Feb 14: the DOT and CB8 again affirm the Franklin Ave Bike Corral

Sex is awesome, and I am sure sex workers are able achieve acceptance by "servicing a lot of clients", but I think it is self destructive for most.

Acceptance is hard, and what works really varies by the individual.

Saying the Serenity Prayer over and over is done by people who have found nothing else that works.

I am glad they have found something that works.

Quick Robin!

Get the 12 and 12!

http://12and12.net/pdfs.html

See you at the Spring Brooklynian Happy Hour?

It sounds like it will be at the new Nostrand Avenue Pub.

....mmm beer.

Stated above. Especially item #4.

whynot_31 said:

I start with four premises:

1. Change is always happening.

2. Despite 1, a portion of the population concludes that change is not occurring when it does not affect them. This segement concludes that they are actually in control of their surroundings.

3. This same segment is often oblivious to the precursors of change. As a result, when they do perceive change as actually happening, they believe that:

-they should have been consulted because they believe others WERE consulted.

-their "rights" were violated because they were not in control of the change.

4. We will never all have the same number of options, nor will we rank our options in the same way or incur the same pleasure or pain from excercising our options. This is compounded when people do not take full advantages of the options they DO have.

Based on these 4 premises:

I conclude that not accepting change is often one of the least effective coping mechanisms. In my view, those who accept that they have very little control over their surroundings (and/or take proactive responses to detect and adapt to change), seem to be happiest.

In addition to not believing in consensus, I'm am also concerned about the issues detailed in this thread:

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/can-you-help

-I am not certain who will be moderator, and whether they will have the skills required.

-I think people will come with unreasonable expectations.

-I think there should be multiple, small meetings that are focused on given topics.