Web 2.0 is all about sharing and collaboration. There have been lots of stories lately that have shown something of a backlash against that sharing, pointing out how oversharing makes us easy targets for criminals, talking about cyberstalking, etc. That’s…
People who haven’t experienced serious clinical depression are seldom able to understand how different it is from “being down” or “the blues,” those dips every adult human has felt at some point. They’re often judgmental, and see those who are severely…
It’s impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. ‑Mignon McLaughlin, author (1915-) It makes sense to me in that you can’t have four “number one priorities.” Even with being…
A friend just posted one of those “anonymous confession posts,” enabling anonymous commenting and disabling IP address logging. I never have anything to say in those threads. I can’t think of anything that I wouldn’t just say as me. I…
A nice lady wrote to me recently, provoked by my post about our DFCS experience. She wrote about it on her blog, too. The Divilbiss case was a topic of constant discussing in forums related to polyamory back in 1999.…
One of the questions in that last post made me think about the definition of hate. I also think that adding “is there anyone you hate?” might make sense. In fact, I went back and did so. sambear taught his children that…
Taken from starwolf. My answers aren’t nearly as poetic as hers. silenceleigh wrote a post about the interview she gives to new characters she’s thought of. It’s more interesting than most of the interview memes, so I’m going to use it.…
I run a mailing list for people in Georgia who are interested in creating communities, cohousing, etc. It’s a fairly private list, as it grew out of our homeschooling group. We don’t advertise its existence and are always rather surprised…
How do I reconcile treating people with respect with enjoying snarking at them when I think it’s deserved? Damn. I’m not sure that I can. Do I have to give up the snark? It’s possible that I should always communicate…
ozarque said something in her journal that I’ve been thinking about: There is a metaprinciple for the entire Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense system which says that in verbal confrontations and disagreements your goal is that there should never be a…
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