Damek.

Having just watched Alexander this weekend, it strikes me that this scientific advice about swatting flies is probably good battle strategy in general: “Aim for the escape route.”

Cooking is an inherently communal activity. For most of us, the prime association with cooking is that it happens within a family context; mom or dad cooking for the family. This makes cooking for yourself a more acutely lonesome activity than it has any real right to be.
Indeed. And it makes cooking for yourself and [...]

Some interesting discussion here about monogamous cheating and friends … I find it interesting because I’ve had the good fortune to meet a few good friends in the past year or so, and were I not allowed to form any sort of meaningful connection with them for fear of it being “cheating” on Alex, well [...]

This is interesting but they don’t seem to mention anything about appreciation for “the good stuff” increasing in a reverse trend… I know I for one will never want to give up good beer…
Also, regular good sex reduces stress and depression. Oh, wait, that wasn’t quite the point of the story, was it? Hmm.. Well [...]

Another week turns out to be not what I’d expected a week before. Solitude, thoughts and chores? No, the universe decides to throw me people, mysteries and activities. How about the upcoming weekend — last ski trip of the season? No, money and love leads me to choose a friend’s party which may or may [...]