Posted in Biography , Philosophy , Tyranny , tagged drugs , marriage , pragmatism , psychology on October 22, 3 Comments ». While might-have-beens are indeed often sad on the surface, I find that in my own life, at least deeper reflection usually reveals that what actually happened was really better in the long run than what might have. Nor does it matter whether the choice I made was a free one, a constrained one, or a forced one; over and over again, the place I ended up was really better for me and often for others than the alternative.
Though my parting from Matt left a wound that will never completely heal, both of us are probably better off as friends than as spouses. My lacking the wherewithal to hire an agent and endure the ordinary publishing process so my books would have better distribution than via self-publishing?
Yeah, that was probably for the best, too. Even my abstaining from intoxicants until six years ago produced the best possible outcome; though some people might regret losing all those years of possible exploration, I realize that sobriety was much better for me both emotionally and economically until I reached a level of maturity conducive to wise, responsible use.
Read Full Post ». Surplus Women. A few days later she died in [what cops claim was]… suicide by hanging …artist Clinton Osbourn…created a life-size portrait of Montsumi…laminated it and put it up on a pole near the Mowbray police station…. Police closed off the Longport area of Canterbury for several hours …following a report of…a woman [o]n the property…armed [thugs] were s[ent in while]…a police helicopter hover[ed] overhead…a woman in her 50s [w]as [th]en arrested on suspicion of immigration offences…[cops claim] the address may have been used as a brothel….
Smoke and Mirrors. Raymond Rodio III…was [sentenced to 9. And the parents somehow had no idea? Reeeeeeeeeeally now. Lower Education California seems determined to completely eliminate due process in rape cases :. Many]…lawsuits have already been filed challenging [expulsions and other punishments obtained under] the [Obama-era] Title IX regulations, including [75 in California alone and] a [class-action] lawsuit [against Michigan State University] ….
