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Posted on August 12, 2013April 18, 2020

The Functional Aspect of Rules

In relationships, I often hear a lot about rules. In particular, I’m talking about multiple adult relationships, but feel free to extract what makes sense for you out of this if this doesn’t apply to you. My own opinion is that where an observation can be applied broadly, it seems more likely, but I admit I’m prejudiced against provincialism.

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Posted on June 20, 2013April 14, 2020

With great power…

One of the fundamental dynamics of any romantic relationship is this:

Where responsibility is uncoupled from control, nothing but mischief can happen.

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Posted on July 24, 2012April 14, 2020

Phantom-fighting

Phantom-fighting is all the rage.

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Posted on May 30, 2012April 14, 2020

One Sasquatch

I think I’m going to use Sasquatch as a metric of accountability/accuracy.

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Posted on May 23, 2012April 14, 2020

On Civilized Discourse

There are a lot of different essays and documents on having a civilized discussion with someone else. This is mine. I’ve updated a few things.

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