To walk the earth amongst billions, yet apart, alone. Is it not a fear worthy of worry? To smile warmly and say hello, yet feel emptiness and falsehood. Is it not a fate worthy of avoiding? There is comfort in solitude, but there is only so much happiness derived from oneself...the human spirit yearns to…
Phone shy, and a good reason for it
I never really liked talking over the phone. I am the type of person who devotes his attention to the matter at hand. That means that if I'm on the phone, my attention is squarely on the conversation I'm having, thereby monopolizing my time and energy. I am unable to do anything else. I find…
Deconstructing the Long Distance Lover Con Game
Everyone is looking for love. We look for it in the woman pushing her shopping cart down the canned goods aisle. We look for it in the man thumbing through a book in the romance section. When our efforts to find the perfect life partner are fruitless, we turn to the vast world of online…
Temptation
Discipline, inner strength, and resolve. I have these in abundance, and I need neither deity nor religious faith to carry out my life in accordance with the universal concepts of right and wrong. I need neither rules nor structure imposed from without to live my life justly. It has been put forth that the structure…
