February 2013
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Howard Hardiman: An Open Letter to Andrew Turner,... →
howardhardiman:
Dear Andrew Turner,
In light of the vote yesterday to afford equal marriage rights to all, I thought it might be a good moment to reflect on the social changes that have happened during my lifetime.
When I was growing up, the only representations of gay men I’d encountered were on Are You…
January 2013
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“Oh, so you’re going to get married… or civil partnered… or...”
– a work colleague, upon hearing the news I’m engaged.
November 2012
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The trouble with knowledge (May, 2004)
The more I think I know, the less I know.
- Kir-wan Queren.
Thinking we know makes it almost impossible to find out what we don’t know, and this ignorance takes us farther and farther from our truth. As we begin to recognise that we have borrowed our experience from others and have not had them for ourselves, we begin to see the trouble with knowledge. We pass information around and...
You've Already One: Specialness →
matttolstoy:
You are not special. Nor are you ugly. You are whole. And something that is whole cannot be compared to anything else, due to its wholeness. A hand never looks to a foot and says, “Why aren’t you a better hand?”
You split yourself when you say, “I am better,” “You are worse,” “This is good.” All…
September 2012
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“It’s like trying to explain space travel to a caveman.”
“It’s nothing personal when I say I don’t trust you; I don’t...”
May 2012
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“Having to face a whole lot in my life, avoiding problems would have given me a...”
– Sapharin
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“The English language—any language—has so many words it can be very...”
– Adi Klem
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“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
– Dalai Lama
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“I look at where I am - it’s the only place I really own who I am, and be...”
– Rob M. Lucas
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“If you want something doing right, do it yourself.”
– proverb
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“We shape the spaces we are in because, together, we are those spaces. Consider...”
– Rob M. Lucas
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“There’s a certain kind of power in giving people an opportunity. They may...”
– Rob M. Lucas
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“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.”
– Richard Bach
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“It may be wise to step away and not allow yourself to be swept into baseless...”
– Rob M. Lucas
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“Life is chaotic. It’s a clash of people, personalities and personal goals....”
– Rob M. Lucas
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“…That is why it’s important to be out of the closet. Both for ones...”
– Rob M. Lucas
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“…one should never do anything one cannot discuss after dinner.”
– Oscar Wilde
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“A screw to test if it’s worth spending your life with a person is just...”
– Rob M. Lucas
March 2010
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because I really do deserve better
Break-up sex is the worse form of guilt and pity. If only I knew that is what it was. That is the last image I have of you, And it is what upsets me the most. It meant nothing to you. I am not going to make you feel worse in hope that it will make me feel better, Because it won’t. I am not going to become one of those long-running issues, You have enough. For all your bulldog courage and...
January 2010
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after we slept together
I would glance at you, And startle myself. Somehow, for a moment, I had forgotten how beautiful you are, And I would fall for you all over again. I find myself short of breath. Waking up beside you, Your foot touching mine, We connected. I watched you sleep. Sometimes you caught me, And you smiled. I would hold you, And sometimes you would hold me. It was real. You are on my mind, My stomach...
December 2007
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“You must refine your individual to remove all hesitation and doubt, and know...”
– Rob Lucas
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“When you act, do so with purpose and a dose of passion. But do not rush to...”
– Rob Lucas
February 2005
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The Floor
My dog is afraid of the living room floor. It is laminated wood. He tries to avoid it. When he walks on it, he slides, and so he panics. He tries to backpedal, but that only makes him slide faster, uncontrolled, in directions he does not intend to go. And so he panics more. If he was patient while walking the floor, he would get where he wanted to go, with little stress. My dog is afraid of the...
