait for things...
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