background preloader

:D!

Facebook Twitter

Distribution - National Film Board of Canada. Triangle Theory of Love: Poly Style. On the evening that we would be studying the Triangle Theory of Love in my Development Psychology class, I got pretty excited.

Triangle Theory of Love: Poly Style

I thought "Wow, are we actually going to learn that most people get attracted to multiple people and this forms triangles of love?? ". I really must learn to leave my sicko poly mind out of the classroom, y'know? No, what we actually were introduced to was a theory by Robert Sternberg, in which he sees three components of what we refer to as 'loving relationships'. These three components make up a triangle of interactions. Intimacy: The specialness of the relationship that promotes closeness, bondedness and connectedness.

And that there are different combinations of these three components that makes up different kinds of loving relationships. Infatuation is defined as a superficial type of love that is usually one-sided. Liking is defined as a type of typical friendship (not a best friendship, however). (Above information from Braun, J. All the boxes checked? Polyamory for the Practical. This morning I wake up next to The Prince.

Polyamory for the Practical

This means I am waking up too early because of that unspeakable invention, the alarm clock. I open a bleary eye to see that he is getting ready for work, but don't really register anything coherent. The whole family was up late the night before Ï no, not what you think. We were eating ice cream and heckling some TV show. Voices for Creative Nonviolence. Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice - FTT. Feminist Current. Lee. Unintentionally Inappropriate Test Responses From Children.

Classic Porn! The 2010 Internet Censorship Report infographic. From Antonio Lupetti at WoorkUp.com, The 2010 Internet Censorship Report looks at how many people in the world population are effected by government censorship.

The 2010 Internet Censorship Report infographic

It is one of the tools used by governments to filter out unwanted information and to prevent the spread through the World Wide Web. It is a phenomenon of staggering proportions that affects over 25% of the global population. My suggestion for improvement is that I think the the white circles representing the countries should be sized in accordance the population numbers. Thanks to Antonio for sending in the link. Relationship Health. Relationship Checkup by Spring Cascade Originally published in Loving More #21 in 2000 For the past month or so I've been asking people how they would identify a healthy relationship.

Relationship Health

What is a healthy way of relating? Sometimes I see relationships that I wouldn't want to be part of, and that would be unhealthy for me because they don't fit me, but which seem perfectly fine for the people involved. Here are some of the elements of a healthy relationship that came up in my discussions: Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron. Shay Aaron is a brilliant artist from Israel who makes the most astonishing miniature food jewelry.

Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron

These foodstuffs look so beautiful that we would desire to eat them. Actually, there’s a whole market out there for miniature food. Not actual stuff you can eat, but beautifully hand made designs of steaks, burgers, pies, vegetables, eggs and pretty much food artworks you can think of. Comments comments.

Emily Carroll. Anonymouz on Myspace. The Return of Brussels Sprouts! 5 Recipes to Try This Fall. Daytrotter: The source for new music discovery and free MP3 downloads from the best emerging bands. Graduate Internship Program (Getty Foundation) Part 3: Recommendation letters via e-mail.

Graduate Internship Program (Getty Foundation)

Applicants must have two confidential letters of recommendation forwarded by their recommenders via e-mail to InternRecLetters@getty.edu. Letters must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. PST December 3, 2012. Recommenders should attach a scanned original letter to the e-mail. In all cases, letters of recommendation must come directly from the recommender's institutional e-mail account and must clearly indicate the applicant's name (last name, first name) in the subject line and the recommender's name and title. Typically, the most appropriate recommenders are university faculty members who can address your academic performance. Recommenders should be sure to state how long s/he has known the applicant and in what capacity.

Men of the Stacks. Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing. 49 Up (TV 2005. I can read. Artist A Day - Exposing you to new art and artists every day. History - Ancient History in depth: Overview: Iron Age, 800 BC - AD 43.

We Tell Stories. TheGoodNeighborhood.com. You Still Have Time To Make This for Dinner: Breakfast! As it turns out everyone in my family likes breakfast, and it is always a special treat to have breakfast for dinner.

You Still Have Time To Make This for Dinner: Breakfast!

The real trick is to also make it a balanced nutritious meal. So last night we had spinach mushroom and cheese omelets. My kids my be a little odd in their affection for spinach and I may have their grandparents and the creators of Popeye the Sailor Man, but butter doesn't hurt. I like to saute my mushrooms. These are baby portbella's here, but sometimes i go for whatever is already sliced in the market.

While that's going I thaw a package of spinach in the microwave, and drain.