Down-n-Dirty Blog on Relationships

Published by admin on August 4, 2018

NO SKIPPING STEPS

    Art by Jaime Zollars www.alexobed.com        

Published by admin on July 30, 2018

Explorations of Pain

  Typed on a Smith Corona electric typewriter, circa 1970.   www.alexobed.com

Published by admin on April 16, 2018

Ready Player One, Zombie Ghosting & Exploratory Blowjobs

  Where to begin. Last night, I had a mystical experience. After a date. After watching the film, Ready Player One, with my date. It was really more of a friend date, but we’ll get back to that later. We’d been talking for a few weeks, mostly through text, after I initially super-swiped right on her…

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Published by admin on March 31, 2018

Be Out of Control

  I had an epiphany today about these words. You are out of control.   In the common meaning: you are acting in a way that is not ok; i.e., too aggressive, too wild, too selfish, etc.   But a deeper cut is that you’re not in my control– and I don’t like it.   To be out…

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Published by admin on March 11, 2018

When Your Fate Hangs in the Balance

  I’m talking about the decision to get married. I would venture to say that it’s the most important decision of our lives. And though we might say it’s reversible, its consequences may not be.   Maybe I’m being dramatic. Or am I?   Marriage is the default position of our culture. It’s what little girls are…

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Published by admin on February 24, 2018

BAD FAITH

  A la one of my favorite Frenchmen (viva la France!) after Camus, that is– Sartre discussed the notion of “bad faith.”   What is bad faith? We were born into a world that already had a bunch of givens: how to behave how to live (though, ironically… not much of a manual for how…

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Published by admin on February 23, 2018

ABC

  Always Be Creating.   I traveled the world in 2016 with Semester At Sea, a floating university that took 600 students (and me) around the world to experience different cultures. We had tons of activities and events on board–just like a real university–including quite a few performances, talent shows, etc. I participated in almost…

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