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I sent a message to my mother telling her that the no contact rule is still in place. I told her that I wished her and her husband well and that we would be there if there was an emergency.
The letter was very nice, with no accusations, just a request that distance be maintained unless I decide otherwise. Fast forward to today and my mother wrote my husband a scathing, angry message, accusing him of being behind my decision and telling him that he must be mentally ill like me. She said that she doesn’t want any contact with us and that I always say bad things about our family, including her brother, the one that she told me raped her when she was young! That’s right, she’s angry because she says that I say bad things about him! This is not the man who abused me, this is my mother’s brother and when I was 17 she told me that he raped her and no one did anything. I never talk about him because I find it incredibly disturbing that she continues to have a relationship with him all of these years despite what she says he did! So where is her accusation coming from!?
She said that everything was our fault and that she doesn’t need my help, she can take care of herself. My husband responded with an incredibly mature and kind message of his own, conveying that he wishes that she and I could have a normal relationship but stating that he supports my decision. He was very mild and said that he wanted her to know that he wasn’t telling me what to do. He explained to her that I was abused by her and that I’m trying to heal. She responded by writing him and telling him that he’s been terrible to her and that he’s treated her so badly. She said that I’m making things up because I’m mentally ill. She said that she went to a mental health doctor and he said that she’s fine. So according to her: I was never abused by her, I’m making everything up because I’m crazy and my husband is a horribly mean person who has screamed at her and made her cry. My husband never screams, it’s absurd. And somehow she made everything about her.
I don’t know how to handle this. I’m not going to respond to her, but I’m talking about how to handle it within myself. There’s been so much chaos in my head. What’s killing me is seeing my mother defend a brother that she said raped her!!! She’s angry with me for things that A) I never said about B) a man she says effin’ raped her! What the hell is wrong with my family!!!???
I can’t tell you how much she went on and on about how terribly she’s been treated by us and how she has high blood pressure and how we’re so mean. It meant nothing to her that I told her I was just trying to find some peace and that if she loved me as she recently claimed, she would want that for me even if it hurt her to not talk to me. I even said that the future was open as far as contact if things could change between us. She doesn’t love me! She’s never loved me, or if she does, it’s some twisted, sick, demented form of “love”!
I come from horrible people! It makes me wonder if I’m tainted? How can I be so different from them? Why did I stop pretending when that’s what our family does? It makes me feel like I am crazy because none of this makes sense. How can she think things like that? How can she claim to love me and then attack me like that? I’m trying to hold on to my emotions because I don’t want my husband to worry and I’m afraid of feeling what I sense is there.
Earlier today, after I read her message, I was downstairs getting something and I felt this weird pressure in my head like I was going to switch. I fought it but I’m scared. It’s like I’m going to have to go through all of this stuff all over again. I don’t want to do this again!
My therapist will be coming back on the 10th and that’s when my appointment is. I don’t know how I’m going to handle all of this stuff. It’s like I want to tell my mother all of this stuff that’s stuffed inside but it never matters because she says she didn’t do anything wrong. She never denies that she hit me, she just thinks that it wasn’t abuse. That’s not even taking into account the neglect and leaving me here and there while she went off doing her own thing.
She says that I only think it’s abuse because that’s what people say today. I say that it used to be ok for a man to beat his wife but things have changed. Is that because it was wrong all along or is that just modern thinking too? I know for a fact that she doesn’t think it’s ok for a man to mistreat a woman because when her husband hit her she sure as hell didn’t like it! So what? Is it ok to hit kids but not adults? Or is she just special?
No matter what I would say, she would argue. And she always has to have the last word. There’s no reasoning with her. The weird thing is that I don’t love her, I haven’t since I was very little. So why do I feel this pain? I want to cry, but why should I? I know what kind of person she is, so why am I upset? I know that I’m not crazy so why did I sit around replaying all of the hitting and name-calling and nights being left alone in the dark when I was little and asking myself if that counts as abuse? I know what happened, I’ve always known that my life wasn’t right growing up. She and her husband have walked out on each other more times than I can count, but he’s so whipped he won’t stand up to her! So it’s just me, refusing to pretend anymore while they try to act like nothing happened.
What did I do to make her feel this way about me? I don’t understand why she can’t dredge up any kind of motherly feelings for me. It’s always been about her. My whole life has been about her.
I don’t know what to do.


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Zhengyuan (Don) Shen receives the 2021-2022 Richard D. Amelar and Arthur S. Lodge Fellowship for Outstanding Collaborative Research in Materials. This award is given annually to a graduate student from the Departments of Chemistry or Chemical Engineering and Materials Science who has demonstrated excellence in their area of interest and a willingness to collaborate with other students and/or groups.
Yangzesheng (Andrew) Sun receives a Dissertation Fellowship (DDF). The DDF gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year. Andrew’s research project is on "Machine learning in conjunction with molecular simulations for nanoporous materials discovery”.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities graduate students and postdoctoral associates, including members of the Siepmann Group, carried out collaborative research on fluid phase and adsorption equilibria that is highlighted on three ACS journal covers in early 2021.
Jingyi Chen has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Molecular Simulation Studies of Aqueous Interfacial Fluids." Jingyi joined the chemistry graduate program in 2015 after receiving her undergraduate degree from Nanjing University. She will stay at UMN for a short while, then start a postdoctoral position at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. We wish Jingyi all the best in her future endeavors!
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Prof. Siepmann editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data.
The Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data was first introduced in 1959 and focuses on data on the phase behavior and the physical, thermodynamic and transport properties of well-defined materials, including complex mixtures of known compositions.
Graduate student Andrew Sun was awarded a Department of Chemistry 2020-2021 Excellence Fellowship. The fellowships are supported by donors, and Andrew was awarded the Robert and Jill DeMaster Fellowship. Congrats, Andrew!
Former postdoctoral researcher Tyler Josephson recently started as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). At UMBC, he will be launching the ATOMS lab (AI & Theory-Oriented Molecular Science). The lab will use artificial intelligence and molecular simulation to engineer solutions for a cleaner environment.
Tyler’s research during his time with the group focused on using molecular modeling and machine learning to understand adsorption thermodynamics in complex systems. He co-authored numerous publications and was featured in a Meet CTC profile.
The widely used TraPPE website has been moved to a new address, and new features have been added. Our sincere apologies for the prolonged absence, but a malicious attack led to the shutdown of the previous TraPPE server. The new TraPPE website now also includes the TraPPE-UA2 models and, for selected molecules, parameter files in Foyer XML format and molecular structures and energies.
