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Dec 04 2017
The Dialogue – by chris wind
The Dialogue, by Chris Wind (from Deare Sister) Lasthenia, your beard is slipping. Why thank you. Did you get the mathematics done? No. And I tried so hard, Axio, after you left last night. I worked at it for another two hours. It’s just not clear at all. Can you help me again tonight? …
Dec 04 2017
Imagine that …
…all males had to have their DNA on file with the government. …all newborns had to have their paternity established by law. …all males discovered to be fathers had their wages garnished at the source to support the mother of the child for six years (assuming she would be the one to be with the …
Dec 01 2017
Where are the independent (unattached and not seeking attachment) hetero women?
I have lived a lone life. For a long time, well into my thirties, I attributed that to my personality — I’m a loner, not a joiner. I also attributed it to my work life — part-time, relief, occasional, and done-at-home, none of which tend to result in the development of collegial friendships. And I …
Dec 01 2017
Why don’t we have professional jurors?
A while ago I received a summons to appear for jury selection. So I dutifully drove to the courthouse on the day in question ready to establish my fitness to serve. No, that’s not true. I drove to the courthouse on the day in question ready to answer their questions – and curious as to …
Nov 11 2017
The Soaps vs. The Game
While both ‘the soaps’ and ‘the game’ have been criticized as poor viewing choices, only the soaps have been dismissed as fluff. However, a close examination reveals that, in fact, the soaps have more heft than the game. In both cases, the central theme, and that which drives the action, is winning. In the soaps, …
Nov 11 2017
I can do whatever I want on my own property!
I am so very sick and tired of hearing ‘I can do whatever I want on my own property!’ The latest instance concerns a neighbour who has stuck some of those new solar lights in front of her cottage, lakeside of course. Thing is, they don’t have an on/off switch. So what she’s done on …
Nov 08 2017
Kids Behind the Wheel
The other day, I was walking on the gravel/dirt road I live on. It’s a back road that might see a dozen cars in a day. As one such car passed us, I noticed that a kid was at the wheel in dad’s lap. Proud dad, happy kid. What is it with that? Why, of …
Nov 08 2017
The Weather Report
Does anyone else find the weather report really, really irritating? All that drama! It’s going to rain! Oh how exciting! A low pressure weather front is moving in! Oh my, grab the kids!! And the pseudo-scientific detail! The rain is going to be caused by water droplets, that’s droplets of H2O, in the air that …
Oct 25 2017
The “M” word on Prime Time TV!!!! (Misogyny; Scandal)
I’m delightfully surprised by the current season of Scandal. I had trouble getting into the show, and actually, I’m surprised I’m still with it; catching a glimpse of a political debate between two women and Melly’s bid for the presidency kept me involved, even though I don’t really like her, or Olivia … And this …
Oct 19 2017
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – Traister’s All the Single Ladies
Just at chapter 3, but I can highly recommend Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies. A few bits… “…as the legal scholar Rachel Moran argues, while the feminist movement of the 1970s was in part a ‘direct response to these conditions of early and pervasive marriage,’ the ironic side effect was that single women had almost no place …
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