"Is your life two dimensional or three?" WayneT left this interesting question as a prompt and I'm glad it was down the list because I've needed time to puzzle on it. Sure, it's easy to say that our lives are three dimensional because, duh, we live in three dimension...
Everyone I know has now had time to read and respond to "I won't date feminists Dave" and the results have been astounding, entertaining, and informative. His whole premise is that "feminists hate men,"* and how that man-hate ruins heterosexual relationships. Easy to...
“How about keeping your sanity and equilibrium in unsavory times?” WayneT posed this question as a prompt. We all know the obvious answers, I think: unplug, meditate, go for walks, spend time with family and friends, etc. etc. In short, “practice self care.” But there...
“How hard it is to retrain your thinking when you are in a negative loop due to trauma or brain chemistry. That or sex.” Yeah gonna totally disappoint everyone and ignore the sexy part, for many, many reasons. pffffttttt Trauma. Brain chemistry. These are huge topics,...
The problem with public transportation has very little to do with the paths of the buses. [we interrupt the “Friend’s Prompts” series for this casual aside…] I ride the bus nearly every day — to work, sometimes back to home, often to run errands — because I do not...
“Why is there air?” Because OXYGEN. No lie, this is one of my favorite stories. I love this so hardand yet it’s something most people think is an absurd question. I mean, air! It just exists. Why question why? But BryanR asked the question and opened the unholy door...
When you ask friends for prompts, you get what you (did not) pay for… I asked for prompts via a facebook post, and got 11 responses, both thought provoking and, uh, off beat. In the spirit of sportsmanship, I will use one a day, in order. The first one, from Martha,...
I learned a long time ago that hope is a four letter word. This insight became second nature to me long before I studied Buddhism, a tradition that (generally) puts hope in the category of dukkha, which is often translated as suffering, but that’s wrong. Dukkha is is...
Would you prefer to be on a team of superheroes, or alone? That, above, was one of the questions posed as part of the “getting to know you” exercise at staff retreat this morning. The retreat is an annual affair, but it is totally a working holiday. This was not a spa...