A Free Trait Agreement acknowledges that we’ll each act of character some of the time-in exchange for being ourselves the rest of the time. It’s a Free Trait Agreement when a wife wants to go out every Saturday night and a husband who wants to relax work out a schedule: half the time we’ll goContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: Time for a “Free Trait Agreement?: A deal between introverts and extroverts?”
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Passage of The Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on Love
“ ‘ I believe” said Nomerfide, ‘ that if one loves perfectly. With a love rooted in God’s commandments, then one will not experience humiliation or dishonour, provided one does not go astray and fall from the perfection of one’s love. For the glory of loving truly knows no shame. And although her body wasContinue reading “Passage of The Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on Love”
“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 40 “The Greek Gods Descend into Irrelevance”
The jolt of landing in the Zortixian spacecraft woke the napping of Montenez. Back home to the island of Samos in Greece. Back home to humanity as squalid as it may be. The month of May saw a light crowd of tourists but Montenez knew that would change as the Northern “Palefaces” as his NorthContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 40 “The Greek Gods Descend into Irrelevance””
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on love
“I would argue that a man who is deeply in love does not commit a sin, or only commits a venial sin, whatever he does. Because I’m certain that if he is in the grip of perfect love, he will not hear the voice of reason, either in his heart or his understanding. And, ifContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on love”
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”; Puffery
“So Simontaut began: ‘People who are used to residing at court or in the big towns have such a good opinion of (their own) cleverness that they think everyone else is nothing compared to them. It does not however (follow) that there are not always plenty of clever cunning people in all countries and allContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”; Puffery”
“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 38 “Nicaraguan Miseries Augment”
Moza was fuming at the opposition groups whose indolence had been disrupting industrial production and civil order. They had challenged him to deal with the problems facing the nation rather than lining his pockets. They had the unmitigated audacity to convey their complaints to some of the foreign embassies in Managua. Some of these sassyContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 38 “Nicaraguan Miseries Augment””
Passage of the Day :Marguerite de Navarre: “The Heptameron”: Love
“I’ll do just as you ask, because the story I have in mind is about a woman who was wanton and a woman who was wise. You may please yourselves which example you follow. You will see that love makes bad people do bad things, and virtuous people do things we should respect. For inContinue reading “Passage of the Day :Marguerite de Navarre: “The Heptameron”: Love”
“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 37 “Green Cross Public Relations vs. Reality”
Nicaragua was embroiled in a fiendish mess. Detroit manufactured Cadillac’s whizzed by the begging hordes occasionally tossing a few worthless coins not for charitable purposes but rather for a laugh at these dirty and rank smelling masses. Charity was big business for Hartford Connecticut based Green Cross. A leaked report by a team of investigativeContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 37 “Green Cross Public Relations vs. Reality””
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: Love
“Those of you how quickly the fire of love spreads when it starts to smoulder in the heart and in the imagination will understand that once Love enters two such perfect subjects, he never stops until he has rendered them obedient to his commands, until indeed he has filled them so full of his clearContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: Love”
“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 36 “Business as Usual in Nicaragua”
Bertie Foonbean, the mutant child of Zeus and Aphrodite, was becoming an increasing embarrassment to the Greek Gods who of course viewed themselves as perfection. Friends of the Greek Gods were increasingly curious as why no invitation for a birth party had been sent out by the Greek Gods in weeks. If only they couldContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 36 “Business as Usual in Nicaragua””
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