Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Take A Drink When He/She Says…
1. I accept the responsibility.
2. I don’t mean to offer this as an excuse.
3. I am going to have to live with this for the rest of my life.
4. (Spouse) is a wonderful person.
5. I love (Spouse).
6. Felt trapped/unfulfilled at the time (or under great stress).
7. Funny thing is, it has been good for our marriage.
8. (Spouse) has seen this affair as a wake-up call (cheating wives only).
9. Never meant to hurt anybody.
10. Stupid thing I did.
Even better, have someone else take a drink when the confessing, cheating spouse says something that does not fall into one of those ten. See who gets drunk first.
Also, switch to paint thinner of the cheating spouse comments on the questions this raises about his/her character issues. Because this probably won’t happen. They might confess to being “weak,” but that’s as close as you get.
These things are always so sad. The real damage that was done, is that from that point on the cheating spouse can’t be trusted by any rational person — and so whenever the marriage runs into an event in which trust is imperative, the betrayed spouse has to behave like an irrational person.
Cheating spouses never seem to say anything to directly address that. They just roll out a bunch of sound bites calculated and designed to motivate others to behave irrationally.
I think we’re getting closer and closer to the day when schoolchildren read in the history books how Bill Clinton got caught cheating, how he was allowed to stay in office, and want to know “how in the world could that be?” When it actually happened, we were being bombarded with propaganda to the effect that the “strongest public servants” in our history were cheaters, and it looked like we were about to enter an era in which cheating on your spouse was a sign of nobility. I thought the bewildered-schoolchild event might take a hundred years. Now, I’m hoping for twenty or thirty. This is good.
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