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MOTTOES, MAXIMS, PRINCIPLES, AND GUIDELINES
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about me
Preface: It's important that I warn you that BEING MY TRIBE FRIEND COULD MEAN *LOTS* OF BLOGS COMING YOUR WAY. Though I'm not currently at peak production for cranking out Tribe blogs, for a long time it was not unusual for me to enter four blogs a day.
I get called antisocial/sociopathic a lot, and who am I to say nay? Judge for yourself. You're not being held in my circle of friends against your will. You will find that I guard my boundaries pretty tenaciously, but most people who are offended by me are more offended by my disinclination to surrender my position or yield my ground than by my acting in any sort of mean, underhanded, or otherwise dishonest way toward them. I've decided that the best way to describe myself is as a "very silly curmudgeon." The predicate nominative and the modifier are equally significant. Speaking of stubbornness, it is meet that I tell you that MY BLOG IS SUBJECT to a fairly stringent "no unsolicited advice, thank you" policy, which includes moralizing, instructing, lecturing, preaching, or delivering any kind of imperative as well as advice-giving. I am very clear when I am soliciting advice, and if I'm not soliciting it, warm relations between us are best nurtured by your honoring this boundary. In his book Winning Through Intimidation, Robert Ringer talks about how the easiest way to be intimidating is to refuse to be intimidated. I suppose that's why many people find me intimidating: I become more and more fearless with age, and I have a strong sense of who I am, what I value, and what I am willing to stand for. Reflections, resonances, and testimonials that are delivered in the first person are welcome and in fact invited, as long as they don't turn into instances of the dreaded "you-message." I am a quick study and am probably way ahead of you in having considered the morals and caveats that my life's scenarios may contain for me, because my struggles at pushing-50 are nearly all rehashes of lifelong struggles, and I'm a very circumspect person. If you're a Tribe member, you have access to your own blog, and if I like your advice, I am likely to visit it eagerly. I've long suspected that I'm <<Un Bodhisattva Malgré Lui>>, as well. It was all a big mistake, I'm sure, and will be corrected in the next life. Most of the people who know me best find me also to be kind, wise, artistic, articulate, organized, poor but generous, impish, candid, comfortable in my own skin, patient, polite, stubborn, clever, opinionated, gentle, melodic, tough, tender, idealistic, forthright, diplomatic, decisive, incisive, insightful, spiritual, open-minded, creative, and in excellent command of what the hell I'm talking about. I am actually all of these things, and full of shit all at the same time. And I'm getting to be completely okay with that. That's all. If you've a mind to, please do invite me into your circle of friends, and if I accept, you can read my blog and find out more than you could have ever dared hope to know...
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Well, come the morning it will be five weeks since I landed in Cookeville. Some significant frustrations, but all in all, things are looking more stable for me, at least for a couple more months--I have sources of food and meds, and even though my internet is severely limited, most days getting to it require me to walk a mile and a half or two, which is good for me. My weight is down a bit, and I hope to bring a bit of healing to my body.
Wed, January 27, 2010 - 8:01 PM
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I suppose it's healing that has come to my mind and... read more
Tennessee has been good to me, so far.
Wed, January 6, 2010 - 12:31 PM
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Of course, my standards are low: nowadays I compare my lot to sleeping in a car in freezing weather... Even so, and even with the cold snap that doesn't care that I live a few hundred miles south of where I was living, I am an extremely lucky boy. Not having much stuff, I am able to use one of the rooms in this apartment as an art studio, which is what I have needed. For the first time, I have a cell phone at my exclusive disposal. Of course,... read more
I've had mixed luck finding places to crash since our apartment became unavailable to us. Three friends have taken me in for spans of days, yet two nights I've had to sleep in Sandi's car, which wasn't dangerous or damaging, but certainly was uncomfortable.
Mon, December 21, 2009 - 9:40 PM
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I already know far too much about homelessness from personal experience than I ever cared to know. A friend of mine from the community that gathers at Short Mountain Sanctuary in middle Tennessee has an apartment in Cookeville, TN, r... read more
I turn 50 tomorrow.
Thu, December 10, 2009 - 5:43 PM
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What an awful bunch of things happened to me this year! I am not sorry at all to have it all behind me. A few times recently I was in fear that I might not reach it. Well... This is what 50 looks like. I always had a hard time imagining it. My doctor says I'm doing well for 50. We takes our good news where we gets it... Thanks to my Tribe friends, for being here with me this leg of the journey.
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May 17, 2009
this man keeps me sane.
thanks a bunch for being there. December 25, 2007
im officially outing you as a sweetheart
October 24, 2007
Khrysso is good for me. Chances are he's good for you, too, whether or not you agree with him at the time. He doesn't ask that you agree with him, just that you listen and think about what he says. Well, most of the time anyway. ;-) Seriously, love getting to know this guy on Tribe.
September 24, 2007
Listen to what Khrysso says. Ok, maybe you won't listen at first (half the time you'll think he's full of s*#@ ) but after you think about it for awhile, you won't be able to deny that what he says sheds some light on things. Honestly, if you let him get to know you a little, he'll be one of your most trusted friends in no time. And if you need a good poetry editor, hey! I haven't met anyone better!
August 2, 2007
Khrysso is khomplex. Khrysso is khool. Khrysso is khind. Khrysso is khreative. Khrysso is kharismatic. Khrysso is. . . well, he's Khyrsso. Hope to meet him irl one day, but in the meantime, I highly recommend him as a Tribe friend. Don't take my word for it though - read his blog!
December 13, 2006
Khrysso is a wonderful person (but he’ll deny it, so don’t ask him). He’s funny, really, really smart, and has a twisted point of view that appeals to *my* twisted sense of fun. I can always count on him for encouragement, genuinely good advice, and the unvarnished truth. Too bad our comfy chairs in front of the fire are some 450 miles apart.
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