“The Dream”

Anna’s “The Dream” Watching your younger siblings grow up into adults makes it clear just how quickly time passes. Frankly, it’s often hard for me to remember that they are no longer just little kids. This is especially true of my sister, who...

Why Such Animosity?

I don’t get it. Why are some people so antagonistic toward adults who read, and enjoy, youth fiction? I’ve met a handful of such people, listened to their scorn, read their sarcasm as they condescend toward those of us who thrill toward some youth fiction...

Balance

Y’know, I think I resent the implication in our culture today that an artistic man must be, at the very least, a closet homosexual. For whatever reason people can’t seem to grasp the notion that even the most masculine men can still be in touch with those...

Gossip

Does anyone else get sick of listening to people gossip? Frankly, I’m already a bit sick of listening to the hoohah about Dick Cheney. Similarly, I think it’s both sick and sad how many people get so wrapped up in celebrity tabloids, eating up as much dirt...

Care or Con?

The Demystifying Divas and the Men’s Club are writing about this week’s topic a couple of days early. The question for this week is this – is Valentine’s Day really about romance, or is it just another way for ‘The Man’ to reach his...

Talk Is Cheap, but a Single Action Is Golden

I’ve “written”:http://open-dialogue.com/blog/?p=8 about this before but a “comment”:http://open-dialogue.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1583#1583 in an on-going “discussion”:http://open-dialogue.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=114 has...