( A 185 word creepy story. )

I have never worn braces ( Read more... )

I had another sensory fubar today. Not even one of the run-of-the-mill texture things, like the other day when I was lying on the floor tensed up trying to make sure my arms didn't touch anything but wood and my fingers didn't relax and drift into contact with each other. Those I'm used to happening, although usually not as bad. This time my ( Read more... )

"If he's with you, he thinks you're pretty enough. Stop worrying about your looks. Insecurity isn't attractive!"

He broke up with me.

Me: *learns about implicit biases* I'm concerned my brain may be doing EVIL THINGS without consulting me! I don't want my brain to do EVIL THINGS. I must learn to prevent it from doing this ( Read more... )

Please note that, just as no two groups' actual experiences with isms are just alike, my suggestion of a close possible world in which the white straight cis male geek suffers from an ism will not be just like any real group's experience.  If you are a white straight cis male geek and, after reading this, don't find yourself thinking that it would ( Read more... )

I swiped parenting books from my parents when I was growing up with such regularity that they started just handing them to me first thing.  I was curious about their contents.  I wanted to know what was in them, partly because I planned to be a parent myself and wanted to internalize the good advice and reject the bad advice before I grew up, ( Read more... )

So my sister has this fanboy (IIRC, my parents came up with this terminology for him) and this fanboy is aware of my existence and is also aware that I am not licensed to drive.  For some reason this incenses him to the point that he has asked my sister to relay to me a request that I write a short essay about why I don't drive.  Since I am only a ( Read more... )

On leisure: http://www.philorum.org/speech/20051207JohnBentley.html Eerie that I should come across this so soon after last entry.