"Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion." ~ Scott Adams I've noticed lately that I'm getting significantly more spam, both on the blog and through my email. There also seems to be an ever larger… Continue reading Dating Advice For The Diffident
(Image Credit) “Time doesn't. All that Time does is make it more distant, put more space between you and what happened. It doesn't heal anything. I don't know how or what does the healing, but it isn't Time.” ~ Mercedes Lackey Many people say that time is a great healer, but I've learned the hard… Continue reading Time Heals Nothing
Image Source "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." ~ Ernest Hemingway I've really not been as lax at blogging as it looks lately. I've actually written a few things but can't post them just yet in case it somehow messes up something for me. I've just… Continue reading Nobody Tells Anybody Everything
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well" ~ Virginia Woolf I explained before that when I first started working I went through a period of a major depression. This was self diagnosed, but since the symptoms were near enough exactly the same as the major depression that I… Continue reading Mackerel and Mirtazapine
"Real Life is actually a lot more like high school. The common denominator prevails. Excellence is not always recognized or rewarded. What we watch on our screens, whom we elect, are determined to a large extent by public polls. Looks count. A lot. And unlike the best of the college experience, when ideas and solutions… Continue reading You Should Care What Other People Think About You
(Image Credit: Lori Welbourne) "If we just sit and exist, and understand that, I think it will be helpful in a world that seems like a record that's going faster and faster, we're spinning off the edge of the universe." ~ Martin Scorsese Life is like a set of spinning plates. There's a plate for… Continue reading Life Is Like A Set Of Spinning Plates
(Image Credit) "Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem. " ~ Aaron Carter, showing an unexpected level of wisdom for a Backstreet Boy...* I've spent a good part of this… Continue reading Jealousy Does Not Become You
"It doesn't seem like a smart thing for me to do, and I'm pretty adamant about that, I don't have anything in me that says rush out and have kids. It's the ultimate responsibility." ~ George Clooney While being interrogated, and I mean interrogated, by a relatively new colleague as to why I don't intend… Continue reading Are You Qualified To Be A Parent?
(Image Credit) “I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.” ~ Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story I've seen lots of… Continue reading Six Things To Say To A Person With Depression
(Getty Images/James Bray/Vetta) During my most recent bout of depression one person in particular has been convinced that if I only looked at the world in the same way he did then everything would be fine. Everyone has bad days he said, bad stuff happens to everybody, you just have to focus on the positives.… Continue reading You’re Depressed, I Have Depression – Here’s The Difference…
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 