What’s a man to do?

Meet me for dinner at the Caprice 2000 Paradise Dr in Tiburon. I live on the Belvedere Peninsula, one of its newest billionaires.

I have been following you for a few years now. I have prayed that God would grant you the freedom to allow me to show you true love.

Dine with me in a place that has a marvelous view of my home and allow me to take you there at your convenience.

I am 34, never been married. In the interest of openness, I was engaged for three years. But the minute I discovered that you were free, I freed myself.

Please don’t think me cold. I left my fiancee well provided for. We are on very good terms as a result. I would be delighted to introduce you to her and permit you to be the judge of my generosity.

When we met, I had confessed to her my infatuation with you. She too became a fan of your blog. She was not surprised at my reaction when I discovered that you were free.

All I ask is a dinner and conversation. If my selection is not satisfactory. You pick the place, any place, any where on this planet, and I will take you there tout de suite.

Bobby

A friend of mine seems to be addicted to her iPhone. She checks it every few minutes for messages and e-mails. And she’s far from alone.

About one in every five baby boomers—and one in every three teenagers—checks his/her cell phone at least once every 15 minutes.

Technically, my friend doesn’t have an “addiction” to her phone. She has a “compulsion,” says Larry Rosen, PhD, past chair of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and author of iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us (Palgrave Macmillan).

Addicts do things because it triggers the release of dopamine in their brains, which feels pleasurable. Compulsives do things because it relieves anxiety—and anxiety is precisely what people who endlessly recheck their phones are feeling.

They’re worried that someone might be trying to reach them, that there could be breaking news or that they might have lost their phones.

Cell-phone compulsion can be a serious problem. It makes us seem distant and detracts significantly from our focus, which can damage our relationships and job performance. It prevents our brains from truly relaxing. Just keeping a cell phone within arm’s reach at night reduces the quality of our sleep—even if the phone doesn’t ring.

Dr. Rosen suggests that my friend turn her phone’s ringer to silent and place the phone upside down or out of sight so that she can’t see incoming messages.

Then she should set a timer or a wristwatch alarm to buzz every 15 minutes, when she can quickly check her phone. She should gradually push the 15-minute interval up to 20 or beyond.

Knowing that she’ll soon be able to check her phone should be enough to allow her to calmly focus on other matters between buzzes.

Congress has failed this country, not the President.

During the last 4 years of Obama we have witnessed Congress historically failing to do it’s job properly and the fact that Republican majority has held our economy hostage all the while they do everything in their power to make Obama’s efforts ineffective.

They even admitted that the #1 priority for the Republicans was to win back the White House instead of trying to tackle real issues with real results.

We will more than likely get Obama the White House for another 4 years, but if we don’t get Obama the congress to work with as well we will continue to see a complete break down and failure of priorities that should take precedence over greed and control

I would have never let my grandpa go out there without having his hair combed. He looked like he just got out of his hospital bed. He had that “freshly comitted” look.