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Hello, I'm Robert. I live in Oregon City, Oregon, with my wife, Robin, and our children, Claire (4) and Lucas (1). ("Funny how babies make you have more work than ever but keep you from doing it."--Robin, December 31, 2007.) I am a writer, which means I spend most of my time imagining, revising, and rejecting ideas without writing them down. Very little of my time is actually spent writing. But of course, this means that when I do write something, it is all the more important to me. I post a lot, being loquacious (my wife said "wordy and verbose"), so don't friend me if you don't want to deal with someone who uses his journal. I post most often about politics and my daughter, both in filters one has to request to be in so no one will be bored. I also tend to feel strongly, which doesn't mean I can't handle disagreement, but it does mean I expect you to be able to handle mine. The deal is: you say what you think and I respect that, I say what I think and you respect that. If not, get out. Truly mature persons can handle even the strongest of disagreements without impugning motivations or characters. On your mark, get set, consider! I am a high-school English teacher. Language is my first love, visual art my second. I am also a photographer, and you may see my photography here: http://nlphotos.imagekind.com. I took down my main site to focus (ouch!) on my teaching and writing. I think past performance is no guarantee of future results, and that everything is new. I look at every day we live in terms of the Grand Historical Timeline moving ever upward, and I try to take comfort from the advanced peoples I am sure will look back on us in wonder, in moments of frustration or sadness wishing I were one of them instead of being stuck here. At the same time, I see it as my duty to work to ensure that brighter future, to earn some of their respect and gratitude, my daughter's included. WE are building the future, for good or for ill, you and I. Ultimately, it's not when or where but how we live. Thank you for visiting! "I never said I was tough. That was everyone else. So you're a fool to attack me for the image that you built yourself. . . . I really am soft, and tender and sweet." --Sinead O'Connor, "You Cause as Much Sorrow", I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got "It's safe to say somebody out there's got a problem with almost anything you'll do. Well, next time they stab you, don't fight back. Just play the victim instead of playing the fool." --Jack White, "300 M.P.H. Torrential Downpour Blues", Icky Thump What the critics I like are saying: "For great political posts, with just the right amount of irony, controversy, and critical thinking, see rpeate." -- luckycee "Your passion for your causes should never be considered a bad thing. Zeal might not lead to limitless popularity, but it makes you one of the most interesting people I know. ... Anyone who can't handle your passion simply does not deserve it. They can go back to their boundless mediocrity and its concomitant complacence--devoid of strife, disagreement, or opinion." -- jdlawyer "That you're a remarkable, admirable, flat-out, four-barrel good guy, I'd say, though I don't really know you." -- notgruntled "Your enthusiasm is contagious, and I think when the primaries are over and I get behind whoever is running, part of my fervor will be because of Robert Peate." -- dicedork <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M19.326 11.95c0 2.01 1.47 3.45 3.48 3.45 2.02 0 3.49-1.44 3.49-3.45 0-2.01-1.47-3.45-3.49-3.45-2.01 0-3.48 1.44-3.48 3.45Zm5.51 0c0 1.24-.8 2.19-2.03 2.19-1.23 0-2.02-.95-2.02-2.19 0-1.25.79-2.19 2.02-2.19s2.03.94 2.03 2.19ZM7.92 15.28H6.5V8.61h3.12c1.45 0 2.24.98 2.24 2.15 0 1.16-.8 2.15-2.24 2.15h-1.7v2.37Zm1.51-3.62c.56 0 .98-.35.98-.9 0-.56-.42-.9-.98-.9H7.92v1.8h1.51ZM18.3802 15.28h-1.63l-1.31-2.37h-1.04v2.37h-1.42V8.61h3.12c1.39 0 2.24.91 2.24 2.15 0 1.18-.74 1.81-1.46 1.98l1.5 2.54Zm-2.49-3.62c.57 0 1-.34 1-.9s-.43-.9-1-.9h-1.49v1.8h1.49Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2 8c0-2.20914 1.79086-4 4-4h20.5c2.2091 0 4 1.79086 4 4v7.9c0 2.2091-1.7909 4-4 4H6c-2.20914 0-4-1.7909-4-4V8Zm4-2.5h20.5C27.8807 5.5 29 6.61929 29 8v7.9c0 1.3807-1.1193 2.5-2.5 2.5H6c-1.38071 0-2.5-1.1193-2.5-2.5V8c0-1.38071 1.11929-2.5 2.5-2.5Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/> "I have learned to love you for what you are: a passionate, young, sweet, intelligent, opinionated man who expresses himself with abandon. It is indeed refreshing to read someone of your age who is neither complacent nor under-educated. . . . I avidly read your journal. You are a bright light in a dreary, complacent universe." -- rivendweller <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M19.326 11.95c0 2.01 1.47 3.45 3.48 3.45 2.02 0 3.49-1.44 3.49-3.45 0-2.01-1.47-3.45-3.49-3.45-2.01 0-3.48 1.44-3.48 3.45Zm5.51 0c0 1.24-.8 2.19-2.03 2.19-1.23 0-2.02-.95-2.02-2.19 0-1.25.79-2.19 2.02-2.19s2.03.94 2.03 2.19ZM7.92 15.28H6.5V8.61h3.12c1.45 0 2.24.98 2.24 2.15 0 1.16-.8 2.15-2.24 2.15h-1.7v2.37Zm1.51-3.62c.56 0 .98-.35.98-.9 0-.56-.42-.9-.98-.9H7.92v1.8h1.51ZM18.3802 15.28h-1.63l-1.31-2.37h-1.04v2.37h-1.42V8.61h3.12c1.39 0 2.24.91 2.24 2.15 0 1.18-.74 1.81-1.46 1.98l1.5 2.54Zm-2.49-3.62c.57 0 1-.34 1-.9s-.43-.9-1-.9h-1.49v1.8h1.49Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2 8c0-2.20914 1.79086-4 4-4h20.5c2.2091 0 4 1.79086 4 4v7.9c0 2.2091-1.7909 4-4 4H6c-2.20914 0-4-1.7909-4-4V8Zm4-2.5h20.5C27.8807 5.5 29 6.61929 29 8v7.9c0 1.3807-1.1193 2.5-2.5 2.5H6c-1.38071 0-2.5-1.1193-2.5-2.5V8c0-1.38071 1.11929-2.5 2.5-2.5Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/> "I mean, I believe in fighting the good fight (even if my ideas of what good fights are differ from yours), but you are steadfast, man." -- conuly "You are the king of polite discourse! Seriously, you are the Gen-X Emily Post of letter-writing. :)" -- st_ranger
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