First-principles atomistic and molecular dynamics simulations conducted by Siepmann group member Evgenii Fetisov in the publication "One-dimensional intergrowths in two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets and their effect on ultraselective transport" were highlighted in a Nature Materials News & Views article "From computer design to gas separation."
Former Siepmann Group postdoc Mona Minkara is featured in The Huntington News, the independent student newspaper of Northeastern University, where she is an affiliate faculty member at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
Read the full article here.
A patent entitled "Zeolites for separation of ethanol and water" was granted to Ilja Siepmann, Peng Bai, and Michael Tsapatsis. A high-throughput computational screening study led to the discovery of zeolites for adsorption or membrane based separation processes.
The 2018 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Yeram S. Touloukian Award was presented at the triennial Symposium on Thermophysical Properties to Ilja Siepmann for distinguished contributions to predictive modeling of complex fluids including their thermophysical and structural properties and their phase and sorption equilibria; and for pioneering developments of efficient Monte Carlo algorithms and accurate transferable force fields.
Evgenii Fetosov won the Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award for Graduate Students presented by the Americal Chemical Society (ACS) Computers in Chemistry Division at the ACS National Meeting in Washington, D.C. He was honored for his research on first principles Monte Carlo simulations of reactive phase and sorption equilibria.
A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has developed a groundbreaking one-step, crystal growth process for making ultra-thin zeolite nanosheets and demonstrated their use as ultra-selective membranes for chemical separations. Peng Bai, Evgenii Fetisov, Raghu Thyagarajan, and Rob DeJaco performed electronic structure calculations and molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations to aid the structure determination and probe the transport and adsorption selectivities.
Integrated computational and experimental research discovers new ways to sort molecules for clean energy and other applications.
Graduate student Evgenii Fetisov and Professor Ilja Siepmann have developed a new simulation approach to predict reactive equilibria.
Congratulations, Evgenii & Mansi!
Mansi Shah, a fourth-year graduate student in chemical engineering, and her advisors, Michael Tsapatsis and Ilja Siepmann, have identified promising zeolite structures that will be instrumental in the design of next-generation gas sweetening technologies.
A manuscript describing this research has appeared online in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and will also featured as a frontispiece in a future issue.
Mona Minkara, Ph.D., a post-doctoral associate working with Professor J. Ilja Siepmann, has received a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Ford Foundation Fellowship. Congratulations, Mona!
Rebecca Lindsey has been awarded the Colloids and Surface Chemistry Division Poster Award at the 2016 ACS meeting for her work entitled, “Partitioning of Organics in Surfactant Bilayers.”
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A fascinating account of a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American West’ JOHN GRISHAM From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland, and the Number One international bestseller The Wager, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBI’s first major homicide investigations. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe.
Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation.
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The Conservative Party’s candidate has been selected for the next general election.
Nigel Gardner, who could become the new MP of Harpenden and Berkhamsted, has spoken of his connection to the area, his varied career, and his company’s work for the Russian government.
Berkhamsted will no longer fall under the South West Hertfordshire constituency following changes from the Boundary Commission for England, and will instead join Harpenden and Tring in the new constituency from the next general election.
Nigel told BERKHAMSTEDnews that growing up right in the middle of this constituency, in Flamstead, means that he knows this patch very well.
He said: “My family have lived in this area for generations. I used to hang out in Berkhamsted with my friends – my first kiss was even in Berkhamsted!
“One of the big challenges in this new constituency will be gluing it together and giving it a sense of identity – something I feel I can do as I have a relationship with both areas.”
After his schooling in Harpenden, Nigel went to Oxford and was tutorial partners with former Prime Minister David Cameron.
After Oxford, he worked as a journalist for Channel 4 and the BBC before moving to Brussels, where he became a spokesperson for the British vice president of the European Commission.
Nigel founded public affairs agency GPlus in the early 2000s, before selling a majority stake to Omnicom in 2006. He left the firm in late 2009.
In 2006, under the Omnicom banner, GPlus and sister agency Ketchum landed a contract to operate media relations for the Russian government. While Nigel now describes himself as “hawkish” when it comes to Russia, he says that attitudes towards Russia in the 2000s were vastly different.
He explained: “Everyone thought Russia was on a path to becoming a respected member of the international community. The question we have to ask ourselves is, why did it not turn out how we hoped?”
So, after such a long and varied career, why is Nigel now standing to be an MP?
He said: “This is an area that I really love and care about. I’m not the only one to be returning here after time away; many of the friends I used to spend time with in Berkhamsted are moving back.”
If Nigel could pick one thing to prioritise in the area, he says it would be the environment: “Looking after the green belt should be a cross-party goal. We have an obligation to future generations to protect what makes the area beautiful.”


text: James Charles Wilson, senator, was born in Yorkshire, England, on August 24, 1816. He attended Oxford University before he moved to Texas in 1837. He joined Charles K. Reese's company for the Somervell expedition in 1842 and became a private in Company E on the Mier expedition under William S. Fisher. Captured with that expedition, he refused the proffered help of the British government on the grounds that he was an English citizen and remained in prison until he managed to escape on July 30, 1843. Back in Texas he lived in Brazoria, where he became district clerk on March 1, 1845. He represented Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties in the House of the Third Legislature. From November 1851 to February 1852 he was a member of the Fourth Legislature and served again in the special session of the Fourth Legislature to February 7, 1853. In 1856 Wilson was elected commissioner of the court of claims. In addition to his legal career he was an itinerant minister in the Methodist Church. Wilson County, established in 1860, was named for him. Wilson died at Gonzales on February 7, 1861, and was buried in the Askey Cemetery. In 1936 he was reinterred in the State Cemetery in Austin.

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In yet another example of how out-of-touch New Mexico conservatives are with prevailing views about economic fairness, anti-minimum wage ideologues in Las Cruces have failed (yet again) in their attempt to recall a city councilor.
The Las-Cruces Sun News reports that the conservative PAC “New Mexicans for a Better Tomorrow” failed to gather enough signatures to recall City Councilor Olga Pedroza. This comes a week after the group also failed to gather enough signatures to recall City Councilor Gill Sorg. From the article:
The Las Cruces city clerk’s office announced Thursday that supporters of a recall attempt didn’t get enough valid signatures to trigger an election against City Councilor Olga Pedroza of District 3.
“The initial petition filed Feb. 6 contained 586 valid signatures,” according to a city news release from Thursday. “The supplemental recall petition filed April 2 contained 351 valid signatures, which brought the new total to 937.”
Also, the clerk’s office got “285 requests from voters who signed the initial petition to have their names removed,” according to the news release.
“Only 233 signatures were eligible to be withdrawn, which brought the valid number of signatures to 704,” the city news release states.
