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I went to the AT&T store today (for a thing I have to go back and argue with a manager to get, but that's another story). The mother of someone working there was visiting, and she gave him a great big hug when she left. When he came back to the counter, I turned to supremeherptile and said "I'm going to write a complaint letter. I came all the way out here and ( Read more... ) -
Ask vs. Guess, or How I Know I was Switched with my Parents' Real Child at the Hospital :)
I seem to have misplaced the URL, but this comment was very enlightening for me:
"In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it's OK to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. This is Ask Culture ( Read more... ) -
the teaching of math (babble)
When I was taught multiplication, my teacher explained it, then said "if you do this backwards, it's division, and it looks like this: ... " then she went back to multiplication. Nothing more than that, but when division came up the people who came from her class had an easier time of it because the concept was already in their heads. I think when ( Read more... ) -
For no particular reason
I've been thinking about drawing trees, and how as a kid I drew tree trunks as these sort of slanted lines that curved a bit at the bottom - curved into nothingness at the point where the viewer was supposed to assume the ground was. Maybe I'd even draw in some grass to make the point. Later, I made a few attempts to actually draw; I was fascinated ( Read more... ) -
The cheese wears me
Who Wants to be a Superhero (no spoilers until the cut) was the corniest thing since sliced cornbread. It was pretty clearly scripted and/or rigged, at least in part, and it could have easily won the "silliest thing on television" award. I loved it. I laughed, I cried, I kissed 3 bucks...no wait, that part's not right ( Read more... ) -
Some things money can't buy
The contest is closed, but I finally came up with an idea.
young woman's voice:
"textbooks..." she's at the counter with books, mom walks up from behind her with more and thunks them on the counter "...$800"
"matching backpacks..." mom pulls a backpack out of a shopping bag, kid makes a face and pulls out the same one, mom facepalms "...$150 ( Read more... ) -
My Visit to Mars
This morning some ongoing "relationship issues" came up, and I was feeling unhappy, unsure of myself, and in need of communication and closeness. In response to all this, Greg fixed my dryer ( Read more... ) -
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I'm a pretty sensible person. I know the difference between reality and fantasy - sometimes so much so that my disbelief suspension system has a catastrophic failure and drops things on my head. I'm a pretty easy cry if your story is moving, but I also spend a lot of time rolling my eyes at plot inconsistencies. My brain picks things apart even ( Read more... ) -
part epiphany, part musing - adx
Several of the people recently have described manic episodes, and the distorted thoughts that go with them. They were all convinced they were something invincible, extraordinarily important, way above everyone else and that everyone adored them. They believed they were totally in control of themselves and the world around them. It's clear to them ( Read more... ) -
Marriage is WHAT?
Am I the only one who doesn't like the phrase "marriage is love"? I'm all for giving a marriage license to any group of adult people that wants one (and perhaps someday people will even stop saying "couple" as if that's the only way it could be), but marriage != love. Perhaps love is involved in there somewhere, but that's not always the case, and ( Read more... )