http://gentlenews.com Invalidating people's opinions and personal sentiments since 1981. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:50:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Develop an addiction and defeat it with the help of someone you love. Disagree with a physician's diagnosis or prescription and realize that such an event should not happen most times you visit a physician. Watch a wealthy person confidently walk away without looking back after pressing the "auto-close" button on a ... http://gentlenews.com/2010/03/05/fifteen-complicated-things-everyone-should-do-without-seeking-to/ It has been brought to my attention by at least three people for whom I care very much that at least that number of people took offense to this post. Furthermore, I was subsequently (and perhaps irrationally) offended myself by the offending phrase in actual conversation. If you were offended by ... http://gentlenews.com/2010/01/04/a-real-apology-not-an-open-one/ As 2010 approaches, and Christmas is upon us, I place my love (and my crackers) in that closet you so painstakingly organize for me. You keep me pretty even when I'm not, clean when I'd rather be dirty, and honest when we both know that neither clean nor pretty is ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/12/22/for-her/ This ain't fiction. This is an update on how Corporate Farris is currently doing. The cast: Boss (VP) - Goal-driven guy wants results. He's "not interested in micro-managing" us, but he does want us to show our work. Figure that one out. Claims to hate meetings. Loves to schedule very long and ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/12/13/maybe-i-wasnt-clear/ George was a simple man, which is not to say that he was an unintelligent one. On the contrary, he knew quite well that he was overqualified for the job he had served for ten short years. His IQ was much higher than the average blue collar schmuck, but he ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/11/23/the-third-option/ We are broke. Flat-fucking-broke. As in, if I don't sell a ton of shit or get some invoices paid THIS week, we will not have enough to cover the mortgage or power bill or any number of other payments already scheduled via online banking. So, what am I apologizing for? This: Fuck ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/11/17/an-open-apology-for-anyone-who-wants-it/ Most people have a series of good ideas in varying frequencies. Some of us tend to think that most of our ideas are great ones and announce them all to the world. Blogs give the more gregarious of us the ability to elaborate on them at length. Twitter and FaceBook ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/11/11/keeping-your-wip-to-yourself/ In a way, Farris Goldstein is my real name. I decided over a decade ago that, as much as I embrace technology, putting my thoughts out on the wires should probably be guarded by some kind of pseudonym. Those who know me understand that I'm just a silly guy who ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/09/23/whats-in-a-name/ I have three addictions. One of them, nicotine, will go away some day, but I'm not too concerned with the when or how. It is, contrary to what most might wish or think, the least important of my three addictions. The second addiction is fried mozzarella sticks. When they're available, they ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/09/14/addicted-to-thought/ Too many Ashleys, too many Robs. Can't some of you call yourself Leela or Bob? Young me knew too many guys with my name. One was exceptional, the rest were the same. We were inseparable, and found all the gold, but somehow we missed out, so the story goes. If your name is Michael, and mine ... http://gentlenews.com/2009/09/11/names/