[City Clerk] Martinez-Carrillo, during the first round of signature-gathering, sent a letter to three residents who started the recall process, warning them and other petition circulators against misrepresenting the nature of the petition. The Sun-News also fielded a number of complaints from residents who said circulators didn’t accurately explain the petition was aimed at recalling city councilors.
As the report states, hundreds of Las Cruces residents withdrew their names from the initial petitions because many of the anti-minimum wage organizers originally mislead residents about the true intent of the petition.
The ideologues behind the recall petitions claim that Gill Sorg, Olga Pedroza, and Nathan Small are “too progressive” because they voted to increase the city’s minimum wage. However, as poll after poll shows, the overwhelming majority of New Mexicans support minimum wage increases.
An ABQ Journal poll conducted during the 2015 legislative session showed that 71% of New Mexicans support a statewide minimum wage increase, with 62% of people supporting a wage increase of $9 or more.
Those numbers track closely with another poll conducted just before the legislative session by the Center for Civic Action. That poll saw 76% of voters supportive of an increase, with 59% supportive of an increase to over $10 an hour.
The fact that New Mexico conservatives think that support for a minimum wage increase makes you “too progressive” shows just how far to the right conservatism in our state and country has gone.
Extremist organizations like “New Mexicans for a Better Tomorrow” are trying to push conservatism even farther to the right than it already is. A scary thought.
But when you get your marching orders from the likes of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and Rep. Steve Pearce, middle of the road views like supporting modest increases in the minimum wage must seem like socialism. In actuality, higher minimum wages are simply what most people in our state and country want.


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This year I will be attending the 2011 Exciting Windows conference in Baltimore! I will enjoy 3 days of learning all the newest trends in today’s window fashions and great new ideas to bring home to my clients to make there homes even more beautiful! I’m also thrilled to bring you intriuguing ideas on color for your space to compliment your window fashion needs. I will be getting color certified and can’t wait to share my imagination for color ideas with you! Our business is Exciting Windows by Morgan Lopez and I love working in the Anchorage area and look forward to working with you soon!
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Delectable draperies are not for everyone, but more and more people are loving them. Some thought draperies would block their view or be too heavy! The truth is…draperies done in the right way won’t block a view they will only compliment it, and if heavy is not the look you want there are thousands of fabrics that are very light and sexy! Draperies are IN! Think of your window like a beautiful piece of art or picture. Usually that picture as a frame that compliments the picture and draws your eye to the artwork or painting. Draperies do the same for a window with a view! Simple decorative panels can add a soft frame to a window that has a beautiful view of sky-scraping mountains or a never-ending ocean of blue! This fabric will bring your eye to the window! If you choose a fabric with the colors of nature it will definitely bring the outside in! I could go on and on with how fabulous custom draperies are….and though its rather enticing, I will conclude with this…You never know what your window may be missing until you’ve stepped into the world of draperies and the many possibilities it can bring!
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I really enjoyed working with this client who wanted to add some rich fabric to her room that would compliment the warm wood tones in the floor and the deep tones of reds, chocolate browns, and gold that accented her space! We found a fabric that brought a simple touch of elegance to the room with dark chocolate and gold fabric . These decorative panels add height to a smaller room and yet make it very cozy and welcoming! With a sleek decorative rod and panels on grommets we combined contempory and classy!
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Imagine a great modern look with fabric on your windows! Draperies and Top Treatments can be modern and up-to-date! This client wanted just that! After remolding their living room with beautiful hard wood floors, and gorgeous new fireplace, and custom cordless honeycomb shades…We wanted to add some off the contempory tones in silvers and blacks to complete the room. We chose a stunning silver-toned fabric and went with black grommets on a black decorative rod to make a simple, yet sophisticated statement! My client was very happy to see it all come together! With our talent and imagination your windows can “Wow” you as well!
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This week my client wanted a simple, clean, sheer look without using draperies. I was able to bring her an amazing soft, clean look with sheer honeycomb shades! She only needed a little bit of privacy in her kitchen and dining room area with large windows that look out into the Alaskan wilderness. So we brought a soft sheen of white to compliment the trim and complete the look!
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My Client wanted to create a bedroom escape for relaxing and a sense of being in a soothing get-a-way cove! We stared our project with fresh “Mist” honeycomb shades for light-control and energy effiency! We then moved the the bedding for cool comfort. With a silky paisley print fabric, including light blues, greens, and taupes, we designed a custom bedspread and matching pillow shams. With fabric in-hand we chose a palette of blues to cover the walls and create the tranquil, serene, bedroom that we hoped for. In the end it took my clients breathe away.
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Fill your home with garden treasures! For the fall bring in your garden art and use them as home decor! A beautiful handcrafted sculpter can make for a refreshing center-piece. Also you can turn a pretty pot into a catchall for odds and ends. Outside decor can brighten your home as the darker days of winter get near. These festive accents can add color and give your indoor decor a simple lift!

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PicCollage is a user-friendly app that helps you create and celebrate virtually. With its free card templates, story layouts, and photo frames, you can easily make anything to celebrate everything. The app is designed to keep things easy so that you can have the most fun creating.

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PicCollage brings templates and customization together to give you everything you need to get inspired. You can create quick and easy collages to share during a party or take your time and make a truly custom design to flex your skills. The app gives you everything you need to tell your story and unleash your creativity. With PicCollage, you can bring your ideas to life and create something truly unique.

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A group of veterans advocates is planning to bring 23 pairs of combat boots to the State Capitol next week.
It's estimated that 23 veterans a day commit suicide, and the boots are intended as an awareness campaign to bring attention to the crisis.
The hope is to place the boot display on the steps of the Capitol every day but they may be moved around within the building. They'll be on display from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 6 through April 10.
Veterans, non-veteran supporters and Gold Star Families have been working to collect the boots, which many have donated from their own service. Others have been specially purchased for the display.
The number 23, which has sometimes been disputed, represents the estimated 22 vets who commit suicide each day and the one active duty member who is believed to commit suicide every day.
Even though it is usually cited in the context of the recent wars, most of those suicides involved older veterans, who account for the vast majority of the nation's 22 million former service members. The average age of male veteran suicides was 59.6 years old — older than the average for non-veteran male suicides.
A new study funded by the Army shows the suicide rate for veterans who served in recent wars is much lower than 22 a day. The study, published in the February 2015 Annals of Epidemiology, studied 1.3 million veterans who were discharged between 2001 and 2007.
Between 2001 and 2009, there were 1,650 deployed veteran deaths and 7,703 non-deployed veteran deaths. Of those, 351 were suicides among deployed veterans and 1,517 were suicides among non-deployed veterans, the study found.
