Tag Archives: dilemma
Mixed Feelings
Alright, International Women’s Day. It’s time for you and I to have a little talk. You come around once a year, and it’s equally uncomfortable every time. Which is kind of like a pap-smear, isn’t it; you are both linked … Continue reading
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Day 21, The Wesley Anne
I wrote most of today’s section at The Wesley Anne, which made a nice change from my desk. It was Lisa’s idea, she suggested we go there for 2-for-1 Monday meals, and then – mostly as a joke – she … Continue reading
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
I have a really vivid memory from kindergarten. In it, I’m in the bathroom, in one of the cubicles (I can’t remember whether I was actually on the toilet, let’s hope not), looking at a drawing. The drawing is of … Continue reading
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So, HOT or NOT?
(The tale of hotornot began with psychopathology, continued onto the (possible) virtues of delusions, and culminated in some rather hard-to-interpret results. As an aside, I do like the effect the humble comma can have on the meaning of sentences.) Interpretation … Continue reading
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Recent Reading
In my post about War and Peace, I also listed the other books I have read since November. They were all good, in their various ways, so I thought I’d try to give them all a rundown here, over the … Continue reading
Eating Animals
I… can’t… get into… thediscussionofvegetarianismhere. There, I finally broached the subject. And while the above is still true, I’m going to contradict myself a little bit, and say: Read Eating Animals. But don’t think “Oh, she’s been brainwashed, and expects … Continue reading
Charity
I get the feeling that plinky is supposed to work by inspiring you to write a blogpost about the day’s topic question; perhaps a substantial blogpost, where the question isn’t merely answered in a sentence but is rather elaborated on; … Continue reading
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…that kind of story.
I mentioned in the last post about The Wayward Bus that I like the kind of story that makes you wonder about what happens to the characters after the last sentence. This reminded me of a real-life story of that … Continue reading
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Oh No, My Knee!
I often say, in letters and on the blog, that I will write more if something “happens” – I usually mean something unusual, interesting or in other ways significant. I don’t expect that when something does happen, it’ll be this … Continue reading
An Asteroid
The day after I wrote the post about what I would do if a meteor was on its way to Earth, Andreas found this on the net: …and I was spammed this: “What kind of insurance covers meteor damage?” What … Continue reading
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