Life
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A look in the eye
Herbert Marcuse had a problem, the rationalised world of instrumental reason used as a way of explaining the social behaviour of humans. Measurable, predictable, analytic human subjects conforming to a statistical model, fitting neatly on a graph or perfectly represented by the Nash equilibrium. I agree with Marcuse that this is problematic, people do not… Continue reading
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Too much
I’m reading a book at the moment by Robin Norwood called Women Who Love Too Much, it’s very good and equally applicable to men. Someone I know recommended it to me so I bought it for the Kindle app on my phone. Two chapters in and there are stories highlighting the subject, those folks who… Continue reading
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A life or not a life?
Let me first point out that I am not sure what a strong or weak argument constitutes for this issue aside from what I may find compelling from an emotional point of view. It may be a hard conversation to be involved in, not because of experience but because of a lack of it. Although… Continue reading
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Sports fans, a paradox
I like sports, nearly all of them. the spectacle of competition and the excitement of it all. I watch major stuff, like the world cup or the Olympics, as most do. I think however that I might have spotted some problems with these events. I have no intention of criticising the sports themselves, instead I… Continue reading
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The joy of therapy
I’m in therapy, I’ve got a problem and I’m getting help to solve it. I would recommend this to anyone who asked me, whether they need it or think they don’t. What it is is not what you think. I decided to approach it very open mindedly and without prejudice, I wanted to know more… Continue reading
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Being mindful
I once did a meditation in Birmingham at a yoga class, it wasn’t really my thing before that but I enjoyed this one tremendously. We all sat in a circle and considered a flame, it’s flickering light captivating everyone in the room. I normally have an active mind that never rests, but this time it… Continue reading
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Avoiding the Ms
I know a man who has visited the sexual health clinic more than once, he had Chlamydia twice at least. He told me that on both occasions the girl he slept with to get it had a first name beginning with the letter M. “So stay away from girls whose first name begins with M”… Continue reading
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Ruined or always going to be that way?
When I got him he was quiet, I say got him because he was something that I had to accept as part of the package, I loved his mother you see. Of course he became much more than that to me in time. A quiet young man with little to say for himself, his gran… Continue reading
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Dreams
I never remember in the morning what they contained, the details. I only know how, upon waking up, they made me feel. Now that I was having good days for a change I wondered why I was repeatedly feeling dread and a sense of loss immediately after I woke. This feeling stayed with me throughout… Continue reading
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Dissecting greatness
There is to be found an abundance of proficiency in the practice of carrying out tasks such as potting a snooker ball. There is no shortage of players who can do this, and do it very well. What then is there to separate any of these persons, why then are there so few professionals that… Continue reading
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