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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
This morning in church I happened to sit at the end of a row with many empty seats in the middle. Attendance seemed low due to a concurrent event, so there were a number of available seats. A couple came in and asked if they could squeeze past me to get to the middle of […]
Read More Excuse MeWordPress.com blogger annotoole posted the first video listed below today. After I watched it, I realized that a well-known author has posted a whole series of videos to arm the public against manipulative and abusive people. (Sarah! When did you do this? These are brilliant! What a fun and interesting way to help people avoid […]
Read More Defeat the Vampires!Both KING and KOMO News are reporting that former state trooper Ronda “Reynolds’ cause of death was changed from ‘suicide’ to ‘undetermined.’” It’s about time. For those unfamiliar with the case, Barb Thompson, Reynolds’ mother, has a website dedicated to finding justice for her daughter, http://www.justiceforronda.com/.
Read More It’s About Time2010 has been the year of betrayals, breakups, and divorces. I continue to be shocked at the number of relationships falling down around me. While there are two sides to every story, it seems to me that it is becoming increasingly common for one party in a relationship to carry the majority of the blame. […]
Read More Men and Domestic ViolenceLast night on ABC, a Nightline Prime episode titled âSecrets of Your Mindâ aired. I came upon it just as I reached for the remote to turn the TV off. It was a thought-provoking show that sparked an interesting water cooler conversation today. Unfortunately, the show furthered a common myth about psychopaths, that âpsychopathâ is […]
Read More Psychopaths/SociopathsWill you, I pray, demand that demi-devil Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body? -Othello While reading a legal newsletter I subscribe to this week, I came across an article about Iago, the villain in Shakespeareâs Othello. Dallas lawyer Michael Maslanka asked What Can Lawyers Learn From ‘Othello’?
Read More IagoOn Sunday I went swimming with family at a local lake. I hadnât been swimming at that particular spot before, and found that the milfoil was horrible. The kids covered themselves in it and I took pictures of them rising from the shallow water like lake monsters. When we got home, we smelled so bad […]
Read More Hypnotic MilfoilTyping furiously before he got home, I decided to make another copy. I cut the entire document, many months of notes, from the hard drive and pasted it on the disc whirring in its slot. At that point I knew that a record of all of the threats, all of the frightening behavior, and my […]
Read More DocumentationHe works in mysterious ways. As if to answer the questions in the nightmares I wrote about on Monday, today I learned a major truth about one relationship I addressed. Those nightmares were no accident. They opened up the doors to answers Iâve spent six months hoping for. Now most of the red flags make […]
Read More Play-Doh Part IINo! No! I jumped onto the next log dammed across the murky water, then onto a piece of driftwood. The grey sky arced overhead like a bird of prey with its wings unfurled as I jumped towards shore. Why I hadnât fallen into the pond yet I didnât know, because thatâs where they were with […]
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