Despite my best intentions, not a whole lot of progress has been made with my hair situation. This is what I looked like 21 minutes ago: BUT: Ladies, I can say this- it doesn’t look like this because I’ve sunk a fortune into it. Recently, I’ve seen 2 articles about beauty costs. The first was…
No donuts again this week, dagnabit! But: In an old copy of Smithsonian Magazine, a history of jaywalking that was both fascinating and funny: An outcry arose, aimed squarely at drivers. The public regarded them as murderers. Walking in the streets? That was normal. Driving? Now that was aberrant—a crazy new form of selfish behavior.…
I was single for a long time before I met Q. A loooooooong time. I wish I could say that I was single because I was too busy busting my ass and kicking down doors to be in a relationship. On some level, this is true: my single years were highly productive. But it’s also not…
It took me ages to finish reading Thinking Fast and Slow. I must have stopped to reflect about 50 times. The book is about judgment and decision-making, and was written by a psychologist. While I was already familiar with many of the theories – Daniel Kahneman has been working since the early 1970s – it…
Last week (or the one before), on my way to the office I thought: “God, I hope someone brought in donuts.” There were none, but the next day, someone brought in a whole tray. Yep, I manifested that sh*t 😉 I was thrilled. This week, no donuts, but I did read/revisit some cool articles: If…
Over the past few weeks, my boundaries have been pushed a few times, and I’m about ready to curl up into a ball and become a hermit. One of the times, I’d had a disagreement with a friend. He saw a situation differently than I did, and thought I was “close-minded” for not seeing it…
My sister and I saw Boom last night, a one-man play about the Baby Boomer generation. If you’re in Canada and you have a chance to see it, I’d highly recommend it. I tend to be both present- and forward-looking, which can mean I see only problems that need to be solved. Watching Boom made…
When Fallout 4 came out, M played it a lot. It’s a video game set in the remains of Boston following a nuclear war. There are all sorts of post-apocalyptic beings; ghouls, feral beasts, super mutants. Watching it one day, I was confused. “But this isn’t what would happen after a nuclear apocalypse. Humans wouldn’t…
At work, I sit between two football fans. On Monday, when they got in, they started talking about the weekend’s playoff games. This is what I retained: “Patriots! Belichick! Headsets! Hail Mary! Chaos Theory!” They were so into it, it made me want to learn more about football. Truthfully, I wish I watched more sports.…
M and I have to buy life insurance, which means I’ve been thinking about all the terrible things that could happen to us. What if I die? What if he dies? What if we both die, together? One of the leading causes of bankruptcy is medical problems, even in Canada. It’s not that the medical…
