I'm asleep, I'm sure of it, and this has to be a dream. The realization gets through my mind slowly and wearily, gasping for validity in spite of my sureness.

If Barry was wondering IF his kind and congenial invite would have any response -- this might indicate he was successful.

John Abbot asked me write a short blog in response to a question he asked me on Imi's 'Flattards' blog. His question was simple - show me photographs of the 'flat-Earth' with an 'upturned edge'.

I've been registered on this site on and off for years now.  I joined in 2013, but this was my second stint here. I originally had joined a year or so earlier than this, on my first stretch, that only lasted a few weeks, before I quickly met someone, causing me to leave CLM in high spirits. I eventually made a special trip to China to meet this lady, named Alice. Great stuff. Sometimes luck’s on your side. But a few months later, the friendship unfortunately petered out, causing me to rejoin CLM, feeling both somewhat disillusioned yet optimistic at the same time.

As I've discovered, truth can be more horrific than fiction. This article will introduce you to some very disturbing events occurring right now within the USA and other developed countries. Akin to a malignant disease that's spreading like an ever-growing octopus, with blood-sucking tentacles everywhere. Almost in a literal sense.

The 'conspiracy theories' that have plagued CLM of late, have obviously caused certain problems.

"There's so much inside us that can't be erased. It's our blueprint of who we are. Our past, present and future."

We all live two lives. The second one starts when we at last fully realise that the first one has an absolute ending that isn't so far away after all. Only then do we both consciously as well as subconsciously commit to more comprehensively cherish each moment, more fulsomely embrace each opportunity, more so than ever before in this, our second life. One where grace, peace, tolerance and wisdom finally reign supreme over narcissism, aggression, impatience and immaturity. The arrogance and ignorance of youth dissipates as one gradually grows to understand that it's so much better to have lead a rich, meaningful life rather than die an abject, meaningless death.

It is hardly surprising that the skills and abilities which allow one to excel at one undertaking can be a positive hindrance to success at another.  The risk taking of the firefighter ill serves the estate planner, whose actions must abound in caution; the loquaciousness of your average salesman would probably get your average librarian fired.  I have recently gained first-hand experience of this truth. The desire to produce fluid, flawless prose which was my goal as an academic would paralyze me in my present position as psychiatric crisis worker, where reports must be filed immediately leaving time for only the most tangential concern towards the niceties as grammar and style.

I am writing this through the eyes of a newcomer to ChinaLoveMatch and AsiaLoveMatch because I am trying to imagine how they must feel when they first encounter Conspiracy Corner. This is how I am guessing they might feel, but it is also meant as a primer on how to participate in Conspiracy Corner if you wish to, and how to ignore it if you don’t. Some people love it, others think it is a colossal waste of time. I’d love to hear in the comments below how you felt about it when you found Conspiracy Corner on a Chinese or an Asian Dating Site. Here goes – Conspiracy Corner as I imagine you might see it as a newcomer to CLM and ALM: