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Slinky

I am here for Friends

About Me

Not as good as I once was, but as good once as I ever was.And not here to collect "friends" with whom I have nothing in common. If you want to add me, please send me a message and/or subscribe to my blog to get some idea of who I am.

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My Interests

Reading. Writing. Pointing. Laughing.

I'd like to meet:

People not too coarse or mealy.

Movies:

Good ones.

Television:

Bah.

Books:

Also good ones.

Heroes:

Those who toil without recognition or reward.

My Blog

Forgive and forget - I can do neither

My dear friend Grau Geist posted a blog today about forgiveness, particularly as it related to his divorce. I wanted to write this last night, but I was in such a state that the words would...
Posted by Slinky on Tue, 06 May 2008 05:03:00 PST

Commandeering a tag - Top 10 Albums

The Judge and Laura have both done their Top 10 Albums of All Time blog, and I just love crashing parties, so here's mine. For the sake of variety, I won't include albums that my friends have already ...
Posted by Slinky on Mon, 05 May 2008 08:50:00 PST

What a fool believes

In the Ballade of Unfortunate Mammals, Dorothy Parker wrote: "Love is sharper than stones or sticks;Lone as the sea, and deeper blue;Loud in the night as a clock that ticks;Longer-lived than the Wande...
Posted by Slinky on Fri, 02 May 2008 02:49:00 PST

How, you ask? (probably TMI; talking about sex assaults)

In the blog I posted this morning I said I had been sexually attacked six times by non-lovers. A few people were shocked at the number, and wondered where I had lived to have this happen. The truth is...
Posted by Slinky on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:02:00 PST

"Tips" from rapists - sorry Lee and everyone else; theyre bowshit

This appeared in my bulletin inbox: "Through the Eyes of a Rapist --- tips you might not knowAll Friends - Men AND Women ....THIS DESERVES TO BE REPOSTED -- WE OFTEN FORGET THAT WE ARE ALWAYS VULNERAB...
Posted by Slinky on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:47:00 PST

Im back on the hard stuff

I confess. I have failed. I went clean for four months, but now... I've resumed my love affair with coffee.     And I'm not fussy: I like almost every kind of coffee-based beverage:  ...
Posted by Slinky on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:50:00 PST

Scary monsters

My favourite Torontonian, Wolfshades, posted a new blog that has prodded me into writing the follow-up to my non-blog on fear. Any time I make a blog up entirely out of other people's quotes and ...
Posted by Slinky on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:46:00 PST

Nothing to fear but...

  "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone p...
Posted by Slinky on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:04:00 PST

Keep your friends close and your relatives closer

I love my kids, even if - for the past few days - they've been little poop bombs that detonate without warning. I love them because they're mine, but it's easy because they're still young enough to be...
Posted by Slinky on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:19:00 PST

Core breach imminent

My brain, most days:   My brain today:   Both kids are sick - and by sick I mean 104-degree temps that come right back up as soon as the Motrin wears off, and either puking or experiencin...
Posted by Slinky on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:42:00 PST