archenemy

You consider life's balancing act as a rarity in women? Sweetie, have I got a good group of women I can introduce you to.

Since when is hucking homes a "highly professional" job. BWAAAHAHHHAHAHHH

If you kill the cyclist, it is only your problem. His problems are effectively over.

Stop using circular reasoning with me. Can't you see I am already confused?

Oh please. If their ethics were against the bullshit, they'd get another job.

I'm hotter than a half-fucked fox in a forest fire.

No way. I feel honored. The cool thing is that you will come back to me later with a much more comprehensive understanding of it than I was able to get. Looking forward to it!

What is up with that? Certainly there are human beings who work at insurance companies? Some of them must ride bikes or have family members who do. What is wrong with people? I don't ride a bike, but I used to ride a motorcycle. I finally sold my last one when I moved to Seattle and had so many close calls in such a short period of time that I was freaked. I don't know if its SEattle or if it is a progression of more selfish driving attitudes. It scared me away from riding (a bike) on the roads as well, which sucks.

Its the cloaca, isn't it?

This is good advice! What happened, did you get talked into accepting 5% and have them screw you?

Give up names buddy. And no, naming hot guys shows security. Or gayness. Whatever--its all good.

but are you Black Belt?

Fuck inattentive drivers. I think most everyone drives around like wherever it is they have to go is more important than the safety and the lives of everyone around them. I am not a perfect driver, but I am a considerate one. I have screwed up on the road plenty, but I wave an apology, not flip someone the bird. But when I am off the road, I actually think I get road rage b/c I think of all the assholes driving around like this. And I think that driver saw you and figure he could make it around the corner even if you had to "slow down a bit" without bothering to consider how very dangerous this was to you. I hope he falls down a flight of stairs, or at least tells all his buddies that he almost killed/crushed/maimed someone today with his car and to please be more careful cuz he sure wished he'd been. my own mini rant over--hope I didn't detract from yours...

And: You are wasting time trying to figure these issues out. Date the right man, these issues simply don't exist. There are a lot of really, really amazing and secure men out there. Go get one or two.

Enlightenment: You are dating insecure men.

I read the book he referred to, and there are some good points made. But if one follows up that book with "The Road To Serfdom" by Hayek (who published right around the same time), you'll get a viewpoint that has truely been vindicated. Unlike Schrumpter, he doesn't say things like there will be a declining need for the entreprenuer (which just has not been proven to be true in any way).

OMG how scary! I am glad you are okay and I hope the Miata driver survives. Sorry all these folks had to start there day like this...

I'm actually getting a little choked up. I don't know why stuff like this has such a big emotional impact, but it just does. So I talked to my boss today and he is all for it. He's talking to his boss and getting the okay to have me serve as the sucker who will solicit donations from folks at the company and then try to heave my butt up all those flights of stairs. I hope there is an EMT on site! I am pretty excited about this and a little bit nervous. Thanks for your stories, they are so encouraging!!!

You are in like flynn

Blasphemer, Heretic, Defiler of the Sacred Ones. Thou art Deprived of Your Limbs. Thy Nose Shall be Split. Thou art Cast Down and Overthrown. Nile

Just b/c you are married to a hot climbing chick doesn't mean everyone else griping about no available hot climbing chicks is crappy. Or maybe it does.

This is the best comment. I agree wholeheartedly. I'd print this out and put it on my fridge!

In an econ class I learned something interesting. We were discussing the impact that donated foodstuffs had on local markets. We studied a small, poor, isolated spot in Africa (I'm afraid I don't remember the name) that was suffering pretty bad poverty and starvation. We sent food. As a result, the food which was on the market in that area was not able to be sold at all b/c free and cheaper donated food was suddenly available. The local market, although already shakey, was now completely destroyed. Folks because totally dependent on the donated food. I was surprised by this result (which seems obvious once someone pointed it out to me), but I realized that donation is not always the answer. And the impacts of donation are not always good. Therefore, I have a hard time thinking that donating money, time, talk to a problem is going to solve it. I agree that children need to be taken care of. But what if we didn't have so many in the first place? What if birth control and voluntary sterilzation were made available to all people who wanted it but couldn't afford it. What if there were a concerted effort to reach out to people and let them know that this option were available to them. What if it were available to them right there in a mobile medical unit? What if it worked in concert with a groundswell of changing attitudes toward procreation and women's rights? What if attitudes about manliness and virility changed? What if this were true all around the world? Would that make a difference on the poverty levels? I don't know. But I know that what we are doing and even much of what we are attempting to do right now is not working. If its not working, stop doing it and try something else. I am sure people who study and work in this area must have already discussed all these things. Why are they not happening? Why don't the rest of us who are not educated about these options or initiatives not hearing about it? I have to wonder.

I find people who are outdoorsy, muscular, and earthy "hot". I like the creases that form around people's eyes from laughing. I like the scars created from climbing on people's hands. I like seeing what a person really looks like after spending a couple of days on a wall. Chicks who look great in makeup and heels, dudes who look great in suits and hair gell generally don't qualify. And those Brazilian volleyball players are just freaks of nature. No one really looks like that--just them. The coolest thing that I have noticed is that for many people, our definition of what is hot or sexy evolves over our lives. It comes to include much more of what makes a person human, including all the marks of a life well-lived, while growing bored with the socially enforced norms of what we're told is hot. Do I sound like an old fart or what?

I stated that I hate people in general. You are not in that category. I also hate sink drain slime, athlete's foot fungus, and fecal bacteria. Those, at least, are a little closer to the mark as far as you're concerned. This reminds me a little bit of the movie Amelie. Funny stuff.