Shortly after I got to work we received our first shipment from Furniture Expressions, so I spent the morning in receiving going over everything with ... fine toothed comb. Everything seemed in order, so I finally left and spent the rest of the day getting caught up on a whole laundry list of minor things that I had been neglecting. It was a good day and I went home in good spirits. I didn’t feel like cooking, so I stopped at the deli and came home with a huge sandwich and a couple of salads.. Has Pat ever hurt you? Have you hurt him?" I shook my head. "Do you know this Japanese story?"A young man of Matsue was returning home from a wedding party when he saw, just in front of his house, a firefly. He paused a moment, surprised to see such an insect on a cold winter's night with snow on the ground. While he stood and meditated, the firefly flew toward him, and the young man struck at it with his stick, but the insect flew away and entered the garden adjoining his own.The next day he. She always looked pretty good, not overweight or anything. I had my share of jack off fantasies about her as well as every other girl at school I knew.One afternoon my mom and I got into a conversation about sex. I was probably 17 then. She asked me if I was still a virgin. I sheepishly admitted I was and she told me she was glad I still was a virgin. Then I was shocked and blown away when she asked me if I masturbated. That is something most of us would be embarrassed to admit to our parents.. Thank you, Confucius. As we eventually retreated, I kept my thoughts to myself.“Intense. Thank you,” Craig uttered. It was almost an off-handed way of dealing with it. He didn’t look me in the eye. I felt almost nonexistent to him. But, I also didn’t feel the need to use his appreciation as validation. Is he too nonchalant? “Amos,” he started. He waited until my eyes met his again. “Amos, thank you.” With that, I turned on the television.I found some football and turned back to my.