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Rome visit, June 2008 – 57

Image by Ed Yourdon

These pictures were taken during a trip to Rome in Jun 2008, where I presented a 2-day seminar on "Web 2.0".

I noticed this couple, sitting on the railing that separates the vehicular roadway from the pedestrian part of the Piazza del Popolo. I couldn’t tell if they were arguing, engaged in a who-blinks-first? contest, or just having a thoughtful conversation…

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Note: this photo was published on Jul 8, 2008 in a blog posting entitled "Reader Question: Handling Pressure to Apologize." It was also published in an Aug 21, 2008 blog article entitled "Marriage, money, debt, and divorce?" And it was published in a Jan 27, 2009 blog article entitled "Complaining’s Place In Marriage." In addition, it was published in a Jan 13, 2009 blog titled "Karen Kalisek’s Top 20 Things To Help (1-5)." More recently, it was published in a March 17, 2009 "Mind Hack" blog article titled "Dominant chemicals." And it was published in a Sep 13, 2009 blog titled "How to Fight With Your Partner."

A few days later, it was published in a Sep 18, 2009 blog titled "Couple’s Counseling: Why I Don’t Take Sides." And it was published in an Oct 20, 2009 Greek blog titled "Η ψυχολογική κακοποίηση των ανδρών." It was also published in a Nov 4, 2009 blog titled "10 tips for traveling as a couple – and not breaking up." And it was published in a Nov 14, 2009 blog titled "How Thoughtful Words Save Marriages." It was also published in an undated (late-November 2009) blog titled "Democratia cuplului." It was also published, on page 5 of 8, in a Nov 14, 2009 blog titled "Best of the Week: Forbidden Gifts, Landlord Secrets & More."

One of the more unusual publications of this photo was in a Dec 7, 2009 blog titled "Separated Spouses Filing Bankruptcy Together." It was also published in a Nov 30, 2009 blog titled "The Language Barrier."

Moving into 2010, the photo was published in a Jan 7, 2010 blog titled "Everyone has a bad day." It was also published in a Jan 7, 2010 blog titled "Dealing with travel-partner conflicts." And it was published in an undated (Jan 2010) blog titled "Avoiding the Heartbreak Hostel: 10 Simple Rules For Backpacking Lovin’ for Female Travellers." It was also published in a Jan 18, 2010 Greek blog titled "Τι συμβαίνει στην αγάπη μετά το γάμοl." And it was published in a Jan 20, 2010 blog titled "CityFiles: Letting them down easy (he said/she said)."

Good grief: now it has been published in a Jan 22, 2010 blog titled "Infidelity Doesn’t Have to Mean Divorce," and a Jan 24, 2010 blog titled "Both partners need to be involved." It was also published in a Feb 5, 2010 Dutch blog titled "‘Wij’ gelukkiger dan ‘ik’." And it was published in an undated (Feb 2010) blog titled "Adult Separation Anxiety." And it was published in a Jan 30, 2010 Wikihow blog page with the same title as the caption that I used for this Flickr page. I’ve also discovered that it was published in a Feb 12, 2010 Canadian blog titled "We need to talk (about the history of marriage counselling)." And it was published in an undated (Mar 2010) blog titled "Communication Skill Lesson Plan." It was also published in a Mar 25, 2010 blog titled "Marital Gridlock And Growing Up." It was also published in a Mar 28, 2010 blog titled "In today’s culture, sex is public but love is private." And it was published in a Mar 30, 2010 blog titled "Professional honeymooners: dream job or nightmare?"

