On (over)focusing on others

April 18, 2010

When I enter the home of my married friends, R and V, I lose whatever control I had over what comes out of my mouth, and I say all manner of things that I know has them looking at each other and wondering why they have been my friend for this long. If nothing else [...]

My Nigerian boys

January 30, 2010

So that last entry was titled I can tell that Valentine’s Day is coming for a reason: I could feel a case of uber grouchiness coming on. A couple of commenters were surprised that a guy I hadn’t met in person would invite me to his wedding but now that I have had time to [...]

Lazy Saturday randomness

January 23, 2010

Comments are working; hurray! On my mind this past week: Poisonous folk In my life these tend to be women, and they seem to go out of their way to say something to make me feel bad, either about myself or about a situation. These women are masters of the backhanded compliment. I am a [...]

Someone for everyone

December 1, 2009

I have been writing about my wish for love for a long time, probably from the first month I started blogging (back in November 2002). I guess because of this, back in back in 2003 or 2004, Shannon thought I’d appreciate a link to a Rose is Rose cartoon that touched on the topic. In [...]