biological imperative
Every once in a while, I remember, almost everyone I know wants to join up with another human being and create children. Most of the time I forget other people have that imperative. It startles me.
Every once in a while, I remember, almost everyone I know wants to join up with another human being and create children. Most of the time I forget other people have that imperative. It startles me.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3fIZuW9P_M] [That is TracyMcMillan in a Ted Talk. Cool stuff.]
A friend posted — This John Adams quote. I at first thought maybe it was not right. I have read a lot of John Adams stuff. But then I went out hunting and, tragedy, it appears, according to the internet, to be an accurate John Adams quote: “Suppose a nation, rich and poor, […]
That is not a shot from Hollywood’s upcoming hot new science fiction flick. [Though maybe it should be.] That is a photograph of a frozen soap bubble by Washington photographer Angela Kelly. Kelly’s images are starkly beautiful and unusual. So starkly beautiful and unusual they’re on the internet everywhere from weather blogs […]
For the early days — Of my life, flowers were always something someone else brought or gave to you. Mostly associated with men. And death. Men came calling, men sent flowers. [Not for me, pervo, I was a little kid, jeez, for adult female relatives and family friends!] Loved ones died? People sent […]
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There is — Such an enforced extreme in your face “jocularity” during the holiday season, blaring from the speakers in stores and malls and hospital elevators, shouting at you from the television and radio, enforced cheerful near hysterical holiday mania shouting “Your life is supposed to be this!” “This” apparently being some sort of […]
This is so cool and hilarious. “Joshie” is a toy giraffe a little kid left at a Ritz-Carlton in Florida. Joshie is also the kid’s favorite toy. [Uh ohs.] So Dad calls the Ritz-Carlton, pretty sure this is going to go very wrong — But it doesn’t. Joshie is fine AND the Ritz-Carlton peeps […]
You might think, looking at this photo, I was not happy with the outfit. That would be untrue. I have been big on hats and bags since birth. I was however really annoyed at the camera operator who wanted me to put down the stuffed cat creature toy. Yeah. That wasn’t going to happen. […]
I had a bit — Of a blow up at my second father the other day. I’ve been killing myself posting about the book on social media sites. That’s what you have to do if you’re an author, just to make people aware a title is out there. That or rent a billboard in […]