Earlier this year, President Obama signed into law the Clay Hunt Act, which requires annual third-party evaluations of the VA's mental health care and suicide prevention programs, creates a centralized website for veterans about VA mental health services, and requires collaboration on suicide prevention efforts between the VA and nonprofit mental health organizations.


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NEW DELHI: Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that the work on the National Sports University in Imphal will be completed soon.
Responding to a query during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, he said that the construction work was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and assured the House that it would be completed soon.
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Just found this amongst my bits and bobs. Thought it might be of interest. Didn't really know how to title it but it's self explanatory relating to Peel Holdings Archaeological search on the Wallasey Dock area.
In relevance to the old maps, can someone explain how they were done ? I understand how engravings were used (not how engravings were made)
It is said that ;
* Map making became increasingly common in the reign of Elizabeth I made possible by advances in surveying technology and printing from engraved copper plates. Accurate mapping of the whole country became increasingly important.*
How was the surveying complied ? Would it have been done by someone walking the length and breadth of the country and making hand written maps ? That sounds a difficult task !
Would it have been information compiled from local people in each area, village, house, hill, lake, pond, river etc. etc., or would it have been done by different methods , although I cannot think what ? IF it was done by a local chieftan passing on the information,to the necessary office, there could in that case be 'drawn' records of the original engravings.
Still don't know how engravings were made or on what. I have tried to read about it but some things are not absorbed by the gentle, female mind
Any ideas please ?
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Eventually there were huge numbers of teams of people to get the accuracy in a quick time but few maps were produced without reference to previous less accurate map, accuracy built up with time - as did some mistakes.
The first proper British survey was of Scotland which took 8 years to complete and used about 50 people in 6 teams. Only significant points were measured accurately, general land in-between was often estimated.
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Re: If you had known...would you have gotten married?
i certainly would, even knowing all the pain and hardships i would face dealing with my wife's mental health issues.
some people might label my methods of dealing with crazy as cruel, unfair, draconian, or cold hearted. but today, i have a functional and happy marriage, married to a very functional and happy wife, even while dealing with a lifestyle that is more stressful on a marriage than most "normal" couples will ever have to deal with.
people typically find it unfair or cruel to tell a depressed spouse that sits around in pajamas all day long eating doritos while mindlessly browsing the internet that if they do not get off their backsides and clean the house, then the router and cable box will be physically removed from the premise that night, and then follow through with it when they get home and find that nothing has been done. they would rather just mention their disapproval of their behavior, ask them to go to the doctor, and eventually bail if the depressed spouse doesn't seem to improve themselves. meanwhile the depressed spouse makes attempts and fails because they have not practiced effective coping mechanisms long enough to form new habits, ultimately strengthening their feeling of hopelessness and slipping further into depression. how many people really have the patience to consistently apply motivation until a new normal is established?
people balk at the idea of having to provide consequences for destructive behavior, claiming that they shouldn't have to act like a parent to someone they are married to. they would rather refuse to provide the motivation for the "principle" of it and abandon the person who they claimed to love. because that is easier than being "the bad guy".
when their relationships start to crumble, they would be abhorred by the idea of telling a mentally ill spouse that if they do not start speaking their love language, then one of their own love languages will be taken off the table in return. they say that if it has to be forced or coerced, it isn't "true" love, or that they don't want to have to be that kind of a person. besides, they are mentally ill and nothing can be done.
how many of you would be willing to tell an abusive spouse that you are going to record all of your conversations with them so that you have a clear record of their abusive behavior, specifically for the purpose of forcing them to start behaving appropriately until they form new coping strategies and have learned to control their anger? how many of you would be willing to hand over finances to your spouse knowing full well they are going to set you back a couple of years worth of work within a few months in order to let them experience the terrible fear and shame of knowing that they messed everything up with their own choices and actions, all for the goal of getting them to finally be willing to work with you as a team? and furthermore, how many of you could do that without resenting them for it?
most people would not be willing to do such things. but they are usually ok with the idea of leaving a spouse with severe mental issues whose greatest fear is being abandoned.
you know what real true love is? here is a hint: it's the most difficult kind. true love is being the kind of person your spouse needs, even if its not the kind of person you originally wanted to be. if you want them to be someone different from who they are, someone they do not even believe they can be, then you have to be willing to change who you are as well.
the only reason i was able to overcome my wife's mental disorders was because i was able to love someone i had to practically coerce into learning how to function normally and be happy.
some of us may love our children that much, but very few of us would dare love a spouse that much.
when i married my wife, i barely knew her, but i chose to love her, and that really had nothing to do with her. today i may not be the man i thought i would be when i married her, but i am proud of the man i have become, and i am DAMN proud of her.
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Evidence just keeps cropping up that my wife is right and I simply need to bite the bullet and move to Texas. It’s culturally, legally and politically far more amenable to those of my particular persuasions. For example, the state legislature sees the idiocy that is speeding cameras and reacts accordingly:
[T]he Lonestar State will set yet another precedent by passing a bill onto the governor that would ban speeding cameras and require warning signs to be posted around red-light cameras.
The cameras are so obviously about making money for the localities that install them and so not about “public safety” that the TX legislature is acting to protect its citizens from bad technology/law greedily-applied.


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When Lenin wanted to launch his own newspaper, he called it, “Vperod” or “Forward.” The name has popped up on the mastheads of left-wing newspapers across the world. It’s “Vorwarts” in Germany, “Voorwarts” in the Netherlands and “Ila al-Amam” in the Arab world. Back in New York it’s “The Forward.”
Is it just me or does anyone else see the Sadistic Farce that is being perpetrated upon the American People? So many are ignorantly falling for these mind games.
Yes, Newton was a tragedy and 27 lives were lost and yes we should call for a better way of protecting innocents. However, it has been brought to light at naseum that no matter how many laws are passed only those who obey the law will follow it’s mandates. The criminals , those outside the law will continue to do just as they have done all along. Breaking the law and taking innocent lives.
Is that to rational a thought for the knee jerk response crowd to handle? Then how about this kind of rationale ? Those criminals by the very act of being criminal could care less what the law says is legal. Perhaps if those who are in charge of enforcing the laws would work harder to make sure the lawbreakers are reigned in and that the laws already on the books are adhered to . We would go quite a bit further than by creating more laws and regulations that will serve only to strangle the law abiding citizen. While doing absolutely nothing to address the amount of illegal guns already on the streets. Some of which may very well have been provided by the very same law enforcement agencies claiming to prevent it. Is that such a crazy thought?