There’s more: the photo was published in an Apr 5, 2010 blog titled "John Mayer Was Right: You Gotta Say What You Need To Say." And it was published in an Apr 6, 2010 blog titled "Miscarraiges [sic] Strain Marriages." It was also published in an Apr 8, 2010 blog titled "Why We Stay With Unfaithful Partners." And it was published in an Apr 9, 2010 blog titled "Foursquare Becomes Great Predictor Of Divorce," as well as an Apr 10, 2010 blog titled Relationship Advice | Too Immature for Relationship It was also published in an Apr 13, 2010 Italian blog titled "Uomini col Mestruo, un gruppo su Facebook smaschera i senza palle." And it was published in a May 14, 2010 Peruvian(?) blog titled "Codependencia: Cuando la propia identidad se pierde en la pareja." It was also published in a Jun 11, 2010 blog titled "Is Divorce Contagious?" It was also published in a Jun 25, 2010 blog titled "The Magic Of Making Up – Authors Overview," and a Jun 26, 2010 blog titled "The struggle for control in a relationship." A similar blog, titled "The stages of relationships: Phase 3: The power struggle," was published on Jun 28, 2010; and on the same day, the photo was published in a Trés Sugar blog titled "Finding Out Why We Fight Might Help Us Patch Things Up." It was also published in a Jun 29, 2010 Mashable blog titled "Facebook Becoming a Prime Source for Divorce Case Evidence," and I’m pretty sure that the Spanish edition of the same blog appeared on Jun 30, 2010 with a title of "Servicio gratis de mediación para divorcios en Gipuzkoa."

I can’t help wondering if this poor couple had any idea how many different bizarre blog postings would be using them to illustrate their message…

An Open Letter to Marc Jacobs

Image by Andrew Coulter Enright

Dear Mr. Jacobs,

It is with a heavy (and yes, self-loathing) heart that I write this note to you, but the time has come. I simply no longer have any choice if I wish to retain what feeble grasp I still have on my mind. I am hoping that in composing these lines I will somehow exorcise the demons for which we are both responsible and that I will be able to return to a life of normalcy.

At first, I simply admired your work from afar. I would encounter one of those perfectly cropped denim jackets, trimmed in the fabrics of my girlhood (oh, how endlessly clever you are at this!) and I would respond, predictably, with the interest of Pavlov’s canine subjects. You knew this, of course, knew precisely what those articles would do to me. But I remained strong, and was able, in those early years at least, to move on to other outposts. Slowly, though, I began to see the flash of your presence in more religious terms. An epaulet secured with those oversize buttons, a delicate floral pattern on the lining of a twill trench coat—these pedestrian sightings on the train, on the sidewalk, became episodes not of pleasure, but of obsession. Like the children of Fatima, I saw you again and again, and with each episode I became more and more unhinged. In time I found myself going directly to the MJ section at Bloomingdale’s, eschewing all others. (What need could I possibly have for imitators and charlatans, for false icons?) I would load my arms with a dozen items or more, try them on in the private, confessional space of the dressing room, and imagine the life I might lead if only I could afford these blouses, these skirts, these patchworks of ingeniously updated nostalgia.

Let me be clear: I am not, nor have I ever been, one of those girls. I was punk rock! I took my father’s Wranglers for my own; I mail-ordered hand silkscreened t-shirts from the bands of southern California. Even when I grew old enough to have to look presentable, I never built my life around such concerns. But this, Mr. Jacobs, this is true covetousness! I want those shoes with the hearts all over them, those two-hundred-and-eighteen-dollar tops. I want them all, and I hate you for it. I hate you for having made (or at least envisioned) them, for sourcing those prints, for putting them in concert on the same skirt, for turning me into such a freakshow of consumptive desire. And while I know the bankruptcy of soul is mine alone, surely you bear some culpability for toying with the emotions of young women everywhere, knowing, as you must, that when we see your work, we see summers at the beach, and our mothers at their best, and the smocked jumpers and corduroy pants and terrycloth cover-ups and rainbow-striped sweaters of our youth. We see friendship bracelets and hear “Dreamboat Annie” and remember the barrettes and fairisles lost along the way. I know you’re perfectly aware of this, and my, how good you are at it, at conjuring these moments for us under the fluorescent lights of better department stores nationwide.

What eludes me, though, is just how you do this. And that is why I will return, why we will all return, salmon-like, to the racks of your label, again and again. I know you can’t help yourself, and neither can we, so I suppose I will have to accept it all. But with God as my witness, I will try to start thinking about other things. Perhaps you will consider doing the same.

In confusion and heartbreak,

Heather L. Samples

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