I'm glad you realised how special it was - because it doesn't happen everywhere! Great givers like that (being a mother or not) deserve the thanks you give them. Hats off to you for being appreciative and acknowledging it.

I do really like this quote. It has a timelessness to it's pacing and what it says. However, I wonder if the second part sounds more like the virtue of 'perseverance' rather than the virtue of 'courage'. My meaning being that it's not a person's courage that does this at the end of the day, its their perseverance. But i do like it! For so few words you use them very well.

Great idea! No more secrets! It's true, people can't keep em. And I'm sick of keeping my own too. We shouldn't even have secrets. 'Honeybun,' i_like_rice called out across the house, "You know those fancy soaps you had in the bathroom, the ones that went missing, well i got drunk one night and i microwaved the whole damn lot of them! They expanded in the microwave and it was hilarious! It may happen again too." glad i got that off my chest.... oh shit... she's really mad.

Well that's an evocative and convincing blog / rant. Your words are great and as a reader i feel you frustration with your co-workers views (I also understand the apathy of not finding a new job) The people who do the shoointg should not be discussed, you are right. They should be analyzed by professionals, but not given front page news articles. Just look at the guy that shot Lennon (name withheld for obvious reasons), he said he did it to be famous, and then everybody else who worked in med...

HA! And fun it is. I know one virgin (aged 38) but nobody else believes him, nobody does believe in them anymore.

Oh what a triumph of modern day courtship! Showing once again that the less sense it makes, the more obvious it is! A very entertaining read even though the ending was given away in your notes. Some great lines too. Thanks for the entertainment

Yeah, that's good and quotable. expresses my feelings regarding many plays and movies i see these days.

I didn't find this very convincing, although I don't doubt the success of the techniques being proposed. My first problem lay in the fact that it makes out that quickly seducing a woman into a temporary state of wanting you is the be all and end all of life. It's quite the opposite. I think you should remove the sentence about it being the best kept secret for that reason and also the fact that it is a very commonly known and very commonly sited technique in modern western society. You'd do b...

umm, that's deep and for me quite cryptic (I wish i was more insightful to the last paragraphs object of reference) Some of your descriptions are terrific (dissociative enchantment was my favourite) and as for favourite lines... the lat one of the second paragraph. Rhythmically i loved it. Had to read it 3 times because it was so think and rich (and I'm a little think myself). Some great writing. It would be a fantastic start to something bigger and epic

Some nice minor chuckles in the first and second paragraphs - great start! I love the irony too! That's why i clicked the link 0.1 seconds flat when i saw your title - It's a great title! IN reference to Christians drawing from the old testament - I've heard it mentioned that these christians are not being christians but r being jewish, (nothing wrong with jews but i perhaps it's worth pointing out christians have got their religions wrong when following law) Overall this flows very very nice...