And just who in the hell does he think he is to offer such sanctimonious judgements on anyone? Obama and his Administration have forgotten a tragedy far worse than Newton. How many of those who are calling for these ridiculous measures have also forgotten? Conveniently forgotten so they have no remorse over following the man who has not only given aid and assistance but weaponry and the power to kill more innocent victims to the criminals who perpetrated this tragedy on American Soil. The very same entities that were used to justify the invasion of a sovereign country and an endless War on Terror. The hypocrisy has gone on long enough and people have forgotten the truth. It is time they wake up and understand one thing. ANYONE that gives aid to the organization known as Al Qaeda is not only guilty of Terrorism, but of murder and any American by association is guilty of Treason!!
Any American who forgets September 11th and the over 3000 lives lost that day or the fact that the government claimed that it was Al Qaeda who committed the crime. Anyone who goes along with what is being done around the world in the name of democracy by putting money and weaponry in the hands of these murderers is a Traitor, not only to their Country but to humanity.
Are you going to allow this hypocritical doublespeak to continue ?
Before you say to yourself , that you are innocent of the crimes being perpetrated by your government ……Understand that with your silence you are complicit with their crimes of murder and terror.
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It is time for rational thinking and goodness to speak up against the evil and crimes that are being perpetrated not only at home but abroad. The time has come to stand up and be counted. No more of this “Do as I say and not as I do” garbage. It is time for the criminals to be held accountable. Time for their enablers to be called to task. Time for us to reclaim our Republic….. The time has come!!!
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Ron Paul did not win but the ideals which he stood for and still stands to defend are those that would empower us as Sovereign Citizens of This Republic, Our home. Ignorance is no longer a viable excuse. Our immobilizing fear only brings death to those in other Nations and to us here on American soil. When will you stand up and be counted for the cause of Liberty and Justice for All? Following the lies will not get you there. Only the truth will do that.
Invoking Newtown, Obama presses Congress on guns
President Barack Obama on Thursday sternly rebuked opponents of pending gun control measures, accusing them of “running out the clock” and hoping that the nation forgets last year’s Newtown school shooting in order to keep popular reforms from passing into law.
“The entire country was shocked, and the entire country pledged we would do something about it and that that this time would be different,” the president said of the gun massacre that killed 20 children and six adults. “Shame on us if we’ve forgotten.”
Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and a group of mothers who have lost their children to gun violence, Obama accused gun rights groups of rooting for amnesia.
President Barack Obama delivers remarks Thursday at the White House regarding gun reform in America.
“The reason we’re talking about it here today is because it’s not done until it’s done,” he said. “And there are some powerful voices on the other side that are interested in running out the clock or changing the subject or drowning out the majority of the American people to prevent any of these reforms from happening at all. They’re doing everything they can to make all our progress collapse under the weight of fear and frustration or their assumption is that people will just forget about it.”
Obama’s remarks came on the same day that authorities released new information about Newtown shooter Adam Lanza, including the list of guns and ammunition that he stockpiled for the attack. Lanza fired 154 bullets from a Bushmaster .223 caliber model XM15 rifle, the documents said.
Citing poll numbers that show broad support – as high as 90 percent in some polls — for universal background checks, the president urged voters to “make yourself unmistakenly heard” to members of Congress in the days before the Senate takes up gun legislation next month.
“I ask every American to find out where your member of Congress stands on these ideas,” he said. “If they’re not part of that 90% who agree that we should make it harder for a criminal or somebody with a severe mental illness to buy a gun, then you should ask them why not.”
The legislation working its way through the Senate has hit numerous snags, with the threat of a filibuster now looming from lawmakers who say the president’s framework would restrict Second Amendment rights.
- Obama: Shame on Us! (I Mean You) (whitehousedossier.com)
- Obama: ‘Shame on us’ if we forget Newtown (metronews.ca)
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In a behind the door voting session, the Texas House republicans which holds a controlling majority in the Texas house 95 to 55 non-republican members voted overwhelmingly to turn down the Medicaid Expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act. While the GOP controlled house stated that they are vigorously working to figure out a way to find a solution to cover the large amount of uninsured residents they would not be using Obamacare to do it.
In Texas similar to Florida an additional million individuals would be eligible to receive Health care through the Medicaid Expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act. The federal government would cover 100% of the new enrolled Medicaid recipient for the first three years, and then cover the cost at 90% for the future years.
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At six o’clock this morning, several cars pulled up to the covered picnic area where Brian and I had made camp. I heard several women’s voices at first, and then I heard a couple men. One of the women said, “Someone is sleeping here. There are their tents and here are their bikes.” I said Good Morning loudly and clearly from within my tent as I put on my clothes and climbed out into the black morning to investigate. They were startled at first, and I was groggy, probably looking rough and dangerous to them. The many people stood on the opposite side of the shelter from us, a few picnic tables away. It was still dark, and I couldn’t see their faces. The men I could see and hear at work. They were frantically trying to sweep standing puddles of water from the sidewalks. They said they had a big day today. The antique car show was being held at the park. The men were stressed because the park had flooded in the night. Water stood on all the grassy areas I could see, and the many security lights in the park bounced glares and reflections off the saturated lawn. The people were courteous and apologetic, and I felt rested so I didn’t have much problem packing up early and heading out. Brian groaned a bit. The clouds still hung thick over the town, but they weren’t raining on us. Though the sun had risen, it was dark when Brian and I left the squeegee men at the park and headed to Wal-Mart, the only grocery store open at 7:00am on a Saturday morning.
I bought the usual processed foods, but I avoided chips. I’ve decided not to eat anymore chips on this trip. I have fallen into the bad habit of buying snacks instead of eating the meals I carry. When I’d get to a town, I’d grab a soda and a small bag of chips to hold me over to the next town or break. It isn’t a good habit to have, so I’m breaking it now. The sodas, though, I’ll still have. I’ve given up caffeine, so I mainly drink Sprite, which isn’t so bad for me.
We finished our shopping and both ate a box of cereal in the drizzling rain of the gray morning, sitting on the curb of the Wal-Mart parking lot. Sometimes our tendencies and behavior become indiscernible from those of a hobo, but I suppose that’s typical when you’ve no place to go.
Full on cereal and 2% milk, we headed out on the road. We had an uneventful thirty mile ride to Marion, where we had lunch in the park. We took a long lunch, around two hours. I wrote several postcards and ate while Brian napped. Afterwards, we were on the road again, set on Herington at twenty miles.
When we reached Herington, I was turned off by the look of the town and the attitudes of the people. I didn’t feel welcomed, and we had an increase in honks and name calling. Usually we get one honk or yell every couple of days, but around Herington we had several. I wasn’t disappointed when the police refused to let us stay in the city park. They weren’t very helpful or friendly either.
