Category Archives: relationships
Real or not real?
I got this email from Mxxxxx yesterday, and I wondered if it was some kind of sophisticated prank: Dear Jeannie, Hi there. My name is Mxxxxxx and I stumbled upon your blog (googled “how to talk to women”) and I … Continue reading
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It's Called Sleeping in the Bed You Make
I got an strange email the other day through Facebook. Possibly the strangest one I’ve received since I got online in 1991. I was contacted by the current wife of a man I dated over twenty years ago. A woman … Continue reading
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Is it really true?
I let out a knee slappin’ guffaw when I read that a British survey said that 49% of men would go without sex for six months to get a 50-inch plasma TV (Mar. 10, 2008, New Yorker). I wouldn’t do … Continue reading
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STUDY ON FRIENDSHIP AMONG WOMEN
Here’s a great article confirms what we already intuitively know: our friendships keep us sane and happy! Thanks for sharing this, Ellen. By Gale Berkowitz University of California, Los Angeles A landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special. … Continue reading
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Goethe quote from Barthe's A Lover's Discourse
Just cut this line from the thesis. It’s lived through many a draft (and is now immortalized in the catalog essay being published next month) but tonight it got cut out of the thesis. “Either woe or well-being, sometimes I … Continue reading
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the cute and lovable side of the crazy lee
My brother is providing some good blog fodder these days. Here’s the last email I got from him, published with his (and his girlfriend’s permission): “Donna was saying how I “poke and prod” her out of her bubble, i.e. make … Continue reading
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happiness research
Another good article from the crazy Lee: excerpted from “The Pursuit of Happiness: Six Experts Tell What They’ve Done to Achieve It” By Jonathan Clements 6 December 2006 The Wall Street Journal D1 English (Copyright (c) 2006, Dow Jones & … Continue reading
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Songbae – FYI
Another interesting article from the NYTimes called, “Questions Couples Should Ask (Or Wish They Had) Before Marrying.” I like questions #5 and #7. When I met Chad my nose was buried in a book called The Real Rules (yup, the … Continue reading
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Love on the Brain
An excellent article I feel compelled to post in full (also, it was forwarded to me by my brother without any other citation information. Sorry!): December 13, 2006, 9:02 pm Love on the Brain By Daniel Goleman A radio interviewer … Continue reading
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I am shocked and appalled and shocked
I can handle people ending up at my site because they are looking for info on losing weight, or cruising for recipes, or researching Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, but I cannot handle that somebody came to my site … Continue reading
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