The crazy lady strikes again for Sunday, July 16, 2006

The comments I got on my last post caused me to think about what the commentators said. Yes, there is some merit to their viewpoint, and it is a shared viewpoint; two different people said essentially the same thing. That "thing" was that most people are so preoccupied with the opinions of others that they simply have neither the time nor the emotional energy to devote to censuring the behavior of others. This is particularly true nowadays. Most of us really are so busy trying to pay the bills,... Sign in to see full entry.

All right. I had what I routinely call a "brain spasm;" I thought of something else to add to my observations of earlier today. Those of you who read my first post of the day are aware of my observation that straight women, at least, seem (at least to me) to be more willing to admit that we love each other if we share very close friendships with our metaphorical sisters. In fact, we seem to be even more eager to admit our true feelings about our female friends than we are when we deal with the... Sign in to see full entry.

This morning, while lying in bed and listening to the radio, I was doing a lot of thinking. One of the things that I thought about was an observation I've made over the years. What I've noticed is that the gay people I've heard about - especially gay men - tend to have deeper and closer relationship with members of the opposite sex. For example, Gay Games founder Tom Waddell (whose story was featured posthumously in the Oscar-winning documentary Stories From the Quilt ) had a very close... Sign in to see full entry.