Epictetus to an Athlete — “Don’t show me your books, and don’t show me your gigantic weights, show me your shoulders!”

Almost 2007 – What Changes Will This Bring?

As I head into the new year, I have exciting things in store, chief of which one week from now is meeting Jacqui whom I’ve had more fun taunting after knowing her from a distance for 2-years than anyone since “Peter Cottondung” (don’t ask) in Junior High.

To understand how she makes me feel, here’s a little audio:

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I predict we’re going to have a fantastic year… and the answer to that riddle will be solved shortly.

I also want to take this opportunity to say a big and hearty THANK YOU to the friends and strangers who’ve touched both of us by supporting Loving Jacqui with a kind word, your readership (even my friend’s 11-year old daughter, Cayla, is a shy reader, I’ve heard), and even your financial contributions. It was amazing to us in a good sense that a few people whom we didn’t even know (and a couple we did, like Jacqui’s friend) tripped on this blog and donated something to help us unite: people like Roby, Doug, and Dustin. All told, I probably raised enough to pay for my passport, which is 10 times my original goal of $8… just to see if it could be done.

Last but not least, my gratitude to Bear’s parents for raising such a one-of-a-kind outstanding daughter with a sidesplitting personality, heart of platinum, and, more importantly, a character to match. I will meet you soon as well as Jacqui’s beloved brothers, James and Johnathon, her sister Caroline, and her friends. I’m sure that *ahem* you have nothing but great things to say about her and don’t have any entertaining stories to tell me about embarrassing situations.

Let’s drink a toast to the future and Jacqui, you and I, let’s do it in person and for real in the coming days.

Happy New Year!

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Wow, People Are REALLY Strange

This deals with something so shocking and such poor judgement it kind of left me scratching my head wondering, “Why would someone do this?”

To understand it, it is vital that you listen to the MP3 audio post first. Fortunately, it’s only about a minute long:

Now, you’ve listened to the audio, right? Only after you’ve done so, learn more about this kooky act here.

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The Purpose

UPDATED in late summer, 2009: See the “Why This Site?” section in the sidebar.  →  →  → 

The text written below, the 3-minute audio on this page, the comments below it — and even the webpage that started all the trouble — were written years ago.


Why?

I wanted to give Jacqui (Bear) something to read and enjoy until I could meet her in person.

I live in Canada and she lives in Australia. And I recogniz in her qualities that are quite rare.

You know when you picture the sort of person you’ve wanted to be for a long time? You feel a warmth in your heart or a stirring in your spirit or even a sensation you really like. It’s just like your can hear yourself saying, “This is someone special — a keeper!”

That’s what she is to me.

Photo of JacquiSweetheart Honey Bear
a.k.a. Jacqui from Perth, Australia

If you’ve got a few (3) minutes, I’ll tell you how we met. Make sure your speakers are on and click the audio button below and I’ll share it with you in my own voice.

However, if you don’t have speakers you can read the transcript in this Adobe PDF file here.

After you’ve listened to the audio post, or before if you’ve got your knickers, bloomers, boxers, gitch, mid-thigh briefs, or panties in a knot and can’t wait, you can take one more interesting step.

I promise it’s worth it. By pressing down hard on the link below, you’ll be taken to my first ever website. It’s one page. This is what Jacqui read on the first day we met; click to read:

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