When others’ happiness leaves you sad

Others’ happiness “shouldn’t” deprive you of yours… but darned if it doesn’t remind you of what’s missing! At times it’s impossible not to be envious, jealous, or sad at a reminder of what you’ve lost. “What happened?” you reason… Maybe you were doing okay before, suddenly, tears sprang up at the sight of some ad … Read more

Stalking Cupid

Briana holding the brilliantly dark book "Illusions of Permanence," from which she's about to read the poem "Cupid" in the YouTube video this image links to.

A brilliant man sets out to hunt Cupid with the dark intent to never lose his mind (and end up alone) again.

Go to the GYM? Who am I fooling?!

Power to you if you can resist the New Year’s Disillusion. My hat’s off. Kudos. Purely hypothetically, if, say, you had no New Year’s resolution, but a strong wish to have someone to kiss as the ball drops next year, you’ve probably wondered what’s between you-now and you-then. Just Time? Ads tell you you should … Read more

Are you reading this with someone else in mind?


(You know how he
responds to advice.)