For quite some time, I’ve been trying to unravel a mystery.  A few months ago, Shai told me that his mom used to cook something called “kurkevanei ouf”, which means navels of chickens.
Chickens don’t really have navels…at least nothing like mammal navels, but I took his word for it, and went out to buy some.  [...]

http://relationships.blog-city.com/someone_misusing_you_sexually_is_very_not_okay.htm 
It’s about how sexual expoitation, one form of which is deceiving someone for the purpose of getting sex and/or associated benefits from them, is a violation that feels emotionally close to rape for both the exploiter and the exploited.
Sexually exploitive people, like rapists, decide that for some irrational reason, their targets deserve to, or even [...]

Now that I’ve had a few days to sort out my feelings, and I know it’s more than a defensive track, I feel like I did the day I met my high school bully’s mom.
A long time ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and I was a fresh faced high schooler, my family moved to [...]

Friday night, I went out to the Beer House with Shaniqua.  It was alright…some deep, meaningful conversation.  Then we stopped by the Bear to see if one of her friends was there.  He wasn’t, but BK was.
We talked, and after he finished work, we came to my place for some coffee.  Fortunately, we didn’t have [...]

Yesterday, Papa came for a visit.  He’s maturing nicely…very nicely.  His figure’s still a bit petite, but wirey, and he’s definitely stronger than I remember.  He moves with an even more cat-like ease than he had when I first met him.
We spent a good part of the day together.  Although I still have a problem [...]

Shaniqua had her house warming party Friday.  It was a very interesting night.
Kahuna’s angry with me because I didn’t let him come with us, but it wasn’t a good idea since he can’t really be objective around Shaniqua.  He’ll thank me for it when I tell him how it went.  It was definitely a couples’ [...]