8
Feb

Valentine’s Day, the Global Village and a warning about Unitards

I am currently working on an article (due alarmingly soon actually, but I digress) which had me researching the various celebrations of Valentine’s Day around this chunk of rock we call home. One thing struck me over and over again as I read through the information; no matter what the culture or clime, everyone seemed to stick to a few elementary rituals and practices. The tried and true combination of flowers, candy and cards reappeared time and time again. Is this really what romance has boiled down to, a hackneyed set of images from Hollywood and Hallmark? It would appear so.

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Posted at 10:27:49 am and is filed under General Musings. Tags: global village, loss of traditions, uniformity, unitards, valentine's day
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1
Feb

Too much Reality is bad for the soul.

When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high piled books, in charact'ry,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;

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Posted at 01:36:40 pm and is filed under General Musings. Tags: disabilty insurance, live insurance, mortality, too much reality
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25
Jan

The lost art of Diplomacy: Or Why the Geeks will never conquer the world

Spend long enough on the internet and you’ll come across this phrase: “And the Geek will inherit the Earth.” It is the modern day battle cry of the geeks as they find others just like themselves and band together in online communities, plotting the day they take overthe world between heated debates on just when mankind can hope to create Faster than Light drives and laser swords.

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Posted at 01:47:26 pm and is filed under General Musings. Tags: d&d, geek diplomacy, geek shall inherit the earth, why geeks will never inherit
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21
Jan

The Most Disturbing Nursery Rhymes - my latest for Blurtit.com

Link: http://www.blurtit.com/q4338134.html#a1931740

Sadly due to the world's economy being tanked, my input for Blurtit has been scaled back for the time being. So only one of these a month for me to share here.

But here's the latest.

Posted at 10:24:18 am and is filed under Humour, Blurtit.com. Tags: blurtit.com, ding dong dell, goosey goosey gander, most disturbing nursery rhymes, ring around the rosie, rock a bye baby, three blind mice, who killed cock robin
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18
Jan

Gremlin's, Murphy's Law and a perfect storm of Chaos

There are moments in life when the stars seem to align and angels light your day with joyous odes and rainbows; sweet, pure moments of perfection when everything is in harmony. Then there the moments where it seemed that every gremlin trickster in fairydom has teamed up with Murphy’s Law and they’re out to get you. This weekend my life was enriched with one of the latter experiences.

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Posted at 01:28:43 pm and is filed under General Musings, Humour. Tags: bad day, chaos, fire alarms, gremlins, murphy's law, pandemonium
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11
Jan

Now I remember why I hate New Years.

It took me a few days to remember why I don’t like this time of year. It’s not the grey weather, or the terror of stepping onto the scale and assessing the damage weeks of holiday eating has wrought. It’s not the fact that the stores are already full of Valentines candy, a grim reminder that I’m still single and the only way I’m getting chocolates is if I buy them myself. No, what’s irking me this dark and dreary January day is other people’s resolutions.

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Posted at 02:16:45 pm and is filed under General Musings. Tags: fitness, new years resolutions, swimming
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4
Jan

Happy 2010, where's my hover car?

2010 looks a lot like 2009. It’s still dark much too early, it’s still grey and cold outside, and I don’t yet have a hover car. All in all, I’m not impressed yet, but I know its early days.

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Posted at 08:00:53 pm and is filed under General Musings.
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29
Dec

On being a writer and a thank you to each of you.

I have always considered myself an aspiring writer. I have been writing since I first grasped a pencil and understood that the letters I struggled to form on paper could be made to illustrate the ideas and images I had bouncing around my overly active imagination.

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Posted at 09:59:09 am and is filed under General Musings. Tags: aspiring writer, cracked.com, creative writing, inspiration, muse, publish, readers, writing
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21
Dec

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of junk food

For the past 9 months I have been on a quest to improve my health and overall fitness, and that meant bidding farewell to most fast food, candy, bread products and my personal demon food, ice cream.

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Posted at 10:26:10 am and is filed under General Musings, Humour. Tags: comfort food, diet, fast food, holiday eating, junk food, temptation
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14
Dec

The many gift bringers of Christmas

Link: http://www.blurtit.com/q7618630.html

My latest for Blurtit.com.

Seasonal research is really a lot of fun.

Posted at 11:44:08 am and is filed under Blurtit.com. Tags: christkind, ded moroz, father frost, julemanden, la befana, santa, santa claus, sinterklaas, three kings, three magi, yule lads, yule man
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