We headed east on Highway 56 to Council Grove, a larger, nicer, cleaner town. We stopped by the Sheriff’s office and received permission to camp at the fairgrounds. I was relieved, having stressed a bit about not finding a place to stay with only an hour or so of daylight left. I also didn’t want to tack any more miles onto the seventy-five we had already biked. We have found a shelter similar to last night at the fairgrounds, and I’m dead tired.

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Lying in bed this morning, I was thinking about love from the male perspective while trying not to throw up. No, men’s viewpoints on love do not make me want to hurl, but eating possibly contaminated mayonnaise does (and no, I am not hung-over. Really really.).
Anyway, I’ve been wondering more and more lately what motivates men to fall in love…no, let me take that back, because I don’t really believe in “falling in love” even though I’ve been known to use that phrase in my own writing. Love is a choice. Sometimes someone appeals to you so much that it feels as though you have no choice but to love him or her. However, it’s still a choice. And being “in love” with someone means he or she reciprocates your choice to love with his or her own to love you. Otherwise it’ s just unrequited love and frankly, we don’t want to hear about it. But I digress…again.
I can tell you things that first attract me to a man: a wicked sharp sense of humor; quickness of mind; a strong sense of loyalty. I’m also a sucker for dark-haired men with light eyes; blue, green, grey–it doesn’t matter. My husband is one such man, lucky him, although there is less of the dark hair than when I met him. Some motivating factors that make me choose to love a man to whom I’m strongly attracted: the willingness to provide me with security (physical and financial); the willingness to be loyal; the willingness to be my best friend; the willingness to be a partnership in everything. It all sounds very clinical, broken down like that. I think that all motivations do; you can put the blush of romance on it, and that’s all good and fine, but when you strip love down to its basest form, it’s truly about not wanting to go through life alone and selecting someone who you can stand to be around for the next sixty or seventy years. (Ummm, no, I’m not much of a romantic.)
Men, on the other hand… I have no clue what motivates them to take the plunge. Is it possession? Regular sex? (although it can be argued–mostly by men–that regular sex ends after marriage. It doesn’t. Women just define “regular” differently.) Companionship? A drive to reproduce? And speaking of that–what is the motivation there? The enjoyment of raising children? The accomplishment of of carrying forth the bloodline? Smugness for being virile enough to impregnate a woman?
It’s all a mystery to me, but I need some answers because I need my current work-in-progress to ring true. So my question to any men out there willing to offer their thoughts on the matter is this: What would motivate a man who has been through literal hell, who has lost badly in the romance game and decided long ago he won’t play again–what would make this man decide to love a woman? From your own perspective on love, that is.
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I fear you’re looking for logic where none exists.
Nothing would motivate a man such as you describe to “play again,” as you put it. He’s done. Give him a violin, criminals and a cocaine habit and he’ll happily live out the rest of his natural life without further exposure to the fairer sex.
Which is not to say it can’t happen, of course, but it is to say that it doesn’t have to make any sort of rational, logical, conscious sense.
Henry Higgins had a hell of a time escaping his guttersnipe, and all he could say in his defense was that he’d grown accustomed to her face.
What makes a man love a woman? Hmm. That’s a good question. Personally, I can say, it’s the woman’s willingness to love the man. Here is a personal perspective… Men love for possession… but not in a bad sense. I know that’s hard to understand. Let me try to explain. We will never, ever, understand why women love us so completely even though we are so undeserving. I would die for Sarah, really. And when she’s mad at me it kills me. I’m on Twitter and I’m out in the world and I flirt. People flirt with me and I flirt back and if I really think about it, I’m an ass. I’d be furious if Sarah acted the way I do. So, why do I think it’s okay to act this way? I don’t know. I’m a stupid man. I love the woman I’m with, the woman I’ll marry, but we, as men, constantly look for the stroke of the ego. Why? I don’t know! That’s the difference between men and women. I love Sarah because she’s stuck with me through thick and thin, literally. Good and bad. At the end of the night, I know she loves me. And I’m faithful to that love. Am I tempted to break her trust? Everyday. But I can’t stand the thought of hurting her like that. And that’s why men love women.. it’s something we don’t understand. How much this beautiful creature gives to us.. looks to us for love .. we don’t get it. We really don’t. And we are undeserving. And you love us with everything that you are, and we don’t get it. We just don’t get it.
And what of the mystery of women? God, I wish you knew the mystery you hold for us. You will never understand that. Never. There has to be an attraction in the beginning yes, but it’s more than that. It’s a mystery. It’s that something that brings us back over and over and convinces us that we would die without you. Is that surprising? Yes, we love that deeply. You may think us unfaithful, fickle.. but we love deeply too. And it’s the mystery that pulls at us. It’s the tenderness… the look in your eyes… the need… it’s unexplainable. A man loves a woman because he feels needed.. he feels the need to protect..the need to possess. Does that make sense? I don’t know. I’m just a man.
I love this; …just do not understand why men cannot verbalize this with their women on a regular basis.
According to the man in my world, who has been through that hell, I quote: “when a male drops his guard from the shallow aspects and becomes introspective about what’s important to him in a relationship – what allows him to fall in love is the loss of fear that opens the door to trust.” Believe me, it was a long, hard road for him to be able to reach that place, and as the woman he has allowed himself to love, I had to prove repeatedly that it would be safe for him to do so before he made the plunge. He reminds me, laughing, that the initial attraction is often based on very shallow aspects.
A man COMMITS to love of one woman when he decides that it is more important for him fulfill her needs than to have his fulfilled. He loves her more than himself. He needs to love her even if he feels she does not return in same. He has to love her in spite of how she treats him. He wants it to be her who mothers his children. He wants her to WANT to fulfill his needs, not have too. He has no choice in his need to be with her. He has to be with her. He would not only die for her, he WILL kill for her. He will never understand his need for her it just is. Love is a choice, it is also an ability, for some, but for me it is an undying undeniable, powerful need. I need to love her or I am nothing. It is not a choice for me, it is the purpose of my life and it must be fulfilled. I have the ability to love, the choice to love but most of all I have the need to love….
I know this is, like, three years later, but this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, guys! Just FYI: thepipedreamer is my husband. I’m a lucky girl.
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Sorry I’m so late in responding to this when you poked me towards it…what, days ago?
To me, love is a matter of both timing and comfort. A guy could meet the perfect person but if he’s not ready to love them, he won’t. We don’t fall in love (at least, I don’t); you’re right that we make a choice, but that choice isn’t conscious. A switch flicks in our brains that tells us it’s time. Sometimes meeting someone can be the trigger that flips that switch; sometimes it’s major life circumstances, or just hormones shifting as we grow older. You never know what it’ll be, but you can tell the difference between a man who’s made that choice and a man who hasn’t.
