So Holly Branson's decided to put medicine on hold to give working at Virgin a try. And why not, I say! Some might say that as a doctor she would have been helping a lot of people, this way she...
The Allowance Issue - Promotion of Ethics or a Privileged Prerogative? - Are you struggling with the issue of allowances for your kids? Do the questions of 'how much', 'how often' and 'what for' frequently spiral through your mind? Are you arguing with your kids about these issues or contemplating the potential of a frustrating discussion that hasn't even taken place yet? If so, you're not alone.
Actually, blogging is nothing but prerogatives, isn't it? So I guess I'm being redundant.I promise that I am not turning Thursday Night Gumbo into one of those blogs that consist largely of reports on how the blogger is feeling and pictures of his pets. But, here is a picture of our newest pet. And I feel like posting it.We have dogs and guinea pigs and tropical fish, too. So our taste in pets is not (quite) as unconventional as it looks. But we did recently acquire two specimens of Tenodera aridifolia sinensis -- Chinese mantises. (To be accurate, we acquired a couple of hundred specimens, as they hatched from an egg case, but we released all but a couple into the backyard.)They've been fun to watch growing up, if somewhat expensive to support. As hatchlings, they eat fruit flies, which, ounce for ounce, cost about the same as caviar. Now, blessedly, they're big enough to like houseflies and moths, of which we have an adequate free supply.They're engaging little creatures. They c
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People can take everything away from you
But they can never take away your truth...
But the question is, Can you handle mine?
They say I'm crazy
I really don't care
That's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty
But I don't give a damn
Getting boys is how I live
Some messy questions
Why am I so real?
But they don't understand me
I really don't know the deal about my sister
Trying hard to
" People can take everything away from youBut they can never take away your truthBut the question is..Can you handle mine? "- Britney Spears.Since we coexist among homophobes, straights, allegedly straights and gays in denial; we have faced some pretty frustrating moments and other fun ones. The dates we actually get laid with swing between hot and passionate ones to the what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here ones. When it comes to embarrassing moments in public or with friends, we can remember a long list of funny things that would entertain us even before we share it with others. Being gay makes you always see the world in a different perspective than others, since you are in touch with your inner self as well as having your systems always alerted (either for hunting other men or paying attention not to blow your cover for those group of people who would really disdain you if they knew). How much can you venture? How honest can you be? How would it be, if you were in my shoes?It was early Aut
