Today is June 23, the 42nd anniversary of the day I made the biggest mistake of my life, getting married only 6 weeks out of college. The intervening years have amplified how big a mistake that was and how much better it would have been if I had spent my 20’s (or longer) in hedonistic… Continue reading Your mileage may vary…….
Category: America’s Unfair Divorce Laws
Just in under the wire
It is the end of March. The end of that oh so wonderful time of the year known as women’s history month. Long time readers know that I don’t like Women’s History month although I do like women a lot. There are a lot of past posts that you can read here. I like them-some other… Continue reading Just in under the wire
Speaking of love and romance
Its a pleasure to see a lawyer talking about alternatives to marriage and the inevitable pain, our fucked up divorce laws bring with it. “When I was a child,” Diana Adams began, “I had a dollhouse and a rich fantasy life. I imagined that I was a cancer-curing surgeon, a world-class ballerina, and a TV show host… Continue reading Speaking of love and romance
And they say it like its a bad thing………….
Duffleblog has a nice little post up on the graduation speech that the Academy graduates should have heard: ANNAPOLIS, MD — From a podium in the United States Naval Academy’s storied Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, President Barack Obama offered hearty congratulations and a bit of advice to an exultant field of 1047 graduates about to… Continue reading And they say it like its a bad thing………….
Over time-they always wear you down.
It is called, "undue command influence" and it refers to the ability of a massive organization, sanctioned with authorities by the US government to regulate peoples lives-such as the US Military-to apply pressure on its judicial system to obtain a pre-ordered result. For the "good of the service". There are supposed to be checks and… Continue reading Over time-they always wear you down.
The 7% solution
In two weeks-my savings and investments have lost almost 6% of their value. Money that it took me years to cobble together-gone. At least for now. But it could have been a lot worse-A LOT WORSE. Fortunately, I got some good advice and have invested in some pretty strong stocks-so they weathered the storm better… Continue reading The 7% solution
Sexual Hypocrisy……..
It should be no surprise to any regular readers here, that when it comes to sex-I am very open minded and take a pretty liberal view point when it comes to the age old question of “How much is enough?” ( Answer: There is no such thing as ‘enough sex’). So it should come as… Continue reading Sexual Hypocrisy……..
Advice worth repeating……
I’m more than a little pissed off tonight-for a bunch of reasons, not worth going into. So following dinner, I decided to hunker down and browse. And when I went to Big Lychee-from my second favorite city on the planet-I discovered all the mistakes I have made that will keep me from being a millionaire.… Continue reading Advice worth repeating……
Freight train coming through
Whenever a man hears these words: The star of TLC’s "Jon & Kate Plus 8" filed for a no-fault divorce Monday inMonday in Montgomery County Court in Pennsylvania. She says in papers that she’s willing to "negotiate a fair and reasonable" settlement with her husband of 10 years. Fair and reasonable my ass- Stand… Continue reading Freight train coming through
And I thought I was bitter…….
About getting screwed over by the ex-wife. However, from LA comes a case of a REALLY BITTER ex husband: COVINA, Calif. (AP) – Stinging from an acrimonious divorce, a man plotting revenge against his ex-wife dressed up like Santa, went to his former in-laws’ Christmas Eve party and slaughtered at least six people before killing… Continue reading And I thought I was bitter…….