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"You're telling a story that breaking contact with her is "immature," and continuing to be in contact is "mature."
But based on what you've said, I think it's more accurate to see breaking contact as mature, wise, and..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"Marcia Falk's translation of the Song of Songs is vivid, clear, and erotic -- a poem in its own right. But if you're utterly baffled and put off by agrarian imagery, I don't know whether you'll find it any more "relevant...." [
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2 weeks ago
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""Jane, could I have a few minutes to talk about our working relationship? Thanks.
"I've heard from several people that you have been making critical comments about my work. It's not important specifically who told me this; what's..." [
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"Incorporate deep, full breath into your self-pleasuring, and end by taking three deep breaths.
With the last inhale, clench all the muscles in your body and hold your breath. Especially clench your PC muscle, your abs, your leg muscles to the..." [
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"Every weekend watercolorist and garage band is a joyous "fuck you" to the corporate entertainment industry, which tells us that only the elite few deserve the pleasures of artistic expression, and that art is only worth what someone is..." [
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"My next door neighbor, Mr. Lee, said it best: "Cat is very strange animal."
Mr. Lee, you said a mouthful." [
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"Of course your reasons are selfish! Why else would anyone ever break up?
Start by questioning your story that your own happiness and the fulfillment of your potential is "not a justifiable reason" for breaking up...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ookseer
Last month
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"When I remember something embarrassing, I'm strangely compelled to shout HURF DURF.
Does that happen to anyone else, or is it just me?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
Last month
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"It sounds to me like you are taking on obligations and responsibilities that really don't belong to you.
For starters, you have no obligation to tell your supervisor where you are going. If they ask, you can always give them a non-answer like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreama
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"How about hexagram 57 from the I Ching? It consists of the symbol for wind doubled.
The image is of winds (or breaths) following one after the other, and the meaning is one of gentle but penetrating change...." [
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2 months ago
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"Cook's Illustrated (my bible) has a chicken noodle soup recipe that could make the dead to walk. It solves the anemic broth problem that plagues so many homemade chicken soups. The secret is browning the chicken pieces, then "sweating" them..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by mdonley
2 months ago
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Your solitary compulsion becomes a shared experience.
favorited 18 times, recently by Who_Am_I, secretary bird, Heretic, Xere, Liosliath, bunnytricks, safetyfork, Afroblanco, marsha56, Coatlicue, moonmilk, anthropoid, kliuless, sascha, hilatron, brownpau, Happy Dave, chrismear
2 months ago
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"You and your wife need to decide what your actual goal is, and take steps accordingly. Right now it seems like you have several competing goals.
Is it getting the dress back? Then comply with her demand.
Is it being right and teaching her a..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by showbiz_liz, DevilsAdvocate, blueberry, afflatus, mynameismandab, bend2squares, mudpuppie, schmoo, scody, milarepa
2 months ago
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"The problem sounds like it's not the dog, it's not even his feelings about dogs.
It's the conversations. So don't have them. Have one final conversation where you tell him how tired you are of rehashing the same discussion over and over. You both..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sebastienbailard, tyrantkitty
2 months ago
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"According to the current issue of Allure, when the two were married at New York City Hall in November 2007, the bride wore Hermes Osmanthe Yunnan and the groom wore L'Air du Desert Marocain by Tauer Perfumes. Why yes, I am a big fat perfume geek...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Houstonian, junebug
2 months ago
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"Even reading this over I'm just so ashamed to be worked up over something so stupid.
What you're doing right there -- that is part of what's dragging you down. You're not just feeling bad -- you're beating up on yourself for feeling bad...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tastybrains
2 months ago
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""Can you pick up those toys? Oh, well done!"
"Can you wash your hands before dinner? Great job!"
"You're a great breakfast eater / toast maker / shoe picker-upper / tooth brusher."
Oh, please don't. Even to a kid..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mynameismandab
3 months ago
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"Above all, chill out.
Seriously. I'm not a dog person, so I don't have a lot to offer there, but your anxiety level about all this seems super-high.
If it's really truly true that you have no possible alternative to keeping this dog in your..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by lizzicide, aeschenkarnos, tomboko
3 months ago
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"I don't have much personal experience with ghosts, but I did some investigation when a friend asked for help with some strange goings-on in their house. I posted to various local pagan lists, asking for first-hand experiences with haunted houses and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Scram
3 months ago
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"A few sessions with a CBT-focused therapist might be a good idea. It sounds like your boy has learned to internalize teasing into self-hatred. That's a dangerous habit of thinking, but one that he can unlearn with help...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sondrialiac
3 months ago
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"Some people (particularly English learners) seem to expect that every aspect of the language has a rational or historical explanation.
This is akin to the common belief of AskMe querents that there must be a word for every salient concept. Or the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by languagehat, Capri
4 months ago
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"British artist Lucian Freud's painting of a rather... portly slumbering nude...
The word you're searching for is fat." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by saturnine
4 months ago
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"The OP did not ask for our opinions on Santeria or its practices. Here's the actual question:
How did you handle it when you told your parents you had different religious beliefs then they did?... how do I deal with my parents rejection and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
4 months ago
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"How can I cultivate an image of a good, confident, mature professional woman?
Maybe don't worry so much about being "good."
This, plus your not telling people about your capabilities so as not to insult them, suggest that you may be..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by PatoPata, desjardins
5 months ago
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"I am curious if she's just pulling my leg, or if there really is such a thing.
I...want her to know that what's important to her is to me too.
Your two statements seem at odds. Are you trying to catch her out in a lie, or are you trying to be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
5 months ago
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Perfumistas Rejoice!
favorited 13 times, recently by q8xer, dsaelf, fondle, Homeskillet Freshy Fresh, biscotti, pantufla, hadjiboy, mostlymartha, fermezporte, carter, phyrewerx, P.o.B., vronsky
5 months ago
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"I enjoyed the heck out of Air, or Have Not Have, by Geoff Ryman, which describes the impact of disruptive information technology on a small, remote village. Ryman's observations of human character and village life are lively, tender, and exact...." [
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5 months ago
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"I suspect those who make free with the dismissive one-liners don't have much relevant experience. Otherwise they would understand that this is a non-trivial question in a D/s relationship -- especially one where you spend most of your time together..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by FissionChips, catlet, thebrokedown, arianell
5 months ago
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""Shit" was one of the few words my grandmother could reliably say after her strokes. Said lightly, ruefully, with disgust or surprise or annoyance or world-weary existential humor, it was a whole vocabulary in a single word.
May every..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
5 months ago
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"No, because we already had this discussion.
No, because the point of this post is basically "Fox suxx amirite?"
No, because this post has "trainwreck" written all over it.
No, because "I think it warrants..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by god hates math
6 months ago
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"Among other things, my folks told me the following:
Smelt have one head and two tails.
Santa eats the cookies and drinks the scotch we put out for him every year, and Rudolph takes a bite out of the carrot.
When they went into their room in the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by LeeJay, amyms
6 months ago
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""I wish to be the boss of the ice cream man."
Crap, now I'm crying again." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by olya
6 months ago
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"I don't know enough to say whether you should stay or go.
But I can say this whatever your relationship is like:
Stop threatening to leave.
Breaking up shouldn't be a gambit that you wheel it out in every argument. You might want to look..." [
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6 months ago
