Women About Men

What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage - New York Times

It's official. The only way the female of the human species can understand the male is to reduce us to dumb animals and use the same techniques to train us if they want us in their lives. Seriously? Seriously? It's bad enough that relationships have a hard time surviving all the thoughtlessness, sarcasm and passive aggression. Throw in a little condescension, that will do the trick.

Anger

Excerpts from ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Episode: 17 Seconds

Meredith: In life we are taught that there are seven deadly sins. We all know the big ones... Gluttony, Pride, Lust. But the thing you don't hear much about is Anger. Maybe it's because we think Anger is not that dangerous, that you can control it. My point is, maybe we don't give Anger enough credit. Maybe it can be a lot more dangerous than we think. After all when it comes to destructive behavior, it did make the top seven.

Meredith: So what makes Anger different from the six other deadly sins? It's pretty simple really. You give into a sin like Envy or Pride and you only hurt yourself. Try Lust or Coveting and you'll only hurt yourself and one or two others. But Anger, Anger is the worst... the mother of all sins... Not only can Anger drive you over the edge, when it does, you can take an awful lot of people with you.

Books to Read

Came upon some authors while reading a book. I feel this compulsion to read books that are referred to in other books. I guess it makes sense you get the references better if you had read them.

Currently reading Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner (2003). She talks about

• Henry Miller
  
• Carson McCullers
• Sylvia Plath of the Sylvia Plath Effect fame.