{"id":3200,"date":"2015-10-30T10:14:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T08:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fastlandstois.wordpress.com\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2015-10-30T10:14:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T08:14:08","slug":"when-tempers-flair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kahlbom.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/30\/when-tempers-flair\/","title":{"rendered":"When tempers flair"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a hot temper.
\nYes mam I do.
\nI am tr\u00e9s passionate.
\nYes mam i am.
\nI have always felt a lot and<\/strong> expressed it. Fists were my primary source of communication at a young age but that all changed when I discovered rhetoric. \u00a0What a magical weapon against almost any adversary. I was involved in politics and had the fortune to listen and learn from the best of the best at the time. My dad is an attorney and a really really good one at that. Lots to learn there.
\nI lit up when people around me threw \u201c- You always<\/strong> have a response\u201d in my face. What a compliment!<\/p>\n

Being able to insult someone subtly has always intrigued me.
\nA friend once said that \u201cthe definition of diplomacy is being able to tell someone to go to hell and have them look forward to the journey\u201d and I find that a fine point well made.
\nI rarely end up in conflicts anymore, certainly not physical anyway, and I am thankful for that.
\nAge and experience has filed off the hardest and sharpest edges of what was me and has left a gentler side of me more accessible. My goal is that no one unexpectedly cuts themselves on what I am or what I say. If they do, they have been thoroughly warned beforehand.
\nA tough goal for someone who, up til 8 years ago, felt that attack was the best defense.<\/p>\n

These lovely insults fell over my path this morning..and I love love love them:<\/p>\n