Mav and Katie broke up last night. Although its hard for them, i think its for the best. Mav is too young for the intensity created by her dependence on him and our family. I think Mav will recover pretty well, but i am worried about Katie and how this might compound her prior issues. Anyway, time will tell. As a parent i am feeling quite relieved that its over.

Wishing them both the best. It did sound like their relationship was raining down a fair bit of stress on your family. Hope they heal quickly and that Katie's path takes a turn for the better.

Chocolatl's more eloquent, but I'm just as relieved especially for Mav and you and your family.

All's well that ends well. Sounds like it was a learning experience for him, which is good.

So, k came over after work today and we had a long talk about things with her and Mav. Anyway, after mav got home, she and he had a long talk and have decided to just be friends for the time being. Maybe they will end up back together down the track, but i really hope they both take plenty of time to get themselves sorted out before they venture down that path.

that kind of shit is complicated.

no matter if you're young or just young at heart, relationships are hard to do well. add it youthful inexperience and youthful hormones and youthful sensitivity (by which I mean that most everything seems more intense) and relationships are extra hard.

I wish them both the best. patience, humor, caution, enjoyment, learning, fun... I hope they get those too.

:)

Am I a bad person to want see some people get their karma? Someone called me bad one time. So, I'm gonna be a bad person at the moment and say, I want to see some karma payback happening!

No.

recently saw this paragraph online. !!! It includes several of my current favorites (stuff I have and enjoy regularly). I didn't know how well I fit the taste profile of computer hackers. Ha!

If you're bored, or helpful or.... please vote for Pioneer @ Sklyline to get my kids' homecoming game televised

thanks

http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/ne...23pd_a_7411911

done

Ooh, it's a close race between Pioneer and Temperance Bedford.

Done! Pioneer currently 200 votes behind the lead.

how important is this?

it's easy to spoof and vote over and over. in opera (a browser), open a private window. go to the site, vote, then close the private window. reopen a private window, and repeat the process. the votes do accumulate, I've checked it in a different browser (firefox). when I tried to vote a second time in firefox (non-private browsing window), it said, "thanks, we've already recorded your vote". so it would appear that they're making a token effort to restrict the votes to one per user.

early and often!

done here too, now fewer than fifty votes behind first place.