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Diamonds are magic, she said, and this is why women wear them on their fingers, as a sign of the magic of womanhood. Men have strength, Miss Ferenczi said, but no true magic. That is why men fall in love with women but women do not fall in love with men: they just love being loved.

-Miss Ferenczi informs the children - Charles Baxter’s “Gryphon”

 

Really. I do.

<3

I love rain.

Not when it floods the 120 route to Colombo.

:(

A”ll the sweet nothings promised by the sexual revolution backfired. Instead of a free-love utopia, the Age of Aquarius is responsible for skyrocketing rates of abortion, venereal disease, broken marriages, out-of-wedlock births and the poverty that comes hand-in-hand with social decay. Although more intangible, it’s not coincidental that people also became less courteous. After all, it’s not possible to respect and objectify someone at the same time, a rule which ultimately undermines Mr. Hefner’s carefully crafted myth of himself as a kind of highbrow gentleman pornographer. Diminishing virtue leaves us all more coarse.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/8/hugh-hefners-desperation/

The hardest part about going non- red and white meat is the initial need when you see it. Be it a hot dog, burger, sausage pastry or crispy pork. Sigh. I’m guessing it’ll tide over in time.