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In this world of technology I often wonder why we feel people are exactly what they say they are, maybe because we crave the illusion of them.

Not saying that a lot of people are not real, I have found over the years of being here, a few of the most real and open people on this site.

It used to be that you physically connected with a person eye to eye, feel their energy and either gravitated towards them or kept your distance.

We portray what we are comfortable with, I am the first to admit that, and then we get scared of the first physical connection, because we imagine that other person expecting a more perfect 'you', then you think you are.

We all have hangups about something we wish was more perfect and tend to hyper focus on that.

The thing is if you feel like that surely the other person has similar fears of their own, nobody is perfect and thank goodness we all have different types that make our hormones sigh and shiver.

We just need to find someone, somewhere that is perfectly imperfect for us, and someone who we don't feel the need to change for, because then you can lose 'you' and became a shell that's empty and lost.

It's just so scary.

I didn't follow the sports career of Brittney Griner and didn't know why she captured so much media attention, before during or after her detainment in a Russian prison. She was found carrying a small amount (less than one gram) of hash oil, legal in her home state of Arizona and the United States with a prescription, but illegal in Russia.

I read today, the standard sentence in Russia of less than 2 grams is 15 days. Brittney, received 9 years and a fine of a million rubles, equal to about $16,300 USD.

Her release was through a prisoner exchange. Russia gets arms dealer Viktor Bout and America gets Brittney Griner.

Since the exchange, I've read she's back to professional basketball, making TV appearances and doing a book about her life.

Yahoo! Entertainment did (another) story about her and the reader comments were less than supportive. Some of my thoughts may have been the same to the excerpts I read that were important to what the public believes:

She played in the Olympics and should have known about drug possession.

It is illegal to possess at an US airport and illegal to transport across US international boundaries by air.

Thanks for us having to send back a real criminal to get you out. Keep your drug paraphernalia out of your suitcase

She was sentenced to NINE YEARS. Russia was clearly using her as a pawn in its proxy war with the USA.

She had traveled to and from Russia several times, she knew the law. Thinking she was above the law is what got her put in that prison. Did she learn anything, that's the question.

Just remember, we traded the Merchant of Death for this person.

Gonna stand for the national anthem now?

Does your boyfriend's hair look a little like artificial weasel fur? Hmmm you might want to investigate further. He might be using a spray on hair product.

Kristi Noem the republican governor of South Dakota is in the news but not in a good way depending on how you feel about dogs. Noem is a strong contender for Trump's VP.

Noem writes that she "hated the dog" as it was "untrainable." The dog was “less than worthless … as a hunting dog”.

“At that moment,” Noem says, “I realized I had to put her down.” So she took Cricket to a gravel pit and took care of it herself. It took two shots.

Yesterday, I deleted all the dating apps that I had on my phone, and cancelled the subscriptions. It's a money pit anyway, and I didn't really get any messages from people I matched with. One of the apps is set up, so the woman is the first to write. After 24 hours of no messages, the match expires.

I was on that app for quite a few months. I think for about a year. During that time, I had matched with five people, but no messages came after the match was mutual. Finally, I had had enough and cancelled the subscription, deleted my profile and the app itself from my phone.

The other one was a no match bonanza as well, so I threw in the towel and cancelled the subscription, deleted my profile and deleted the app as well.

I now only have two dating profiles. One on Facebook dating and this. I use this profile for the blogs, so technically it doesn't count. Will I be back on those apps again? No. Too much time and money wasted.
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Today, I found a job posting for a warehouse job at a company that's literally in nerd heaven. They are looking for someone who has warehouse experience, and is familiar with picking and packing orders - which fits me well. Deadline for applications is tomorrow, so I have sent an application today. Hopefully I will hear back from them soon. If not, I'm just going to continue working where I currently work.

Fingers crossed.

Yesterday a gallon of gas shot up from $3.33 to $3.75. I remember fours years ago back in the spring of 2020 a gallon of gas was under $2.00.

What's the price of a gallon a gas where you're living?

?A real secret about women

1- When a woman is angry, she does not mean more than half of what she says. If possible, always cuddle her to calm her down.

2- The most difficult time for a woman to go through is staying away from the man she truly loves. It could hurt.

3- A woman needs time to trust a man, and it is difficult to change her mind when she does that, but if she makes a mistake, forget her.

4- Women are a school from which they will never graduate.

5- Your marriage certificate to her is not a “driver’s license” but rather a “learning permit.” And he continued in school

6- She can be a bitter person now, and a very good angel later, it all lies in your approach. Yes, always treat her right.

7- A woman hardly forgets things, she remembers that she is in more pain, and avoids hurting her. Avoid negative words and always emphasize them.

8- Women can be very secretive. Often times, when women are having a hard time, they go into their closet and cry to their friends. Make your woman your best friend.

9- All women love pampering. Men often miss this. Yes, please treat them like children sometime as they want.

10- All women have a unique personality, like salt. Their presence may not be noticed, but their absence makes everything tasteless.

10- If she loves you, she can do whatever you ask of her as much as makes you happy, so never force her to love you.

11- If you don’t care about it, you will find someone who will see it. She is always with you only because she chose you.

12- If a woman truly loves you, she will be ashamed even if she asks you for money, but as a gentleman, do not wait for him to ask you for that, especially if she loves you, she will not allow you to spend unnecessarily. This is what makes them special

If you have a good woman in your life, she is your precious gem. Don't hurt her because there are many people who wish to have someone like her

Double standards are principles that are viewed as acceptable for use by one group of people, but are considered unacceptable and taboo, when used by another group. The double standard can be described as biased and unjust because it violates a basic tenet of modern jurisprudence: that all parties must stand on an equal footing before the law.

IRAN'S retaliation against Israel for the embassy attack, was inevitable. They said they would do something, and they were then obliged to act. But, they knew that their drones and missiles would be shot down. America warned everyone in advance and so Israel etc were prepared. It took about 8 hours for the missiles to reach the appropriate air space, and then strangely enough, some Arab countries joined in to shoot them down. Iran is no doubt not liked in the middle East and perhaps the message has got home.

It's everywhere !! Women on dating and social media sites with photos of their large backside. I'm not attracted to big butts and don't understand the concept... Is it actually a lure for men, or do women with big butts only believe it is?



In high school I often heard the phrase: The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'
Maybe there's truth to that statement. I don't know.