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• Pearls Firmly Clutched

  

  You don’t know this world. You’re making judgments [based] on what you see on television. - Suzy Favor HamiltonSometimes my highly-organized format makes it... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Truth About “The Truth About…”

  

  It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive…we must not resort to the flame where only light is required. - Victor HugoI’m sure many of you saw this... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• 2012 in Review

  

  About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 760,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 14 years... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• For the Children

  

  Whoso causes terror is himself more fearful. - ClaudianWhenever a tragedy involving children is publicized, the vultures are never long in arriving. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Hollow Claims

  

  Full bottles are quiet; it’s the empty ones that make noise. - Chinese proverbJust over a month ago, the European Women’s Lobby issued another of its moronic... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Epiphany

  

  The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. - Henry D. ThoreauJanuary 6th means many different things to different people in different parts of th... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#131)

  

  The actual number of people trafficked is so much less than the targets [governments] are supposed to meet, so they end up running around and accusing people... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links and Changes

  

  The most improper job of any man, even saints…is bossing around other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity. ... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Volumnia Cytheris

  

  The tribune of the people was being conveyed in an essedum, lictors with laurel preceded him; among whom, on an open litter, a mime actress was being carried;... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• New Year’s Day 2013

  

  The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings. - Charles Dickens, The ChimesLet’s start this... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• New Year’s Eve 2012

  

  New Year’s Eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Links #130

  Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#52)

  

  How can people reasonably be expected to conform their behavior to the law when it is impossible for them to figure out what actions it proscribes until after... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Q & A (December 2012)

  

  If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers. - Thomas PynchonI’m getting so many questions nowadays that I find mysel... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• My Favorite Christmas Things

  

  Have a holly jolly Christmas, It’s the best time of the year. I don’t know if there’ll be snow, But have a cup of cheer. - Johnny MarksSince y’all seemed to... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Feast of Stephen

  

  Christmas comes only once a year, and in my opinion it seems a bit rude to rush a guest out practically as soon as he arrives. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The First Christmas

  

  Snowflakes in the air Carols everywhere Olden times and ancient rhymes Of love and dreams to share. - Lee Mendelson, “Christmas Time is Here”As I said yesterday... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Christmas Eve 2012

  

  There are no strangers on Christmas Eve. - Michael O’Brien (Charles Winninger) in Beyond TomorrowChristmas is the oldest continuously-celebrated holiday in the... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#51)

  

  In reality, sex work isn’t stigmatised because it is dangerous. Sex work is dangerous because it is stigmatized. - Laurie PennyStoryville This is a pretty good... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• The Winter Solstice

  

  It was beginning winter, An in-between time, The landscape still partly brown: The bones of weeds kept swinging in the wind, Above the blue snow. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY