Ebony Ebodarbla is 21 years old. For her, it is not love without an unusual, exciting, and daring experience. She would not mind if her sweetie needed to be completely sure before falling for her. It is  rather difficult for her to resist someone who is amusing and enjoyable. Her seduction method expresses strong emotions. Her ideal date is an exciting and romantic evening together.

Favel  Freflagolhai is 26 years old. She thinks that it is not love without starting out as friends first. She would not mind if her sweetie expected complete loyalty from her. It is  rather difficult for her to resist someone who is beautiful, smart, and elegant. Her seduction method is amusingly unconventional, and never exactly the same. Her ideal date is a a long walk to an isolated, particular place to have a picnic.

Bahjibaji Bahjoy is 24 years old. For her, it is not love without flirting. She would not mind if her sweetie always had to get the last word in.  It is  rather difficult for her to resist someone who is philosophical and independent. Her seduction method is a superb ability to be able to change readily to meet new circumstances. Her ideal date is an intense exchange of thoughts, opinions, and feelings in a small restaurant, eating light meals. 

Calca Calaussta is 23 years old. For her, it is not love without romance. She would not mind if her sweetie needed to be the center of attention. It is rather difficult  for her to resist someone who is friendly, pleasant, affable, and  fashionably elegant. Her seduction method is to be able to ask the right questions. Her ideal date is a long walk in a wonderful mountain landscape.

He is always very kind to her.

She never makes a joke at him expense that really hurts his feelings.

He has never said something about her to others that hurt her when she heard it.

When she really makes a mistake she apologizes without being asked and he always accepts it right away.

She is always very kind to him.

There is real love in this relationship.

How to Recognize The Signs of True Love – Part One

He makes her feel special.
She thinks that physical or emotionally abuse, or pressure to do something she does not want to do is not a part of a loving relationship.

He makes her feel important.

She thinks that an emotionally abusive relationship can be just as hurtful as a physically abusive relationship.

He makes her feel valuable.

She thinks that in a relationship it is sometimes necessary to make sacrifices for the other person.

He makes her feel like nothing matters but her love.

She thinks that seeing a movie she knows will bore her because he really wants to see it is not an example of a necessary sacrifice.

He thinks that arguing and making up, thinking about breaking up, wondering if the relationship can last is not a part of a loving relationship.

She thinks that it is OK to fight with somebody she loves so long as it does not get physically or emotionally abusive.

He thinks that arguing and making up, thinking about breaking up, wondering if the relationship can last is not a part of a loving relationship.

She thinks that sometimes people change in a relationship and sometimes it is not a bad thing.

He treats her with respect and insists that others do the same.

She thinks that quitting smoking or alcohol would be a positive change if it happened in a relationship.

How to Recognize The Signs of True Love – Part Two

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During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln was both greatly respected and greatly reviled. Blamed for plunging the nation into civil war, he was the president people loved to hate. Those who opposed his views regarding the war and slavery as well as his efforts to keep the nation united were vocal and uninhibited in denouncing him.

One day during the darkest period of his presidency, Lincoln was walking down a street near the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., when an acquaintance caught up with him. This man brought up the subject of the anti-Lincoln sentiment flowing in Washington and throughout the rest of the country. With brutal honesty he related many of the attacks on Lincoln and his policies.

As the man spoke, Lincoln remained completely silent and absorbed in his own thoughts. Finally, the exasperated man asked, “Mr. Lincoln, have you heard me? Are you listening to me?”

Lincoln stopped, looked directly at him, and said, “Yes, I have heard you. But let me tell you a story. You know, during the time of the full moon it is the habit of all the dogs to come out at night and bark and bark at the moon. This keeps on as long as the moon is clearly visible in the sky.”

With that, Lincoln stopped speaking and started walking again.

Confused by Lincoln’s response, his companion shouted, “Mr. Lincoln, you haven’t finished your story. Tell me the rest of it.”

Lincoln stopped walking, looked at the man, and said, “There is nothing more to tell. The moon keeps right on shining.”

When it comes to managing criticism, President Lincoln serves as a good role model. He was aware of his shortcoming and knew that many highly respected and influential people disagreed with him. He listened to the criticism – but then stuck to his course, believing that his policies would eventually bring his critics around and unify the country.

We will always have faultfinders around us – people who seldom set the good but are quick to point out the negative. Like Lincoln, all of us need to find ways of listening to their criticism without being distracted or destroyed by it.

Have heart!

Be mine.

I love your work performance!

I like you!

You have taken my heart.

Sweetheart, be my friend.

This is to a special friend on Valentine’s Day.

Today is a sweet day for a sweet person like you.

This message is full of all the affection you need to get through today.

Electronically yours this Valentine’s Day.

Everyone at work sends you sentiments on February 14th.

Happy Valentine’s Day from the computer in the next cubicle.

Traditionally, people send flowers or candy to close friends and or family, whereas, everyone else gets a Valentine’s message, whether soft copy or printout. Cutting out a white, pink, or red paper heart might bring a person back to elementary school, which is about all a person needs to do at work or at a social group.

It’s best to be friendly without being personal to co-workers on Valentine’s Day.

This gopher sends you a Valentine’s Day greeting.

Time to  go-fer a Valentine.

This Valentine greeting doubles as a reality check – you’re not going to get any at the office.

That same day I saw a photo blog of famous people who either left their undergraduate studies without a degree or skipped the whole thing altogether. There were nearly twenty names on display in that slide show, but the one name that stood out to me was Rachael Ray, TV celebrity chef extraordinaire, who according to the blog ended her formal education after her high school graduation and set out to make a name for herself at age 18. 

Reading those reports led me to think about quite a few things, such as back in the prehistoric times – 1985 to be precise – when I went to a bookstore and bought a page turner called College: A User’s Manual by Scott Edelstein, who was a tenured professor.

Being that I was about to begin my undergraduate career that fall, I thought of that tome as an quintessential guide for college life, a bible of sorts. It was the book’s first ten words, however, that has stuck in my memory after two and a half decades:

College is not for everybody. Nor does everybody need it.

At that time, I felt that kids who blew off college were, at best, nuts who were crazy to blow off higher education. I thought that they were dumb losers who weren’t smart enough or good enough to go to college, who had to join the army or go to work wearing a silly hat and saying through a microphone, “You want fries with that?”

In due time I realized how snobbish and wrong that sentiment was.

It was my academic socialization as a youngster that at least partially led me to think that everyone should go to college, and that those who didn’t were somehow lacking, if not downright stupid. In the classes I was in during high school and junior high – I was in advanced placement / honors level courses and was designated as a gifted student – post-secondary education was assumed. The question was not “Are you going to college?” but rather “Which college are you going to?” Because I slacked off and ended up having to attend junior college initially, I was on the low end of my peers in my gifted classes.

In other words, being at an institution of higher learning was like the sun rising in the morning; not pursuing an education at a university was a trillion miles from our heads, especially mine.

Indeed, as the years went by I got upset whenever I read articles about athletes like Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett skipping college to play in the NBA. My feeling was, “Who in the hell did they think they were?!”

I felt similarly about the countless entertainers and others who opted to forgo university life to seek their fortunes in the real world earlier than many of their contemporaries until roughly ten years ago, when I started seeing things in a new light and realized that Edelstein, in his book, was right when he said that not everyone is cut out for higher learning.

As it pertained to sports, I began to understand – completely – that if you’re fortunate enough to achieve superstar status in high school and a professional team drafts you and offers you millions of dollars to play, it’s pretty much impossible to turn that down, especially if you are from the inner city and your family was always struggling to get by. My thinking changed from “How could you not complete your education?” to “You can always come back and get your degree later.”

My sentiments became the same for the actors, singers, and musicians who take off for New York or Hollywood the moment their caps and gowns come off and take waitress and housecleaning jobs while going on auditions, trying to get that big break. I imagine that for many of them, the idea of sitting in a classroom for four more years after enduring the tortures of high school seems like going to prison in a straitjacket.

For still other young folks, I came to realize that perhaps they have no desire to go to college for the same reason I have no desire to be a waiter or a grocery store clerk; my natural abilities are not inclined to go in that direction. For some people, their talents lie in something other than scholastic endeavors, such as the military or in construction – there is absolutely nothing wrong with those vocations. I understand that more than ever now.

While nobody values higher education more than I do – indeed, those were the best years of my life and my bachelor’s degree from UCLA, one of the country’s elite institutions, is something I will always cherish – I also feel the same way that Edelstein felt, that formal education after the twelfth grade is not for everyone, and it’s not necessarily mandatory or essential for a person’s success, financial or otherwise.

It is safe to say that I have seen the light in this area. College is a great place to learn, grow, and achieve goals that can never be taken away, but it’s perfectly acceptable to want somethinhg outside that spectrum too, to follow a dream that doesn’t include research papers, midterms, all-night cram sessions and final exams.

The most important thing for anyone is that he or she is happy in whatever they do, whether it involves an institution of higher learning or not.

I suppose that’s the bottom line there.

Many years ago when I lived in Glasgow there was a man who drank in my local pub who wore a jacket covered in badges.  The lapels of his jacket were literally covered in badges.  What did those badges say?

Things like ;

Stop The War
Stop Whale Fishing
Ban The Bomb
Ban Abortion
Feed The World
Save The Whale
Save The Planet
Free Tibet
Free Nelson Mandela
Free Political Prisoners

I’ll not even begin to mention the wide range of T-shirts he’d sport with logos about various world complaints and pleas. When it came to pet causes this man had a whole bloody zoo full of them!

I always meant to ask him what he actually agreed with or liked about the world but he looked such a miserable cantankerous bastard that I never did.

He was probably the sort of person who cried over news reels depicting starving children in Africa  (I personally thought that, rather than sending these people food,  we should’ve been sending them condoms and the wherewithal to use them ) and thought that this made him sensitive and compassionate. 

Yet night after night he was in this pub drinking beer.  I often wondered how much of his money he gave to all these what he obviously considered worthy causes?

Perhaps he gave fuck all?

But then, if he cried at news reels showing starving kids or aborted foetuses or diminishing rain forests etc then maybe he thought that was enough?  If he wore badges and T-shirts advertising this and that cause that this was enough?

Personally, I thought he was an idiot.

I give none of my money, well, except maybe a little, to charities of any kind.  I have no pet cause I like to promote.  Does this make me heartless?

What can I do to change the world we live in with all its injustices ( of which there are many ) and poverty?

Many people become missionaries or aid workers in remote and often dangerous parts of the world to help others less fortunate.  Full kudos to them I say.  Others donate money from their wages on a regular basis to salve their conscience…Oops!…I mean to help in making this world a better place in which to live.

Do you think me cynical?  I’ve watched sentimental fools watching news reports of starving kids in Africa cry their eyes out and then forget all about it, go out for an expensive meal, and then on to the pub to get drunk and spend spend spend!

There is a big difference between sentiment and true feeling. 

Most people don’t see this. 

If you felt about something so passionately that it genuinely moved you to tears then surely you’d act?  Perhaps this is what motivates certain rare individuals to risk life and limb as aid workers in dangerous regions of the planet.  As I said, full kudos to them.

What do I do to change the world I live in with all its injustices ( of which there are many ) and poverty?

Well, I certainly don’t carry the weight of the world on my shoulders.

I change my mind and the world follows.

Oh.  Others wear badges

The British Association had sought 7,000 English learners in 46 countries to inquire about the most beautiful English words that they may have considered. Additionally, the British Council also sought the views of non-English speaking countries via its website. Over 35,000 people from the non-speaking countries participated in the online poll, including 3500 votes from China.

Below are 50 of the most beautiful English words out of a total of 70. They are arranged from the most to the fewest votes.

1. Mother

   

2. Passion

   

3. Smile

   

4. Love

   

5. Eternity

   

6. Fantastic

   

7. Destiny

   

8. Freedom

   

9. Liberty

   

10. Tranquility

    

11. Peace

    

12. Blossom

    

13. Sunshine

    

14. Sweetheart

    

15. Gorgeous

    

16. Cherish

    

17. Enthusiasm

    

18. Hope

    

19. Grace

    

20. Rainbow

    

21. Blue

    

22. Sunflower

    

23. Twinkle

    

24. Serendipity

    

25. Bliss

    

26. Lullaby

    

27. Sophisticated

    

28. Renaissance

    

29. Cute

    

30. Cosy

    

31. Butterfly

    

32. Galaxy

    

33. Hilarious

    

34. Moment

    

35. Extravaganza

    

36. Aqua

    

37. Sentiment

    

38. Cosmopolitan

    

39. Bubble

    

40. Pumpkin

    

41. Banana

    

42. Lollipop

    

43. If

    

44. Bumblebee

    

45. Giggle

    

46. Paradox

    

47. Delicacy

    

48. Peek-a-boo

    

49. Umbrella

    

50. Kangaroo

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