As for who we choose, and why…it’s a level of comfort. Not comfort as in “how well can my mate take care of me,” but more “how comfortable am I with this person? Can I come home and just be myself? Can I say anything to them, and know it will be understood? Can I look at them, smile, and know what they’re thinking?” Different men define comfort differently, and it may not be in that way, but in the end it boils down to knowing that you fit with that person, and he or she fits with you, and there’s no one else who fits in just quite that way. Knowing that may come as a passionate and burning thing, or may creep up with slow certainty, but one day you realize that your life would feel wrong without that person in it. They make you feel right, and you want to make them feel right as well.
At least, that’s my take on it…but I have a rather pragmatic approach to love. Not to mention it’s a little different for me with the whole gay thing, and a different dynamic than male/female love.
Adrien – I like this. It’s funny, because somewhere in our relationship, D. said “you’re like my favorite old shirt.” I sorta took offence at the time, but the more I think about it, that is probably the ultimate compliment.
Adri your response really spoke to me. I have sometimes been confused over a lost potential relationship, and finally typed a full sentence into the search engine which brought me to this article and ultimately to your response.
I became reacquainted with a man I went to high school with at the end of last year. He was so tenacious with me that initially it was a little off-putting, but I began speaking to him after a week or so of messages and really started to gain an appreciation and liking for him. It ends up, however, that I hurt him tremendously with my words and I could feel his guard mantling before me. Thereafter I could never recover his trust. He gave me another chance two months after hurting his feelings and I failed again…only because I was shocked by and couldn’t understand the message he was trying to send me. He put the offer out there and when I responded with something positive but with an element of surprise attached to it, he assumed that I was shutting him down.
What all this boils down to is that he is not ready. He was hurt tremendously by his ex-wife, and by his own words cannot deal with all the emotional heavy-lifting a romantic relationship would bring. And where I know my words to him would not have been perceived as such a painful thing to most, they showed a person in his particular situation that he could not be safe with me emotionally. I think it speaks volumes that he wanted to try it again, but shows his vulnerability that he wasn’t able to see that I wasn’t shutting him down. We are good friends at this point as we enjoy talking to each other. Our senses of humor are well-matched and we have a great deal in common.
I will not assume that all women would have perceived the comment this way, but when I heard “I am not ready” I immediately took that to mean that he was not into me in particular and in essence began giving up. But what I realized with a little work and input from him is that “I am not ready” can mean just that. He is not in a place of readiness, despite the fact that he says the sweetest, most complimentary things to me knowing there will not be a reward for the comments. It is possible that he just needs time to right things in his mind and recover from his hurt without the complication of another relationship that his ego and heart cannot handle. And that is perfect. My only desire at this point is to respect that and be a good friend while also taking care of myself. This realization and your response to this article allows me to move forward happily and confidently without holding on to any possibility. This realization has also catapulted me into a new realm of understanding of the male form which can sometimes elude even the most confident and intelligent women!!
And I realize that 1) I am not a man, and 2) my post did nothing to help the initial question of what motivates men…but I just had to share!
Shannon, on the contrary, I believe it really DOES help answer the initial question in a round-about way. You bring to the discussion the unique viewpoint of one who is gaining the trust of a man who has been, more or less, ravaged by the “fairer sex.” No information is well-rounded without input from many different viewpoints.
Thanks for sharing your story with us. 😉
I believe when men love they seem to be simpler than women though sometimes it depends on their age and maturity. Women are stronger emotionally as they could make themselves heal faster than men when it concerns the heart.
I read all the comments and it really helps me understand more I am 26yrs old and I only had one boyfriend in my life and for 6yrs its been hell. I always was mature but immature when it came to letting a man in. I am one of those sweet woman but a man has to break down walls to know that.. Anyhow, I chose to love this man but I believe he always loved me more than I loved him. But yet he acted as though he didn’t love me at all. He is my age as well, my grandma says I’m growing with him and that’s a very hard thing to do. But considering I only had one I’m not sure if I’m really in love or comfortable or too afraid to let another one in. Honestly, we break up, cheat get back together, argue make each other jealous then break up and make up again.. Its all so tiring. I don’t understand why can’t we just leave one another alone. Also did I fail to mention we have a 4yr old daughter. But we are both good to her, we love her dearly. Though its not her why we come back, in fact she is our excuse at times just to come back. Reading these comments helps me understand a little but its still hazy.
My husband always says, “The best thing a man can do for his children is love their mother and treat her well.” I extend that in the opposite direction as well: The best thing a woman can do for her children is love their father and treat him well.” You might think your daughter only notices how you both treat her–and you may think that’s all that matters. But she is cataloging how you treat each other, and she is going to apply that to her own relationships–both platonic and romantic–because she thinks it’s the way relationships are supposed to be.
I strongly encourage you both to really, truly grow up and treat each other well for the sake of your daughter. If you can’t treat each other well, perhaps you should live apart. Overall, that would be better for your daughter than the example she has right now.
Thanks for sharing your story. 😉

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After ‘Teri Bhabhi’, ‘Husn Hain Suhana’ and ‘MummyKassam’ it is now time for yet another track from Coolie No.1 – ‘Tujhko Mirchi Lagi’ – to get people to shake their legs. With such a foot tapping soundtrack it seems the upcoming comedy, which will have a global premiere on December 25th on Amazon Prime Video, has taken care of the New Year Eve’s playlist.
Elated about the entire experience of Coolie No 1, lead actress Sara Ali Khan shares how was it working on such iconic songs, “Working on Coolie No. 1 has really been a dream come true. One has grown up listening to songs like Husn hai Suhana and Mirchi Lagi, and it’s surreal that I now feature in the reprised versions of these songs!”.
Originally composed by Anand – Milind and lyrics by Sameer, Lilo George and Dj Chetas have added new beats to the iconic chartbuster – Tujhko Mirchi Lagi. The song is sure to have everyone set the dance floor on fire. Interestingly, with every song that comes out the lead pair’s chemistry only touches new heights, and we hear this one is no different.
Coolie No.1, David Dhawan’s 45th Bollywood film is produced by Jackky Bhagnani, Vashu Bhagnani and Deepshika Deshmukh. The film also stars Paresh Rawal, Javed Jaffery, Rajpal Yadav, Shikha Talsania and Sahil Vaid in pivotal roles.
Coolie No. 1 premieres on December 25 on Amazon Prime Video. Prime members in India and across 200 countries and territories can stream the world premiere of this end-to-end entertaining film, Coolie No. 1 exclusively.

