A Public Service Announcement

Guys get a pair of balls and use them

sure you may never be this guy
but at the very least you could at least try to pretend to be a man
I am entirely sick of seeing and hearing about men who are entirely pussywhipped
take this guy for example

not only did he let his wife spend an obscene amount of money buying freaking beanie babies
but he even let her drag him along to the store
then he acts pissed that she cheated on him

well no shit sherlock
maybe if you had been a man
and had some fucking balls
she wouldnt have needed to find a pair elsewhere

Those of you who know me well
know that I am something of a romantic
and beyond that a pretty big fan of spoiling my women
but a thousand beanie babies
you're fucking nuts

I wouldnt let a woman bring
a thousand beanie babies in my house
let alone buy the fucking things

and that counts for all other that kitchy shit too
little porclain shoes
whatever

now I have thought about this for a while
wondering what specifically guys do wrong in relationships
that allows women to walk all over them

and one area that occured to me

is negotiation

as a general rule
guys let women set the starting points for negotiation in most arguments
and of course then proceed to lose

in a negotiation who ever sets the stage
determines the terms
and usually wins

let me give you an example from my own life

many years ago
while discussing the possibility of the girl I was dating moving in with me
she mentioned offhand

"how nice it would be to have her car in a garage again"

now I am a man
the garage is my space
[unless she is like girl_on_a_stick]
[in which case I could share]

it is a place for my motorcycle
[and its related tools and stuff]
and my servers

generally a work area for me
and my stuff that I dont want in the house

so what did I do?

did I wait till she moved in and hope
I could convince her to be generous
and let me keep the garage to myself?

nope
what am I nuts
I know that is a lose/lose situation

instead
when she came over with her first box
she found my motorcycle in the living room

which prompted the expected

"umm what is that doing there"

to which I replied nonchalantly

"oh thats where it lives, I just put it in the garage when I am entertaining or working on it"

a rather dumbfounded look crossed her face
and I could see the objection swelling in her mind
a thought balloon appeared over her head

"a motorcycle in the living room, I dont think so"

like any woman this just could not stand

so we talked about it

and when we were finished
she was so glad to get it out of the living room
that she had no complaints about giving up the entire garage
for me and my stuff

Flawless Victory Baby!

I got to keep my garage and I got laid that night

It is good to be the king


so guys
remember two things

first plan ahead
anticipate her objections to what you want
and position yourself so you can appear to compromise
and still get what you want out of the situation

and second

be a fucking man, stand up for yourself
and a minimum of common fucking sense in your relationships

she might get pissed
but if you dont act like a pussy whipped bitch all time
she might just respect you
and
generally if she respects you
she will be fucking you
not some other guy

On Necessity

[this was mostly written during my downtime]
[I even used real pen and paper]

"Necessity is the mother of all invention"

sounds simple
but to me is an understatement

necessity is the driving force of all action
all behaviour

it is the defining motivation of all life

in the animal kingdom
all actions, all behaviours
are dictated by necessity
and we humans
even at our loftiest
remain animals

however only in humanity
does necessity breed an additional layer of complexity

in our thoughts
in our reflections on our lives
we acknowledge the influence of necessity
even if we do not realize the extent which it dictates to us

this is evident in a uniquely human trait

the need to be needed

In our lives
we have friends
pets
lovers
and ultimately children
to fulfill this need
this requirement

it is our ode to necessity

the animal does not worry about its social standing
even pack animals like wolves
which have complex social structures
status is not something which a wolf contemplates
either a wolf is an alpha wolf
or it is not
if it can dominate another wolf
and rise in stature
it will
but it doesn't waste time pondering it
it merely responds to the situation and the opportunity

the animal does not wonder why it exists
what its purpose is
it simply fulfills it or dies

for a human
especially in modern times
when we are no longer forced to spend
the majority of our energies and time
working to provide the most basic necessities
of food and shelter.

To be needed give us
cause for our existence
a reason for our struggle
a reason to stick it out another day

Even so this is a relatively new development
we saw the first signs of this
only among the rich

how many famous works of philosophy
came from the peasants of greece or rome?

those who had to work for a living focused their energies on just that
and had little time or patience for existential thought

it took the rise of a middle class to raise it into the broad scope
of human existence
and finally
the industrial revolution to give it to the poor

to allow us to turn our collective minds
from feeding and clothing ourselves
to pondering our thoughts and values

Today our most important necessity is not food or shelter
but necessity itself

So strong is our need to be needed
that should you give a man the
food and shelter
comfort and wealth
he required
but without community
without the necessity of others
he is miserable

not really all that exciting

The people who lived in my house before me
apparently were fairly cheap minded fellows
who
apparently knowing they were moving out
decided to stop changing light bulbs

I went through the house
as I did a thorough scrubbing
in anticipation of my furniture arriving
and
no less than
85% of the lightbulbs were burnt out

amazing how much more
alive the house feels
when there are actually lights
on in the rooms
not
to mention
I have been able to answer
a few odd questions as to
what this or that switch went to

anyway

gonna get back to work