An exceptionally simple but elegant explanation of the philosophy of Liberty. I believe libertarianism is the only moral political movement, because it’s based on voluntary interactions between people. I don’t believe in the so-called “right/left” axis in politics. I believe the two extremes are freedom/slavery. Both Republicans and Democrats are toward the “slavery” end of the spectrum, while libertarians are at the “liberty” end.
This afternoon I was interviewed by a reporter for the Associated Press. (Yes, THAT Associated Press)
She’s doing a story about online dating, and how people deal with all the emails, winks, nudges, etc. that online dating generates. She seemed to be intrigued by the fact that I deal with all of it by not dealing with it at all!
Indeed, this site exists so I don’t have to deal with the “U R Hot” emails I get from 22-year olds (*shudder*…I wish I were kidding) and the winks from Nigerian scammers, and the “friend requests” I used to get on MySpace from all the rich widowers who just couldn’t wait for me to meet their beautiful children (huh!?!)
I don’t do winks (which are the online equivalent of addressing something to “Occupant”) and I certainly don’t make “friends” with complete strangers. And I say as much in all my personal ads. So, by winking at me or asking me to be friends, you’re helping me out by saying, “Hey, I can’t even be bothered to read your profile!” And you’re making it safe for me to ignore you. Again, it’s all about efficiency. 
Those of you who can read English and are smart enough to read my personal ads (especially the part that says, “visit me at myheroquest.com”) and come here, which is where the action is, get extra credit. And of course, you can talk to me directly (hopefully by sending me a big juicy Facet Foreplay list.)
It will be interesting to see how much traffic the AP story generates (if I make the final cut).
In the sidebar you’ll see a number of love poems and quotes that I find really lovely. One of them is by the great poet Rumi:
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
This past year has been a struggle, love-wise. I found myself repeating a number of un-helpful patterns that tended to push love away instead of bringing it into my life. I’ve spent the past several months examining these patterns and trying to break them. Unfortunately, I’ve angered a few of my demons in the process, and now they’re pushing back. 
The good news is that I’ve been presented with an opportunity to “seek and find the barriers” I’ve built against love. In a couple of weeks I’ll be meeting with a professional matchmaker, a hypnotherapist, and a life coach, all of whom work for a start-up matchmaking company. The company hired me to write web content, and amazingly, they want me to go through their program so I can do a better job writing about it.
Is life amazing or what?
I’ve already started a list of things I want to work on with the life coach and hypnotherapist. This should be fun!!!
I’m slowly transmuting version 2.0 of MyHeroQuest.com into a Wordpress blog. Eventually this will replace the current site, once I have everything working.
Pardon the dust while I remodel. 
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