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The first handful of months of 2021 have certainly been inconsistent in terms of PlayStation’s messaging. Since the launch of the PS5, the company has been constantly finding itself in the negative spotlight. All of its bad eggs have been thrown into one basket, one at a time. The recent chatter of the brand’s “doom and gloom” is, no doubt, hyperbolic. However, is there any validation to the overreaction across social media?
Sony, Naughty Dog, and Bend Studio
On Friday, video game reporter Jason Schreier released a report focusing on Sony’s “obsession” with Blockbuster juggernauts and its apparent negative impact internally. In the report, Schreier writes Sony’s Visual Arts Service Group (VASG) was working on a remake of 2013’s The Last of Us for PS5. Sony then moved the remake project over to Naughty Dog. Due to the reported lack of support and acknowledgment from Sony, many members of the VASG group left. VASG’s secret project, code-named T1X, was allegedly not getting the budget the team needed to hire more workers. This ultimately left the secret studio feeling even more discouraged. According to the report, the decline in studio morale is leading to a high turnover rate within VASG.
In addition, Bend Studio, the makers of Days Gone, pitched the sequel to Days Gone, but was turned down. Instead, one team was assigned to help Naughty Dog with a multiplayer game. A second team from Bend was assigned to work on a new Uncharted game under Naughty Dog’s supervision. With fears of being absorbed into Naughty Dog, Bend voiced their concerns and was allowed to branch off and work on a new franchise of their own.
A key takeaway from all of this is Sony is aggressively chasing after more ways to expand on existing franchises. With context from the recently released article, Sony is going for the all-too-obvious predictable success rather than the exciting potential success of new IP and ideas that we are so familiar with.
Bad News Flood PlayStation’s Spotlight
On top of this latest news, a rush of developers recently left Sony after the announcement of Japan Studio’s recent restructure. Then shortly after this, Sony quietly confirms the shut down of the PSN store for PS3, PSP, and PS Vita after rumors began to spread ahead of the official announcement. The news left a number of Vita game developers in shock and awe as they were not made aware until the news broke officially. This leads developers to either endure a race to the finish line development crunch or to reluctantly cancel their game.
While many will worry on Sony’s commitment to a diverse portfolio of games, fear not. PlayStation has shown commitment to releasing a vast array of games, big and small. In their PlayStation State of Play showcases, they highlight indie titles like Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Sifu, The Pathless, and more. In March, they highlighted seven more upcoming indies on their blog post, like Chicory: A Colorful Tale. The full list breaks down indies not only coming to PS4 and PS5, but PS VR as well. In April, 2021’s Oddworld: Soulstorm was offered in the monthly PS Plus lineup. The first-person survival indie game The Long Dark was just added to the PS Now service. So while PlayStation has yet to add Hades to their lineup, their support for indie games is visible.
Per Schreier’s article, Sony is 100 percent committed to releasing best-selling AAA games that live up to the behemoth reputation built over its lifetime. Most notably, during the PS4 reign. This includes Housemarque’s new IP Returnal, a third-person AAA sci-fi shooter that is releasing this month. The conversation, to them, whether a remake of The Last of Us is “needed” is irrelevant. The next Uncharted is going to sell. The next The Last of Us is going to sell. PS5 gamers are going to have a wealth of games to experience over the coming years. While social media may be driving a strong “doom and gloom” energy it is more hyperbole than anything else.
The Real Issue Among Odd AAA Production Decisions
However, there is a grave issue to discuss. It is one Schreier was highlighting and one that was been on my mind for some time – Sony’s shaky relationship with external and internal developers. While this a case-by-case basis that has one too many variables to consider, it is becoming crystal clear the heads at Sony are leading into a new mindset going into the PS5 generation. It seems they are putting all of their effort into the multi-million dollar sellers but to the detriment of their reputation of being a fully inviting ecosystem. With the recent cases of shutdowns and their fixation on AAA production of established franchises, we have to ask where their ambition lies.
What is PlayStation going to look like in five years if they continue this trend? Will PlayStation give a young studio the chance to grow and become their next Naughty Dog? In the public eye, their competition is not making these mistakes, seemingly not shying away from creative risks. Those same creative risks are what got PlayStation to where it is along with the passion to bring varied experiences. On top of all of this, where is the trust and rapport for their internal developers? Sony’s treatment of Bend Studio, along with Japan Studio, seems almost unreal. Great games are made by developers allowed to flex their creative muscle. So moving teams around, making them do projects they do not want to do, not acknowledging and supporting the unsung heroes – all can be detrimental long term.
Sony has an active and everlasting human duty to do right by game developers making games exclusively for their platform. Without a little mindset restructuring of their own, perhaps their “doom and gloom” may be more of a foresight than a worrying narrative driven by social media hyperbole.


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It’s only early March, but spring has already arrived in Santa Barbara. Took a hike through their lovely Botanical Gardens, and the wildflowers were blooming. Headed down the path to my favorite redwood section. These towering giants truly intrigue my mind and heal my soul.
Later, headed to the main shopping district on State Street. Enjoyed a delicious meal at Pascucci before viewing a documentary film on the history of organic farming, Evolution of Organic, created by Mark Kitchell and narrated by Frances McDormand. Kitchell was on hand at the Marjorie Luke Theatre amidst a roomful of concerned environmentalists and local farmers. Whatever the season, there’s always something fascinating happening in my favorite town.
In search of wildflowers, I found a little slice of heaven. Discovered another hike along Zuma Ridge Trail up a mountain with birds-eye views of Malibu and the ocean. Keep driving up Busch Drive to a little parking lot. Just amazing!
Took a lovely hike at Solstice Canyon off Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. Discovered lots of great spots since moving here last year. It’s hard to leave! Check this one out if you’re in town. Best to go during the week, when parking will be easier. Bring water. There’s a small falls at the end, but it’s the journey that counts. Happy hiking!
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Just spent a few days on Catalina Island, 26 miles from the mainland of Southern California, or as the locals call it, “overtown.” Hadn’t been there in nearly a decade, but nothing’s changed much. Still life at a slower pace, except on cruise ship days, when hungry voyagers roam the island in search of food, … Continue reading
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Attended the 18th annual Chumash Day Powwow last weekend in Malibu, California. Beautiful costumes and intriguing dances and rituals. Great way to get a glimpse of Native American culture.
Spent a great night at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival directors panel, featuring all five of this year’s Academy Award nominated directors – Lenny Abrahamson (ROOM), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (THE REVENANT), Tom McCarthy (SPOTLIGHT), Adam McKay (THE BIG SHORT), and George Miller (MAD MAX: FURY ROAD). All were awarded Outstanding Directors of the Year. Last night, in my opinion, funniest award goes to McKay, most humble to Miller, and most intense to Iñárritu. Festival continues through February 13, 2016. Check it all out at http://sbiff.org.


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