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Bud asked if I liked spanking. Mike’s first email was an erotic story. The artist guy took me out to brunch then turned out to be penniless.

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How To Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For
Thursday, 27 Aug, 2009 – 13:30 | 3 Comments
How To Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For

The only thing any of us can know for certain is that life will continue to change at a rapid pace because the world has gotten more complex and interdependent.

Redefining Hot in the MidLife Dictionary
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 12:21 | 7 Comments
Redefining Hot in the MidLife Dictionary

I’m also poking fun at myself for being conflicted about no longer being hot–-hot in the sense that people who didn’t already know that I was “beautiful on the inside” thought I was hot.

Abercrombie & Fitch: MidLife Fashion Fail
Wednesday, 12 Aug, 2009 – 20:51 | 7 Comments
Abercrombie & Fitch: MidLife Fashion Fail

They have some nice looking stuff, but most of it requires layering (because it’s too skimpy to be worn without something under it or over it).

On The Road Again: The MidLife Version
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 – 0:08 | 6 Comments
On The Road Again: The MidLife Version

It was the second night, when I found myself on the border of Colorado and Kansas, that I wished for the comfort of my own bed, the routine of my life, and not the countless miles of pavement that stretched before me.

Midlife Crisis and Reinvention
Thursday, 6 Aug, 2009 – 13:59 | One Comment

“Your right to throw a punch stops at my face.” I remember hearing this expression years ago as a basic definition of freedom in the United States. I thought of it more recently when I read …

The New Roommates
Tuesday, 4 Aug, 2009 – 16:10 | 19 Comments
The New Roommates

In a sense, they are like spouse stand-ins, and they’re thinking of getting T-shirts made saying: “I’m Becoming The Man I Always Wanted To Marry.”