Suffering is character building, I talked about that a lot in the Storm Chasers post, we grow as human beings with what we are forced to go through. But sometimes the suffering, whatever the source, is too much to bear. Too much to live through, quite frankly. If you are pushing at the boundaries of what you can bear (or left that line behind long ago) I have three very important things to tell you, so listen up…Read More »Feeling Suicidal?
So, this should be entertaining for ya’ll – one way or another….
I’ve agreed to read – out loud… in public – an erotic short story I wrote. It’ll be part of some big hullaballo with lots of other artists and performers (most of whom probably like doing public readings) so should be a great night of culture and entertainment and all that. If that doesn’t draw you, coming out just to laugh at me while I turn 50 Shades of Pink should be worth the trip down.
It’s a free event, but I think they will be passing the hat to accept donations. I’m not sure if you guys throwing money on stage while I read would make it better or worse, but hey starving artists gotta take what they can.
So come down for a kick-ass night of art and music and poetry and prose.Read More »See Valerie Blush
Chapter 17 actually says some great things about leadership and humility and empowerment, you should definitely read it. However, a strange thing can happen when you read insightful texts, sometimes something oblique speaks to you. A single line did that to me today, so join me on a tangent!
If you don’t trust the people,
you make them untrustworthy.
I’m sure in the context of leadership and governance this speaks to empowering the populace (and how to avoid revolutions for that matter). But what tickles my brain is the idea YOUR lack of trust can make other people untrustworthy.
No one exists in isolation, who we are is inherently reflected in how we relate to the people around us, and what I find heartbreaking about lying isn’t the falsehood, it’s the failure of trust. Read More »ToV 17 – What Liars Lose
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from hanging out with Protospace geeks it’s:
Wow, less than three weeks left on my 100 day project! The tail end of it kinda snuck up on me, around the 50 mark I felt totally done with the cursed thing, so amazing to come up for air and discover I’m in the home stretch now.
Been looking back to the beginning and what started it all, figure I’ve got enough days done to use as a stick to measure how far I’ve come. It seems a short distance. I’m still stuck, though less uptight about it.Read More »Day 82 – still stuck, small successes